Canada

'Senseless act': 7 youths charged in death of teen stabbed near Edmonton high school

EDMONTON - Police have charged seven youths with second-degree murder in the death of a 16-year-old boy who was assaulted outside an Edmonton high school earlier this month. The teen was stabbed in th...

Apr 22, 2022

The race is on to make the final ballot for the Conservative party leadership

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidates have until next Friday to submit the paperwork, $300,000 worth of fees and nomination signatures needed to ensure they are on the final ballot. Some have al...

Apr 22, 2022

City of Ottawa reclaims some of the $558,000 stolen in fraud scam

OTTAWA - The City of Ottawa says it will reclaim at least some of the funds that were stolen after the local Salvation Army homeless shelter was targeted by fraudsters. Last week, city treasurer Wendy...

Apr 22, 2022

Three Canadian companies win $1-million awards each for carbon removal technology

VANCOUVER - Three Canadian companies with carbon capture technologies have won $1 million each from entrepreneur Elon Musk's foundation. The University of British Columbia says in a news release that ...

Apr 22, 2022

Quebec man pleads guilty in February 2020 killing of teen girl, sentenced to life

SAINT-JRME, Que. - A Quebec man was sentenced to life in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to the February 2020 murder of 13-year-old Ocane Boyer. Franois Sncal entered the plea Friday on a reduc...

Apr 22, 2022

Mask, vaccine mandates for travel defended as government eases border restrictions

OTTAWA - The government signalled it is aspiring to a "more sustainable" approach to COVID-19 restrictions at the border with several small changes Friday, but public health officials say vaccine and ...

Apr 22, 2022

Conservative leadership candidates propose ideas that carry some political baggage

OTTAWA - Two thorny ideas have been injected into the race to lead the Conservative Party of Canada: Ending supply management and support for more private health-care options. The ideas were presented...

Apr 22, 2022

Quebec man who killed family of four in drunk driving crash sentenced to 16 years

QUEBEC - A Quebec man who killed four members of the same family in a car crash last September in Quebec City has been handed one of the toughest sentences ever given in the province for a drunk drivi...

Apr 22, 2022

Federal government will let international graduates stay in Canada another 18 months

OTTAWA - International students who've graduated from Canadian post-secondary schools will be able to stay in Canada longer now that the federal government has offered a temporary program to help them...

Apr 22, 2022

Mary Simon reflects on loss of Indigenous languages at event launching UN decade

OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says she wants to see the language of Inuktitut not just survive, but grow. The Inuk leader, who became the first Indigenous person in Canada appointed to the role last y...

Apr 22, 2022