National News

Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia (All times Eastern): 11:15 p.m.

VANCOUVER — A judge ended the last day of a nearly four-year trial by hinting that no matter which side wins in the fight over the expansion of private health care in British Columbia, the case will ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court of Canad

OTTAWA — Renowned Canadian epidemiologist Dr. Bruce Aylward led a team of researchers into China earlier this month to study the novel coronavirus on behalf of the World Health Organization.

CALGARY — RCMP in central Alberta say a decal that appears to show a well-known teenage climate activist in a sexual act is not child pornography.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government wants to hand off management of 164 provincially run parks to outside groups. "Modernizing Alberta's parks system is long overdue," Jess Sinclair, spokeswoman for Environment Minister Jason Nixon, said Friday.

OTTAWA — The Conservative opposition says the government must compensate dairy farmers within 90 days of the new North American trade deal becoming law, saying the sector is the biggest loser in the renegotiated continental trade pact.

ST-JEROME, Que. — Friends and family of a teenage girl whose body was found by the side of a road in Quebec's Laurentians regions sat in disbelief on Friday as a family friend of over two decades was charged with first-degree murder in her death.

ESTEVAN, Sask. — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says rail blockades and the spread of the novel coronavirus are creating challenges and he's not committed to a fixed fall election.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is asking Canadian shipyards to lay out why they should be chosen to build a new heavy icebreaker for the Coast Guard, setting the stage for a fierce new round of fighting among the country's major shipbuilders.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is pushing ahead with a court challenge to the federal carbon tax, although Premier Brian Pallister says he'd still prefer to strike a deal with Ottawa and drop the case.