Canada

'Three Amigos' gather this week in Mexico City to talk North American excellence

WASHINGTON - Familiar North American irritants - U.S. protectionism, intransigence on continental trade, irregular migration - return to the fore this week as the so-called "Three Amigos" meet for a t...

Jan 08, 2023

Some Canadians set to return from Mexico's Mazatlan area as airports reopen

Some Canadian tourists in Mexico's Sinaloa state are packing their bags to return home after a wave of violence erupted in the region, shuttering airports and prompting an advisory to shelter in place...

Jan 07, 2023

Lobby group seeks public inquiry, release of video in Montreal man's jail death

MONTREAL - An anti-racism lobby group is calling on the Quebec government to launch an independent public inquiry into the jail death of an illegally detained Black man in Montreal following an alterc...

Jan 07, 2023

Japan PM visit could highlight LNG needs, as Tokyo pushes away from Russia and China

OTTAWA - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's first official visit to Canada will take place next week, as Tokyo looks to Canada to provide much-needed liquefied natural gas. Japan takes over the r...

Jan 07, 2023

'Senseless': After three years, mourners of Flight PS752 victims still seek justice

OTTAWA - Grieving relatives will mark three years since the Iranian military shot down Flight PS752 on Sunday by holding rallies across the country and pushing Ottawa to take a tougher stance against ...

Jan 07, 2023

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks climate change with King Charles

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office says he shared a call with King Charles that centred on environmental issues. Trudeau's office says he and the King discussed the COP15 biodiversity sum...

Jan 06, 2023

Pigeon with meth backpack caught in B.C. prison yard, says officers' union president

VANCOUVER - A prison union spokesman says a pigeon carrying a miniature backpack filled with drugs was captured last week at a B.C. correctional institution. John Randle, Pacific regional president of...

Jan 06, 2023

Advocates, police warn online 'sextortion' of youth is on the rise in Canada

Mounties in Metro Vancouver have issued a warning about a recent increase in "sextortion," saying police have received a "large number" of reports of money-motivated extortion targeting young girls an...

Jan 06, 2023

'Have your wits about you': Travel advice for Canadians visiting Mexico

The federal government says 1.8 million Canadians travelled to Mexico in 2022. Some of the more popular tourist spots include Cabo San Lucas, Cancun, Mazatlan, Playa Del Carman and Puerto Vallarta. Tr...

Jan 06, 2023

'Stunning lack of judgment': Nunavut prosecutor, Mountie acquitted of contempt

IQALUIT, Nunavut - A Nunavut judge has acquitted a prosecutor and an RCMP officer of criminal contempt but says their joint actions in the arrest of a man outside a courtroom were a "direct and public...

Jan 06, 2023