Canada

GardaWorld employees arrested by Libyan militia held for nearly two months

MONTREAL - Seven employees of Montreal-based security giant GardaWorld languished in detention for nearly two months after their arrest earlier this year by a powerful Libyan militia. The workers' ord...

Sep 20, 2023

Most Canadians view about Online News Act is news should be free, survey suggests

OTTAWA - A new survey suggests that most Canadians feel news should be free and accessible for anyone, while also believing that media will find other ways to make money. Leger conducted a national on...

Sep 20, 2023

Emergency manager's testimony to continue at 'Freedom Convoy' organizer's trial

OTTAWA - The testimony of Ottawa's emergency services manager is expected to continue today in the criminal trial of two "Freedom Convoy" organizers. Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are on trial for alle...

Sep 20, 2023

Climate, development, India top of mind as Trudeau arrives at UN General Assembly

NEW YORK - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived Tuesday at the UN General Assembly with the planet at a climate crossroads - and Canada facing an ever more fraught relationship with the world's faste...

Sep 19, 2023

Hardeep Nijjar met CSIS every week before killing that Trudeau links to India: son

VANCOUVER - The son of Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar says his father was meeting regularly with Canadian intelligence officers in the months before he was shot dead in British Columbia, i...

Sep 19, 2023

Sikh community 'reeling' on news of India interference in death: B.C.'s AG says

British Columbia's attorney general says the community is reeling over news that the Canadian government is investigating a link between the shooting death of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar and the ...

Sep 19, 2023

Canada signs $3-billion deal to finance nuclear power in Romania

OTTAWA - Canada is helping to finance two new nuclear reactors in Romania, which that country's energy minister says will help diminish Russia's ability to use its energy exports as a weapon. Canadian...

Sep 19, 2023

What is the Sikh separatist movement at centre of the Canada-India dispute?

The shooting death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C., in June has touched off a foreign affairs crisis between Canada and India over the Sikh leader's role in the Khalistan separatism movement. ...

Sep 19, 2023

B.C. human rights commissioner calls out anti-LGBTQ rallies planned across Canada

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Human Rights Commissioner, Kasari Govender, says she is disturbed about "hate-fuelled marches" planned in several communities around the province and across Canada on Wed...

Alex Rawnsley Sep 19, 2023

N.L. dentist who allowed jail guard to pull teeth from sedated inmate pleads guilty

GANDER, N.L. - A dentist who allowed a Newfoundland and Labrador corrections officer to extract teeth from a sedated inmate has pleaded guilty to assault. The Supreme Court clerk's office says Dr. Lou...

Sep 19, 2023