Canada

B.C. to ask Ottawa for money laundering law changes after case fails to yield charges

VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general says she will lobby the federal government to amend Canada's financial crime law after a multi-year money laundering investigation by police failed to pr...

Mar 02, 2023

Manitoba RCMP say 2 teenage girls died after being found in the cold on First Nation

ST. THERESA POINT, Man. - RCMP say two teenage girls died in the cold outside a home on a remote First Nation in Manitoba. Mounties were called after the 14-year-old girls were found Wednesday in St. ...

Mar 02, 2023

Quebec health minister says emergency room death of 86-year-old woman 'disturbing'

MONTREAL - Quebec Health Minister Christian Dub says details surrounding the death of an 86-year-old woman in an emergency room last week are "disturbing" and "unacceptable." First reported by TVA Nou...

Mar 02, 2023

Alberta band chief angry over silence from Imperial Oil after oilsands tailings spill

A northern Alberta band chief says he's angry over not being notified for nine months after two separate releases from an oilsands tailings pond. Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation say...

Mar 02, 2023

Supreme Court to look at issue of Crown liability when a law is struck down

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will examine whether the Crown enjoys absolute immunity from a civil suit seeking damages over passage of a law that is found to be unconstitutional. The top court...

Mar 02, 2023

Canada, China had better relationship at time of Trudeau Foundation pledge: Rosenberg

OTTAWA - The former head of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation says the level of caution Canadian institutions must now take when dealing with China was not top of mind when the charitable organiza...

Mar 02, 2023

Montreal university says no indication donation by Chinese billionaire was suspect

MONTREAL - The Montreal university that was promised an $800,000 donation as part of an alleged plot by the Chinese government to influence Justin Trudeau says the pledge came at a different time in C...

Mar 02, 2023

Bay du Nord not liable for end-use emissions, marine shipping, company lawyer says

OTTAWA - A lawyer representing the Norwegian energy firm behind a proposed offshore oil project in Newfoundland and Labrador says the company is only responsible for the immediate environmental impact...

Mar 02, 2023

At least one dead, several injured in avalanche in southeastern B.C.

INVERMERE, B.C. - RCMP confirm at least one person has been killed in an avalanche in southeastern British Columbia, about 150 kilometres southwest of Banff, Alta. Cpl. James Grandy says several other...

Mar 02, 2023

Last captive walruses in Canada moved to new SeaWorld in Abu Dhabi

Canada's three remaining captive walruses have been moved to a new marine park in Abu Dhabi. SeaWorld says it has acquired Marineland's last two walruses and a third from the Quebec Aquarium. The aqua...

Mar 02, 2023