Canada

Cargo jet removed after sliding off runway at Vancouver airport

RICHMOND - A Boeing 767 cargo jet that went off a runway at Vancouver International Airport has been safely removed. Vancouver International Airport says the north runway will remain closed until furt...

Nov 21, 2024

Third deer infected with chronic wasting disease in B.C.

VICTORIA - A new case of chronic wasting disease, an incurable illness that has the potential to decimate deer populations, has been identified in British Columbia. The B.C. Ministry of Water, Land an...

Nov 21, 2024

Liberal MP accuses opposition MPs of wasting time on another Boissonnault probe

OTTAWA - A Liberal MP says his committee colleagues are wasting time by launching a third inquiry into the former employment minister instead of focusing on important legislation for Indigenous People...

Nov 21, 2024

'Postal service is a lifeline': Seniors feel isolated due to Canada Post strike

Envelopes full of handwritten letters and donations for various charities are piling up on Dianne Parker's desk due to the Canada Post strike. She says it has been heart-rending she can't ship them of...

Nov 21, 2024

B.C. RCMP detachments begin rollout of body worn cameras

The officer in charge of the RCMP detachment in Mission, B.C., says he's grateful that Mounties in his community will be among the first to wear body cameras to record police interactions with the pub...

Nov 21, 2024

Halifax security forum gathers as Trump's support for Taiwan, Ukraine in question

HALIFAX - Uncertainty is a key theme this year at the annual, three-day gathering in Halifax of political leaders, defence officials and policy analysts who aim to promote democratic values around the...

Nov 21, 2024

Petition by RFK Jr. fan prompts water fluoridation vote by Montreal council

MONTREAL - Municipal officials are considering an end to water fluoridation on the island of Montreal in a move spurred by a petition from a resident who claims he has the support of Robert F. Kennedy...

Nov 21, 2024

Tense cross-examination of former cop at inquest into 2016 death of Ottawa man

OTTAWA - A former police officer involved in the case of an Ottawa man who died after a violent arrest and the lawyer representing the man's family had several testy exchanges today at a coroner's inq...

Nov 21, 2024

Quebec auditor general says school system failing Indigenous students

MONTREAL - Quebec's auditor general says the province has taken little action in the past two decades to help Indigenous students in Quebec, whose graduation rates lag behind those of Indigenous stude...

Nov 21, 2024

Cellphone location records shown to jury in human smuggling trial

FERGUS FALLS - The jury at a human smuggling trial has seen phone records the prosecution says show the two men accused were carrying out plans to sneak people across the Canada-U.S. border between Ma...

Nov 21, 2024