Canada

Quick Quotes: What the leaders said during the first Conservative leadership debate

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership contenders faced each other in debate for the first time at the Shaw Conference Centre in Ottawa as part of the Canada Strong and Free Network conference. Patrick Brow...

May 05, 2022

Indigenous B.C. man, granddaughter settle with BMO over arrest while opening account

VANCOUVER - Standing amid the noise of traffic and hustle of pedestrians on the same Vancouver sidewalk where he was arrested and handcuffed in December 2019, Maxwell Johnson said he finally feels at ...

May 05, 2022

Alberta premier's caucus foe calls him soft on Ottawa, gets verbal slap in return

EDMONTON - Jason Kenney's arch-foe in caucus took his fight with the Alberta premier to the floor of the legislature Thursday and received in return a backhanded verbal slap from a cabinet minister. B...

May 05, 2022

Canada to investigate sexual violence against women in Ukraine as war crimes

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada will help investigate sexual violence by Russian troops against women and girls in Ukraine. Speaking in Ottawa after talks with Ann Linde, Swe...

May 05, 2022

Crown alleges Jacob Hoggard violently raped teen girl, woman in 2016 incidents

TORONTO - Prosecutors allege Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard repeatedly and violently raped a teen girl and a young woman in two separate incidents months apart, leaving each of them bleeding, bruised...

May 05, 2022

Remains of young girl found in Toronto dumpster, area residents in shock

TORONTO - Shock and disbelief gripped residents of one of Canada's wealthiest neighbourhoods on Thursday as Toronto police revealed that the remains of a young girl had been discovered in a constructi...

May 05, 2022

Governor General Mary Simon to visit hometown while touring Nunavik

OTTAWA - Canada's first Indigenous Governor General is making a visit to a number of remote northern Quebec communities, including her own hometown. Mary Simon will make stops next week in Kuujjuaq, K...

May 05, 2022

Canada's trade minister, U.S. ambassador vow closer trade ties, despite differences

WASHINGTON - Trade Minister Mary Ng and U.S. counterpart Katherine Tai say they are forging closer trade ties between their two countries, in spite of lingering irritants. Tai is in Ottawa for a two-d...

May 05, 2022

Fuddle-duddle or not, Speaker calls for respect after question period shouting match

OTTAWA - The deputy Speaker of the House of Commons says he heard unparliamentary language from both opposition and government benches during Wednesday's debate, but he wasn't able to hear whether the...

May 05, 2022

Record profits for oil companies should be invested in climate action: Guilbeault

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Canada's big oil companies should be investing some of their record profits into projects to curb their greenhouse gas emissions. Guilbeault says h...

May 05, 2022