Canada

Prince Harry drops ceremonial puck for Canucks as lead up to 2025 Invictus Games

VANCOUVER - Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, performed the ceremonial puck drop at the Vancouver Canucks game on Monday night, as part of the lead up to the 2025 Invictus Games. The Canucks were host...

Nov 20, 2023

Documentary about Buffy Sainte-Marie wins International Emmy Award

NEW YORK - A documentary about folk legend Buffy Sainte-Marie, made before her Indigenous ancestry was called into question, has won an International Emmy Award. "Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On," dir...

Nov 20, 2023

Did you lose half a kilogram of cocaine? Police in B.C. would like to help

MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Police in Mission, B.C., say they are seeking the owner of half a kilogram of cocaine that was hidden in a public restroom's ceiling and anyone who wants to claim the drugs...

Nov 20, 2023

Big game trophy hunters among targets of new ban on importing raw ivory into Canada

OTTAWA - Canadian trophy hunters will be barred from bringing home elephant tusks or rhinoceros horns as Canada adopts new trade controls to help stop the critical decline in the animals' populations....

Nov 20, 2023

Two Quebec men charged with violating publication ban on identity of sex-crime victim

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say two men have been charged for allegedly revealing the identity of a woman who was sexually assaulted by a former member of the legislature. Sylvain Fortin, 61, ...

Nov 20, 2023

Transport committee launches probe into accessibility at Canadian airlines

OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee is launching an investigation into accessibility at Canadian airlines, with a focus on the country's two largest carriers. Following a motion put forward on Monday b...

Nov 20, 2023

Alberta COVID panel chair urges federal Conservatives to weaponize his findings

EDMONTON - The chair of a taxpayer-funded panel reviewing Alberta's COVID-19 response is urging the federal Conservatives to weaponize his findings against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's governing co...

Nov 20, 2023

Changing Armed Forces policies is slow and labour-intensive, external monitor says

OTTAWA - The military is finalizing a policy change to abolish its definition of sexual misconduct and to use the Criminal Code definition for sexual assault. The change, which is expected to be ready...

Nov 20, 2023

Fate of former RCMP official accused of leaking secrets now in hands of jury

OTTAWA - The fate of Cameron Jay Ortis, a former RCMP official accused of leaking secrets, is now in the hands of a jury. The 12 jurors retired Monday to consider a verdict after Ontario Superior Cour...

Nov 20, 2023

Mayor of Surrey, B.C., announces constitutional challenge over policing

SURREY, B.C. - The mayor of Surrey, B.C., says the city will mount a constitutional challenge to the province's appointment of an administrator to take over the police board and oversee the transition...

Nov 20, 2023