Canada

Tobacco company opposes proposed $32.5B settlement with provinces, smokers: court doc

TORONTO - One of three major tobacco companies involved in years of negotiations with creditors says it opposes the proposed multi-billion-dollar settlement announced in the case earlier this month. J...

Oct 31, 2024

Foreign affairs minister seeks support for plan to return deported Ukrainian children

MONTREAL - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says she hopes countries from around the world will support a plan to bring back Ukrainian children who have been deported to Russia since the war in Uk...

Oct 30, 2024

B.C. judge halts the medically assisted death of Alberta woman

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia judge has granted an injunction stopping a woman's medically assisted death, the day before it was scheduled to take place in Vancouver. The injunction granted on Saturd...

Oct 30, 2024

Quebec names new head of embattled youth protection agency amid multiple scandals

QUBEC - The Quebec government has named Lesley Hill as the province's new youth protection director, after her predecessor stepped down earlier this week amid a number of scandals plaguing the agency....

Oct 30, 2024

B.C. groups lose bid to stop Alaskan fishery's sustainable certification

A coalition of Canadian environmental groups has lost its latest bid to prevent Alaska's salmon fishery from being labelled as sustainable by an international certification body. The groups - includin...

Oct 30, 2024

Global Affairs won't confirm reports Canadian dead in Russia was foreign fighter

OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says it is aware of the death of a Canadian citizen in Russia. But the department won't confirm reports the Canadian was among four foreign fighters who had crossed into...

Oct 30, 2024

Mother of teen victim in mass killing suing Manitoba's child welfare agency

WINNIPEG - The mother of a 17-year-old victim in a mass slaying in Manitoba is suing a child welfare agency for allegedly failing to protect the girl. Juliette Hastings claims in the lawsuit that Winn...

Oct 30, 2024

TSB says B.C. helicopter crashed in 2021 after rotors collided

Canada's Transportation Safety Board says the fatal crash of a British Columbia logging helicopter was caused when the chopper's rotor system broke up mid-flight. A final report from the board says th...

Oct 30, 2024

State adversaries getting 'bolder' in cyberspace, Canadian threat forecast warns

OTTAWA - A new federal threat forecast warns that foreign adversaries are becoming bolder and more aggressive with their tactics in cyberspace. The 2025-26 forecast from the Canadian Centre for Cyber ...

Oct 30, 2024

PM says he's trying to get Poilievre names of Tories linked to foreign interference

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's asked national security services to find a way to share information with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre about foreign interference affecting his ...

Oct 30, 2024