Canada

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

CP NewsAlert: B.C. to reactivate its COVID emergency operations centres

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government will reopen 20 hospital emergency operations centres set up for COVID-19 to deal with an expected surge in flu, respiratory illness and COVID cases. Health ...

Jan 06, 2023

Feds must enforce vaping penalties to protect kids: advocates

OTTAWA - Advocates on both sides of the vaping debate say the government must do more to enforce penalties for selling vapes to kids after a review concluded no changes to the legislation were warrant...

Jan 06, 2023

Man who died near Quebec migrant crossing had been trying to enter U.S., police say

MONTREAL - The man whose body was found this week near an unofficial border crossing south of Montreal likely died of hypothermia while trying to enter the United States, Quebec provincial police said...

Jan 06, 2023

Sentencing starts for man convicted of killing of two Métis hunters in rural Alberta

EDMONTON - The sentencing for an Alberta man convicted in the killing of two Mtis hunters has begun today in Edmonton. Anthony Bilodeau was convicted in May of second-degree murder in the death of Mau...

Jan 06, 2023

Federal Court hears final arguments in case of Canadians detained in Syria

The Federal Court is hearing final arguments in a challenge from family members of 23 Canadians held in Syria who say Ottawa is violating Charter rights by not arranging for their return. The detainee...

Jan 06, 2023