Canada

Anger, frustration and rumours outside Montreal passport office as delays continue

MONTREAL - For another day, hundreds of people are waiting outside a downtown Montreal passport office hoping to get a new travel document. Large crowds have gathered outside the office every day this...

Jun 23, 2022

Afghan immigration routes nearly full, thousands to be left behind: MPs, NGOs

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament and charitable groups are warning that two immigration programs for Afghans who helped Canadian Forces and those at special risk from the Taliban are almost full and tho...

Jun 23, 2022

'Over the top hypocrisy' of F1 oilsands protest helps Alberta's case, Kenney argues

WASHINGTON - Premier Jason Kenney says he's not losing sleep over a Formula One driver's protest against the Alberta oilsands during last weekend's Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. In fact, Kenney say...

Jun 23, 2022

Liberals introduce legislation to create national council to oversee reconciliation

OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Marc Miller has tabled a bill that would create a national council for reconciliation - a recommendation the Truth and Reconciliation Commission made in 2015 and th...

Jun 23, 2022

Patrick Brown requests party probe 'misleading' membership email from Poilievre

OTTAWA - Patrick Brown's leadership campaign is the latest to raise concerns about what it calls "misleading" emails sent to party members by his main rival. Brown's national campaign co-chair John Re...

Jun 23, 2022

Prime Minister Trudeau says he still has confidence in RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he still has confidence in RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki. The head of the Mounties - and the Liberal government - have come under scrutiny in Ottawa over a...

Jun 23, 2022

Ex-Liberal MP Raj Grewal invited lenders to private meet-and-greet with Trudeau

OTTAWA - A pair of Ontario businessmen say they each loaned former Liberal MP Raj Grewal $200,000 before being invited to join a 2018 trip to India with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Brampton tire ce...

Jun 23, 2022

'Police don't release information:' Why the RCMP withheld details after N.S. massacre

HALIFAX - At the centre of the political firestorm erupting over the RCMP's response to the worst mass shooting in Canadian history is a phrase used by police to justify withholding case information. ...

Jun 23, 2022

Non-profit group has public interest standing in mental-health law case: top court

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a not-for-profit organization has public interest standing to challenge mental-health law in a B.C. court, even though no individuals are plaintiffs in the ca...

Jun 23, 2022

Pope Francis' visit to Canada to include stop at residential school

The Vatican has released the program for Pope Francis' trip to Canada next month, which includes visiting the site of a former Alberta residential school with survivors of the institutions. The papal ...

Jun 23, 2022