Canada

Federal immigration committee to investigate allegations department misled a judge

OTTAWA - The House of Commons committee on immigration has called an urgent meeting to study allegations that the department misled a federal judge during a trademark infringement case, which former i...

Oct 09, 2022

Member of Parliamentary committee applauds Skinner's resignation from Hockey Canada

A member of Parliament says that more members of Hockey Canada's leadership group should resign. Sbastien Lemire said Andrea Skinner made the right decision to resign as Hockey Canada's interim board ...

Oct 09, 2022

53 year-old-man arrested after man injured in shooting at Quebec resort

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say they have arrested a 53-year-old man in connection with a shooting at an upscale resort in the Laurentians region. Police say the man is scheduled to appear in ...

Oct 09, 2022

Quebec police watchdog investigating death of man who fled police hours after stop

MONTREAL - Quebec's police watchdog says it has opened an investigation after a man died several hours after being stopped by police for impaired driving. The Bureau des enqutes indpendantes said in a...

Oct 09, 2022

On U.S. campaign trail and beyond, Trump's familiar silhouette proving inescapable

WASHINGTON - He's the Kevin Bacon of modern American politics, a familiar shadow that seems to loom over or lurk behind virtually every major storyline playing out on the U.S. campaign trail and beyon...

Oct 09, 2022

Roadwork unearths remnants of 1800s Montreal zoo run by the 'Canadian Barnum'

MONTREAL - Long before the Plateau-Mont-Royal became one of Montreal's trendiest neighbourhoods, the area was home to a 19th-century botanical garden and zoo where Montrealers marvelled at the sight o...

Oct 09, 2022

Climate Changed: Communities on edge of catastrophe face choice of fight or flight

VANCOUVER - The idea of relocating his community isn't one that Arnie Lampreau of the Shackan Indian Band in British Columbia's Nicola Valley thought he'd be considering when he was elected chief earl...

Oct 09, 2022

Climate Changed: Catastrophe experts say retreat from flood risk is 'critical option'

VANCOUVER - All climate disasters are not created equal and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction recommends retreat in the face of only one type of threat. "In our opinion, retreat is not an ...

Oct 09, 2022

Competition Bureau probe of 'flushable' wipes goes down the drain

OTTAWA - To flush or not to flush? It is a question Canada's Competition Bureau says it cannot answer. Three years ago, Friends of the Earth Canada and lawyers from Ecojustice filed a grievance with t...

Oct 09, 2022

Andrea Skinner resigns as Hockey Canada's interim chair

Hockey Canada has confirmed that Andrea Skinner, interim chair of the organization's board of directors, has submitted her resignation. Skinner assumed the role in August after the resignation of form...

Oct 08, 2022