Новости за 21.02.2017

With a Liberal MP's call to study Islamophobia still on the table, Liberal MPs voted on Tuesday to defeat a Conservative motion that sought a general study of religious discrimination.

Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen announced today that Canada has given safe haven to almost 400 Yazidi refugees and other survivors of Islamist extremists in the last four months and will take in about 800 more by the end of the year.

Controversial alt-right personality Milo Yiannopoulos has resigned from Breitbart News following the release of videos in which he appears to endorse pedophilia.

The Liberal government is closely tracking the influx of asylum seekers illegally crossing into Canada, but opposition critics say more must be done to deal with the unfolding situation.

It might be too early to say where the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement will lead, but the foreign ministers of Canada and Mexico already agree on one thing: Mexico will not be thrown under the bus.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will leave protections in place for immigrants who entered the country illegally as children, known as "dreamers," but will consider all other illegal immigrants subject to deportation, according to guidance released on Tuesday.

Exercise and avoiding weight gain are the best lifestyle changes to avoid a recurrence of breast cancer, a new Canadian review suggests.

U.S. President Donald Trump calls recent threats against Jewish community centres "horrible and painful."

The pungent stench of hockey gear is unmistakable — an eye-watering and, at times, breathtaking odour that can seem impossible to tackle.

Tony Clement, the Conservative Party's public safety critic, hung up on CBC Montreal Daybreak host Mike Finnerty this morning after he grew frustrated with Finnerty's line of questioning. The exchange happened during a phone interview on asylum seekers crossing the U.S. border into Canada.

The owner of Tim Hortons and Burger King has reached a deal to add fried chicken chain Popeyes to its stable of quick-serve restaurants, in a deal worth $1.8 billion.

In a show of solidarity, the heads of transit unions from across Canada are expected to attend a funeral service Tuesday for the Winnipeg Transit bus driver who was stabbed to death on the job a week ago.

A mother from Sandy Bay First Nation in Manitoba is worried her two-year-old daughter may be scarred for life after a cast removal at Portage District General Hospital left her arm covered in burns and the child terrified of strangers.

A young Israeli soldier convicted of killing a Palestinian assailant lying wounded on the ground is sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, far less than prosecutors requested, in one of the most divisive cases in Israel's history.

For journalism there is no uniform qualification for a reporter, no uniform code of behaviour. And now journalism is losing the support of rational, intelligent, thoughtful consumers, and that is a serious threat.

They’re best friends, colleagues and neighbours. But Natasha Bakht and Lynda Collins aren’t lovers, so according to law, they couldn’t both be mothers to the same boy.

Emily Mills, the brainchild behind HERstory in Black, wanted to reflect the success of Canadian black women in an impactful photo series.

An analysis of House of Commons voting records reveals the MPs who break ranks with their parties most often — but even the most frequent dissenters do it rarely.

More and more Canadian cities are thinking about protecting undocumented migrants. But what does that mean for police and federal immigration officials?

They’re best friends, colleagues and neighbours. But Natasha Bakht and Lynda Collins aren’t lovers, so according to law, they couldn’t both be mothers to the same profoundly disabled boy.

African migrants who have passed through South and Central America are in limbo at the Mexican border, fearful of travelling to the U.S. or even of passing through the U.S. to reach Canada.

Scores of bodies, presumably of African migrants, washed ashore in Libya, in the western city of Zawiya on the Mediterranean Sea, Libya's Red Crescent spokesman said on Tuesday.

Rescue crews find three of seven people who went missing Monday at a ski resort near Kamloops, B.C.

Jazz guitarist Larry Coryell, known as the "Godfather of Fusion," has died in New York City. He was 73.