Canada News

Liberal-Tory food fight

Jul 22, 2019 / 10:43 am

Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor is trying to distinguish the Liberals as a party of scientific, evidence-based policy while she says Conservative Leader...

Crime up, but so is safety

Jul 22, 2019 / 9:53 am

The country's crime rate ticked up again in 2018, for a fourth year in a row, according to Statistics Canada. The national statistics agency said Monday the...

Fishing guide dead in crash

Jul 22, 2019 / 9:51 am

A funeral for an experienced fishing guide and father of three is to be held in Deer Lake, N.L., today, one week after a float plane that he and six others were...

Weather stalls whale help

Jul 22, 2019 / 9:36 am

Poor weather conditions have forced a whale rescue team to postpone its bid to disentangle a North Atlantic right whale from fishing gear that is trailing from...

24 Sussex costly 'debacle'

Jul 22, 2019 / 6:29 am

Nearly four years after Justin Trudeau opted not to move into the prime minister's official residence over concerns about its crumbling state, the building...

May will work with minority

Jul 22, 2019 / 6:12 am

With three months until Canadians vote in the next federal election, Green party leader Elizabeth May says her big hope for the final result is a minority...

One dead in plane crash

Jul 21, 2019 / 5:17 pm

One person has died and another was taken to hospital after a small plane crashed into a river in western Alberta. RCMP Const. Shelley Nasheim says the aircraft...

RCMP bullying lawsuit fight

Jul 21, 2019 / 7:33 am

The federal government is fighting a proposed class-action lawsuit against the RCMP over bullying and intimidation of members, saying the national police force...

Lummi want pipeline talk

Jul 21, 2019 / 6:40 am

The Lummi Nation in northwest Washington state is requesting a meeting with Canadian officials regarding the environmental impacts of industrial projects on the...

Choosing not to be a victim

Jul 21, 2019 / 6:36 am

Danielle Kane struggled with depression in her 20s and even contemplated suicide. But then she fell in love, enrolled in nursing school and felt she was finally...

Ice cream sandwich recall

Jul 20, 2019 / 7:05 pm

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has added two ice cream products to its recall list Saturday. Brand names Iceberg and Originale Augustin Mega Vanilla Ice...

Air Force ends search

Jul 20, 2019 / 7:55 am

The Royal Canadian Air Force says it will spend one final day searching for a missing Quebec businessman and his son before handing the case over to the...

Alta. judge denies B.C.'s bid

Jul 20, 2019 / 7:17 am

A Calgary judge has denied British Columbia's attempt to block Alberta legislation that would allow that province to stop oil shipments to the coast. In a...

Two more dead whales

Jul 19, 2019 / 4:17 pm

Two more dead North Atlantic right whales have been spotted off the east coast, bringing to eight the number of the endangered whales to die this year in...

Pact aims at illegal fishing

Jul 19, 2019 / 12:51 pm

Foreign vessels arriving in Canadian ports can expect more monitoring by officials hunting for contraband fish now that Canada is part of an international...

Political leadfoot - 171 km/h

Jul 19, 2019 / 12:46 pm

Under political fire for a week over a massive speeding fine, the right-hand man to Montreal's mayor has apologized for his lack of judgment. Benoit Dorais...

Be patient, present: PM

Jul 19, 2019 / 12:42 pm

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says non-Indigenous Canadians need to be patient and unconditional in their support of Indigenous communities on the road to...

Divers at fatal crash site

Jul 19, 2019 / 7:37 am

RCMP divers are expected today at the remote Labrador lake where a float plane crashed on Monday, killing at least three men, to continue searching for four...

RCMP vote to unionize

Jul 19, 2019 / 6:48 am

RCMP members across the country have voted to unionize. The National Police Federation announced this week that its 18,000 members and reservists would begin...

Oland not guilty of murder

Jul 19, 2019 / 6:28 am

Dennis Oland has been found not guilty of second-degree murder in the 2011 bludgeoning death of his multi-millionaire father, Richard. Justice Terrence Morrison...