Canada

Memorial to take place in Winnipeg for judge, senator, TRC chair Murray Sinclair

WINNIPEG - A public memorial honouring Murray Sinclair is set to take place in Winnipeg on Sunday. The event, which is being organized by the federal and Manitoba governments, will be at Canada Life C...

Nov 05, 2024

Proposed $32.5B tobacco deal not 'doomed to fail,' judge says in ruling

TORONTO - An Ontario judge says any outstanding issues regarding a proposed $32.5 billion settlement between three major tobacco companies and their creditors should be solvable in the coming months. ...

Nov 05, 2024

Fatal northern Quebec police shooting followed drunk driving call, watchdog says

MONTREAL - The province's police watchdog is providing some new details about a police shooting that left one man dead and a second seriously injured in a remote northern Quebec village. The watchdog,...

Nov 05, 2024

B.C.'s chief electoral officer defends election integrity after 'human errors'

British Columbia's chief electoral officer says "extremely challenging weather conditions" and a new voting system factored into human errors that saw ballots go uncounted in the provincial election -...

Nov 05, 2024

Liberals propose seven-year extension for information commissioner Caroline Maynard

OTTAWA - Information commissioner Caroline Maynard is slated to answer questions from MPs today on her proposed reappointment. The Liberal government recently nominated Maynard to serve another seven-...

Nov 05, 2024

House of Commons committee recalls Tom Clark to talk New York City condo

OTTAWA - Conservative MPs want Canada's consul general in New York to testify at a House of Commons committee again about the purchase of a new official residence in Manhattan. Members of the House op...

Nov 05, 2024

Quebec schools want exemption from foreign student cap, but minister unmoved

MONTREAL - Quebec universities and public colleges say they should be exempt from the government's plan to reduce the number of international students in the province, but the immigration minister say...

Nov 05, 2024

Preparation for next president started months ago, Trudeau's cabinet says

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says the Trudeau government is in a better position to manage trade negotiations with the next American president than it was the last time it signed a de...

Nov 05, 2024

Eleven-year-old boy struck and killed by truck in Montreal

MONTREAL - An 11-year-old boy died after he was hit by a truck Monday evening in Montreal's Plateau-Mont-Royal borough. Police say they received numerous calls at around 7:30 p.m. about the collision ...

Nov 05, 2024

Demonstration outside Brampton Hindu temple broken up after weapons spotted: police

A Hindu temple in Brampton, Ont., where violence erupted over the weekend was the site of another demonstration on Monday night that police broke up after they say weapons were spotted in the crowd. P...

Nov 05, 2024