Canada

No guarantees, but expert says search of landfill for women's remains may succeed

WINNIPEG - In 2002, investigators started a massive search of Robert Pickton's pig farm in British Columbia and eventually found the remains of several women. Twenty years later, the lead forensic ant...

Dec 15, 2022

Respiratory illnesses surge beyond pre-pandemic numbers in Nunavut

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut health officials say there has been a surge of respiratory illnesses across the territory this year. Dr. Sean Watchel, the territory's chief public health officer, says case...

Dec 15, 2022

Liberal government seeking delay to expanding medically assisted dying program

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is seeking to delay the expansion of Canada's assisted-dying regime to include people whose sole underlying conditions are mental disorders. Justice Minister David Lame...

Dec 15, 2022

Escaped inmate sentenced to life for the 'cold-blooded' murder of a B.C. man

VANCOUVER - Friends and relatives of murder victim Martin Payne say they are haunted by the actions of "two selfish, reckless" people who chose their victim because his home was near the prison where ...

Dec 15, 2022

MPs put discussion of gun bill on pause for holidays amid concern over hunting rifles

OTTAWA - MPs studying the government's proposed definition of an assault-style firearm will resume talks next month about whether to hear from additional witnesses amid concerns the change would ban s...

Dec 15, 2022

Senate joins House of Commons in adjourning for a holiday break

OTTAWA - The Senate wrapped up its fall sitting today and has adjourned for a holiday break, a day after the House of Commons did the same. Parliamentarians are not scheduled to return to Ottawa until...

Dec 15, 2022

Quebec man granted bail in hit and run that killed 7-year-old Ukrainian girl

MONTREAL - A Montreal-area man charged in a hit and run that killed a 7-year-old girl as she was walking to school has been granted bail. Juan Manuel Becerra Garcia was released on a series of conditi...

Dec 15, 2022

Delegates at COP15 warned to dress warmly and bring extra socks as snowstorm looms

OTTAWA - If the weather outside is frightful, bring some extra socks and build a snowman. For most Canadians such advice ahead of a major winter storm is unnecessary. But for thousands of delegates at...

Dec 15, 2022

Alberta says it will take control of prosecutions for banned firearms from Ottawa

EDMONTON - Alberta's justice minister says provincial prosecutors are to take over the handling of charges under the federal Firearms Act starting in the new year. Tyler Shandro says he is also advisi...

Dec 15, 2022

Canada is losing ground and falling behind U.S. on trade with Africa, senators say

OTTAWA - Senators are warning Trade Minister Mary Ng that Ottawa may be falling behind its peers in establishing deeper trade ties with Africa. The Senate foreign-affairs committee has been studying f...

Dec 15, 2022