Canada

Former Supreme Court judge tabbed to help settle several 'Havana Syndrome' claims

OTTAWA - Former Supreme Court justice Thomas Cromwell will mediate claims against the federal government from nine family members of Canadian diplomats who suffered unexplained ailments in Cuba. The d...

Nov 11, 2022

Guilbeault optimistic about targets even as Canada's emissions rebound post-pandemic

OTTAWA - Canada's carbon dioxide emissions crept back up in 2021 after falling sharply during the first year of COVID-19, and experts believe they will go up even further this year as the return to no...

Nov 11, 2022

Trudeau en route to Southeast Asia for summits aimed at deeper Indo-Pacific ties

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is en route to Southeast Asia for a series of summits aimed at deepening Canada's presence in the Indo-Pacific. He is joined by Trade Minister Mary Ng and Foreign Affairs...

Nov 11, 2022

Canadians prepare to mark Remembrance Day at ceremonies across the country

OTTAWA - Canadians will gather at cenotaphs and monuments across the country today to remember and pay their respects to those who fought and died in service of Canada. This year will mark a full retu...

Nov 11, 2022

Banff National Park considers next steps for bison herd reintroduced into backcountry

BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada officials are trying to determine what's next for a herd of plains bisonin Banff National Park after a draft report shows its reintroduction in the park's backcountry has b...

Nov 11, 2022

Ex-nurse donates $3.8M for health unit in Downtown Eastside where she worked in 1950s

VANCOUVER - Lily Lee's first contribution to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and Chinatown neighbourhoods was as a 21-year-old community nurse in the 1950s when she was fresh out of the University of Br...

Nov 11, 2022

Cleanup of former gold mine in Northwest Territories to cost more than $4 billion

YELLOWKNIFE - Cleanup of one of the most contaminated sites in Canada is estimated to cost taxpayers more than four times what was initially expected. The Treasury Board of Canada recently approved a ...

Nov 10, 2022

B.C. Indigenous scholar Margo Greenwood appointed as senator

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the appointment of a new senator, Margo Greenwood, who will represent British Columbia. Greenwood is a decorated scholar of Cree ancestry who has e...

Nov 10, 2022

Ontario man arrested, awaiting U.S. extradition for alleged global ransomware crimes

A Russian-Canadian man from Ontario is in police custody and awaiting extradition to the United States for his alleged participation in a global ransomware campaign, the U.S. Department of Justice ann...

Nov 10, 2022

Quebec man faces murder charge three years after fatal head-on highway crash

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say a man has been charged with second-degree murder after a head-on highway collision killed another man more than three years ago. Jano Vincent, 33, was arrested ...

Nov 10, 2022