Canada

Trudeau seeks Europe sanctions on Haiti leaders, says Ottawa won't repeat 'mistakes'

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants European nations to join Canada in sanctioning Haiti's elites over alleged ties to the violent gangs paralyzing that country. He also says Canada must avoi...

Dec 13, 2022

Inside SickKids: An overworked emergency department prepares for a new surge

TORONTO - A baby screams in the distance as a security guard stands watch over the waiting room at the emergency department of Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. Parents cuddle their sick kids whil...

Dec 13, 2022

Military officers handed guilty verdict, reprimanded after inappropriate 'call sign'

OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Air Force says two military officers have been handed reprimands and minor suspensions of pay for failing to enforce the military's orders on preventing and addressing sexu...

Dec 12, 2022

New UN project office focused on sustainable cities to open in Montreal

Montreal has been chosen as the site of a new United Nations office that will oversee a program focused on developing green, resilient and sustainable cities. UN-Habitat, the international body's prog...

Dec 12, 2022

Crown argues two men planned murder of B.C. resident for banking information

VANCOUVER - The prosecutor in the B.C. Supreme Court murder trial for an escaped inmate says evidence shows the accused and another escapee were "inseparable," and proves the pair planned their attack...

Dec 12, 2022

Ottawa police cut email access over fears info would leak during 'Freedom Convoy'

OTTAWA, Ill. - Police in Ottawa were so worried about leaks from "Freedom Convoy" sympathizers that they shut off the email accounts of members on leave from the force as a precaution during protests ...

Dec 12, 2022

Winnipeg MP and former Liberal cabinet minister Jim Carr dies after long illness

OTTAWA - Jim Carr, a Liberal MP from Winnipeg and a former cabinet minister, has died. He was 71. Winnipeg MP Kevin Lamoureux asked the House of Commons for a moment of silence before question period ...

Dec 12, 2022

Business group offers $100,000 reward over attack on Coastal GasLink site

SURREY, B.C. - The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C. is offering a $100,000 reward for information about an attack on Coastal GasLink employees at a northern work site in Febr...

Dec 12, 2022

Return to in-person work a contentious issue among federal public servants

OTTAWA - Public servants are voicing their disapproval for an impending mandate to return to the office. To date, government departments have been making their own decisions about remote and hybrid wo...

Dec 12, 2022

More 'sustainable' funding needed to revitalize Indigenous languages, committee hears

OTTAWA - Witnesses testifying at a parliamentary committee say that if the federal government is serious about revitalizing Indigenous languages, it must provide better funding. Several speakers appea...

Dec 12, 2022