Canada

Ottawa police investigating allegations of officers leaking info to 'Freedom Convoy'

Ottawa's interim police chief confirmed Thursday his force is investigating allegations that officers leaked intelligence to organizers of last winter's "Freedom Convoy" protest. Keith Wilson, a lawye...

Nov 03, 2022

RCMP investigate so-called Chinese 'police' stations in Toronto area

The RCMP is investigating reports of criminal activity related to so-called foreign "police" stations in Canada after a human rights group reported China is operating more than 50 such venues overseas...

Nov 03, 2022

Fiscal Update 2022: Ottawa to permanently eliminate student loan interest

Ottawa says it plans to make permanent the pandemic era removal of interest on student loans in an effort to reduce some of the current financial pressures on young Canadians as the cost of living ris...

Nov 03, 2022

Five things you need to know about the Liberals’ fall economic update

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals unveiled their fall economic update Thursday - a 92-page mini-budget setting out Canada's fiscal situation and outlining new policies to tackle cost-of-living woes. The w...

Nov 03, 2022

After N.S. mass shooting, American family member of victims lost faith in Mounties

HALIFAX - U.S. citizen Jennifer Zahl Bruland says the murders of her father and stepmother in Nova Scotia's mass shooting led her to stop believing in the quality of Canada's national police force. In...

Nov 03, 2022

Fall budget update promises tax credits for clean electricity and hydrogen production

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's fall economic statement creates two new federal tax credits for clean technology and low-emitting hydrogen production. The statement is Freeland's first b...

Nov 03, 2022

RCMP diverted attention from errors made during mass shooting investigation: lawsuit

HALIFAX - The spouse of the Nova Scotia mass shooter says she was charged with supplying ammunition to the killer because the RCMP wanted to deflect attention from mistakes made during their investiga...

Nov 03, 2022

'Eliminate the fraudsters': Report delves into Indigenous identity at universities

SASKATOON - A report commissioned after controversy circled a health professor's claims of being Mtis says the University of Saskatchewan was unprepared for Indigenous identity fraud and uneducated on...

Nov 03, 2022

Quebec hospital may remove child's breathing tube despite parents' objection: court

MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has ruled that a Montreal children's hospital can permanently remove a breathing tube from a five-year-old who has been in a coma since June. The Sainte-Justin...

Nov 03, 2022

N.W.T. begins airlifting goods from cancelled barge into Sachs Harbour

SACHS HARBOUR, N.W.T. - The Northwest Territories government says it has begun airlifting cargo and fuel from a cancelled barge into Sachs Harbour. The territory announced late last month the barge wo...

Nov 03, 2022