Canada

'Revolutionary youth summer program' gets underway at McGill pro-Palestine encampment

MONTREAL - A so-called "revolutionary" summer school is starting this afternoon at a pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill University's downtown Montreal campus. The program includes lectures on Palest...

Jun 17, 2024

'Stupid' or 'unethical': Green leader suggests MPs should have asked more questions

OTTAWA - Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says MPs identified in a secret parliamentary report on foreign interference should have asked more questions when offered help in their nomination races from...

Jun 17, 2024

Work begins to fix problem spots on Calgary water main; restrictions to last weeks

CALGARY - Calgary's mayor says work begins today to fix more problem spots on a major water main. Jyoti Gondek says engineers and hydrologists used a robot last week to complete an inspection of the p...

Jun 17, 2024

Blair defends navy's Cuba visit, says critics may be 'confused' about its purpose

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Bill Blair says he was acting on advice from the military when he approved a plan to send a Canadian ship to Cuba, but he won't say what advice he got. The trip is getting at...

Jun 17, 2024

Canadian safety board says unregistered submersibles still diving after Titan deaths

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Since the doomed Titan made its descent to view the Titanic wreck one year ago, other unregistered submersibles have been operating within Canadian waters, says the Transportation S...

Jun 17, 2024

AI chatbots use Canadian news, but Ottawa won't say if they should be paying for it

OTTAWA - The federal government is dodging questions about whether AI companies should be paying Canadian news publishers for content their chatbots are openly using. Last year the Liberal government ...

Jun 17, 2024

Trial resumes for two men charged with conspiracy to commit murder at Coutts blockade

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The trial of two men charged with conspiracy to commit murder at the 2022 blockade at Coutts, Alta., resumes today. Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert are on trial in Court of King...

Jun 17, 2024

Sending Canadian vessel to Cuba alongside Russia's was carefully planned: Minister

OTTAWA - National Defence Minister Bill Blair's office is defending the decision to send a Canadian ship to Cuba where it docked alongside some of Russia's fleet, calling it a "carefully" planned move...

Jun 16, 2024

New signs warning of great white sharks in the works for some East Coast beaches

HALIFAX - There's growing evidence that the number of great white sharks is on the rise along Canada's East Coast, where plans are in the works to post warning signs for beachgoers for the first time....

Jun 16, 2024

Trudeau says Russia needs to be accountable for 'genocide' of taking Ukrainian kids

BURGENSTOCK - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Russia needs to be accountable "for the element of genocide" he says it's committing by taking thousands of Ukrainian children from their home. He addr...

Jun 16, 2024