Canada

CP NewsAlert: Ottawa announces $2.8-billion settlement of B.C. day scholar suit

VANCOUVER - The federal government says it's come to a $2.8-billion agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by members of a British Columbia Indigenous band who attended residential schools...

Jan 21, 2023

Quebec historian obtains photos of salvage operation for Empress of Ireland shipwreck

MONTREAL - The two photos that popped up for sale on eBay appeared at first glance to be nothing more than a piece of Quebec maritime nostalgia: men on a wharf in the early 20th century, with a captio...

Jan 21, 2023

'Homicide in slow motion': Police urged to tackle stalking amid rise of tracking tech

VANCOUVER - Stephanie Forster did everything right. She obtained a restraining order, changed her phone number and moved three times in six months. She once found an Apple AirTag in her car so she ask...

Jan 21, 2023

Canada to help facilitate Cameroon peace process: Foreign Affairs Minister Joly

OTTAWA - The federal government says Canada will help guide a peace process aimed at resolving the ongoing crisis in Cameroon where years of fighting and strife have displaced nearly 800,000 people. F...

Jan 20, 2023

Companies facing charges related to worker's death in Nunavut

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Four companies are facing charges after a worker died on a winter road in Nunavut last year. Sabina Gold and Silver Corporation, Matrix Aviation Solutions Inc., Matrix Kitikmeot Ltd...

Jan 20, 2023

Judge orders government to repatriate four Canadian men held in Syrian camps

OTTAWA - A judge has ordered the Liberal government to help bring home four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps. In a ruling today, Federal Court Justice Henry Brown has directed Ottawa to request...

Jan 20, 2023

Man accused in abduction of N.Y. couple over drug debt denies involvement

MONTREAL - A man on trial for the kidnapping of a couple from Upstate New York who were smuggled into Quebec in September 2020 testified today he was never inside their house and, in fact, never met t...

Jan 20, 2023

Police in India arrest third man in smuggling deaths of family in Canada

Police in India say a third man has been charged in the deaths of four members of a family who froze in southern Manitoba while trying to cross into the United States. They say the man allegedly helpe...

Jan 20, 2023

Smith's office mum on investigating whether staffer contacted Crown prosecutors

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says it would be wrong if a staffer contacted prosecutors about cases involving a U.S. border crossing blockade, but isn't saying whether it will inv...

Jan 20, 2023

Second allegation of sexual misconduct surfaces against prominent Quebec cardinal

MONTREAL - The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Quebec City has confirmed that it received a second complaint involving allegations of sexual misconduct by Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the former archbishop in...

Jan 20, 2023