Canada

Financial intelligence agency tracking signs of homegrown terrorism financing

OTTAWA - Efforts by Canada's financial intelligence agency over the last three years uncovered activity related to homegrown terrorism, the bankrolling of international terrorist groups and attempts b...

Dec 15, 2022

'Prey-switching' blamed for death of Toronto woman mauled by coyotes 13 years ago

HALIFAX - A new and unusual theory has emerged about the coyotes that killed a young Toronto woman on a Nova Scotia hiking trail 13 years ago. Researchers say that on Oct. 27, 2009, when singer-songwr...

Dec 15, 2022

Jury finds escaped inmate guilty of the first-degree murder of a B.C. man

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court jury in the trial of an escaped inmate accused of first-degree murder has found James Lee Busch guiltyin the death of a Vancouver Island man. However, wh...

Dec 14, 2022

Yukon, Canada announce agreement to advance nature conservation and protection

MONTREAL - The Yukon and federal governments have signed a new agreement to advance nature conservation and protection across the territory. The governments announced the Canada-Yukon Nature Agreement...

Dec 14, 2022

Ottawa must hold resource companies accountable to keep Indigenous women safe: report

OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee says resource companies should be held "accountable" for the effect their projects have on the safety of Indigenous women and girls. Members of Parliament on the Sta...

Dec 14, 2022

Liberals may take a year to clear Afghanistan aid blockade as senators urge speed

OTTAWA - A Senate committee is urging the federal government to amend anti-terror laws that are blocking humanitarians from responding to growing desperation in Afghanistan. But the Liberals say they ...

Dec 14, 2022

Liberals want to expand Parliament Hill after post-convoy security report

OTTAWA - Liberal MPs on a House of Commons committee that studied parliamentary security after the "Freedom Convoy" say Parliamentary Hill should expand to include nearby streets. The Liberals say a l...

Dec 14, 2022

Alberta premier apologizes, tries to clarifies comment about First Nations

EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith says she is sorry if anyone misinterpreted her remarks this week to conclude she was equating Ottawa's treatment of Alberta to the systemic and horrific abuse of Cana...

Dec 14, 2022

Canada revoking sanctions exemptions for Nord Stream turbines

OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says Canada is revoking the exemptions to sanctions that allowed a Montreal company to repair turbines for a natural gas pipeline operated by Rus...

Dec 14, 2022

Winnipeg police commit to working with First Nations groups on landfill search

WINNIPEG - Police are to be part of a committee led by First Nations groups to determine the feasibility of recovering the remains of two Indigenous women believed to at a landfill outside Winnipeg. F...

Dec 14, 2022