Canada

Canadian manufacturer of electrical towers offers to help Ukraine restore power

RIGA, Latvia - With Ukraine's power grid coming under almost daily attack by Russian forces, the country's main energy company has expressed interest in electrical equipment produced by a Canadian fir...

Nov 16, 2022

Trudeau extends Ukraine military training, urges caution after Poland missile deaths

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is extending Canada's training mission of Ukrainian soldiers. He's announcing the move today in Indonesia, after reports of a missile killing two pe...

Nov 15, 2022

Alleged Chinese spy at Hydro-Québec formally charged, considered flight risk

LONGUEUIL, Que. - A former employee of Quebec's hydro utility made a first appearance in court Tuesday on charges that he fraudulently obtained a trade secret for the benefit of China, and he was orde...

Nov 15, 2022

Montreal COVID response had negative 'collateral impacts' on population, report finds

MONTREAL - The COVID-19 pandemic and the health measures brought in to limit it caused widespread collateral impacts that disproportionately harmed the most vulnerable, Montreal's public health direct...

Nov 15, 2022

Saskatchewan mother accused of faking death, fleeing the country faces more charges

SASKATOON - An Indigenous woman from Saskatoon who was arrested in the United States after police say she faked her own death is facing more charges in Canada. The 48-year-old woman and her seven-year...

Nov 15, 2022

Mother of Canadian detained in Syria accuses of Ottawa of shirking duty to help

OTTAWA - The mother of a Canadian man being held in northeastern Syria accuses the federal government of doing "precisely nothing" to secure his release. Sally Lane is urging the Liberal government to...

Nov 15, 2022

Canada monitoring reports of Russian missiles hitting Poland: Anand

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Anita Anand says she is in contact with Polish authorities over reports that two people were killed when Russian missiles hit the NATO ally. Anand would only say that Canada ...

Nov 15, 2022

Defence closes case in sexual assault trial of ex-PQ legislator Harold LeBel

RIMOUSKI, Que. - The defence for former Parti Qubcois legislator Harold LeBel closed its case today in his trial for sexual assault. Earlier in the day, Superior Court Justice Serge Francoeur called p...

Nov 15, 2022

Auditor general finds aging icebreakers, aircraft hamper monitoring of Arctic waters

More than a decade of delay and inaction has left the ships, planes and satellites that Canada relies on to monitor its rapidly opening Arctic on track to be retired before they can be replaced, the a...

Nov 15, 2022

Trudeau deletes tweet that cited false information in denouncing the Iranian regime

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office says it deleted a tweet that his account posted overnight denouncing the Iranian regime based on false information that had been circulating on social m...

Nov 15, 2022