Canada

Quebec election: Two new parties trying to spoil Liberals' chances with anglophones

MONTREAL - As Quebec's major political parties duke it out ahead of the Oct. 3 election, a pair of newcomers are trying to capitalize on issues like language and minority rights to steal votes in heav...

Sep 10, 2022

The Conservative leadership contest ends tonight and it's Pierre Poilievre's to lose

OTTAWA - It's finally here. The Conservative Party of Canada will announce its next leader in Ottawa tonight, after candidates and supporters spent the past seven months on its third leadership contes...

Sep 10, 2022

B.C. resident recalls meeting Queen, says photo is a 'treasure' of his life

Rob Rathbun fondly recalls the day he lifted a little girl on his shoulders so she could give Queen Elizabeth II a bouquet of flowers during a procession outside the British Columbia legislature in 20...

Sep 10, 2022

Low spirits over high tea in Victoria, B.C., as Empress patrons mourn the Queen

VICTORIA - Afternoon sunshine streams into the Fairmont Empress Hotel's iconic high tea room in Victoria, British Columbia, but cannot lift the sombre mood brought on by the death of Queen Elizabeth I...

Sep 10, 2022

RCMP locate vehicle they believe was used by suspect after mass stabbing

REGINA - Saskatchewan RCMP say they have located a vehicle they believe was used by a suspect in a mass stabbing. Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore says in a video statement that a witness repor...

Sep 09, 2022

Accession ceremony for King Charles III to happen Saturday at Rideau Hall

OTTAWA - A ceremony to proclaim the accession of King Charles III as Canada's new head of state will take place Saturday morning at Rideau Hall. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and members of the federa...

Sep 09, 2022

Members of some diaspora communities call for Canada to break ties to Crown

Some Canadians from diaspora communities called for the country's independence from the Crown on Friday, saying the death of the Queen is a chance to rethink its ties to the monarchy. More than 50 cou...

Sep 09, 2022

N.S. inquiry: Senior RCMP officer pushed to keep secret safety bulletin on killer

HALIFAX - A deputy commissioner of the RCMP told an inquiry today that in May 2020, less than a month after a gunman killed 22 people in Nova Scotia, he opposed informing the public that a police safe...

Sep 09, 2022

Quebec election: Parti Québécois leader supports candidate who made explicit video

MONTREAL - Parti Qubcois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says he fully supports a PQ candidate who appeared in an explicit video. St-Pierre Plamondon described Andranne Fiola as "committed" and "brill...

Sep 09, 2022

Quebec police watchdog to investigate civilian death during RCMP raid this week

TERREBONNE, Que. - Quebec's police watchdog is investigating the death earlier this week of a 42-year-old man during a police operation involving the RCMP. The Bureau des enqutes indpendantes says it ...

Sep 09, 2022