Canada

Delegates to view Vatican's collection of Indigenous artifacts

ROME - Indigenous delegates who have travelled to Rome to meet with Pope Francis are to get a private tour of the Vatican Museums today. The ethnological museum includes the Vatican's collection of In...

Mar 28, 2022

Ottawa Senators announce that owner Melnyk has died at the age of 62

Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk has died at the age of 62. The Senators made the announcement Monday night. The cause of death was not immediately known. In 2015, Melnyk had a liver transplant at ...

Mar 28, 2022

'He was a brilliant lawyer:' Media community remembers Stuart Robertson

Members of Canada's media industry are remembering a prominent lawyer for his dedication to journalism and storytelling. Stuart Robertson, a Toronto-based lawyer specializing in media law, died Sunday...

Mar 28, 2022

Fashion mogul Peter Nygard charged with alleged sex assault in Montreal

Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard has been charged in Quebec with sexual assault and forcible confinement. Nygard, who is also facing sex-related charges in Toronto and the United States, is schedul...

Mar 28, 2022

Nunavut cabinet minister distances himself from duties after integrity ruling

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's integrity commissioner has found a cabinet minister breached his duty to remain objective and impartial when he approved his spouse as an acting deputy minister. Human Res...

Mar 28, 2022

Cooling-off period won't ease B.C.'s real estate affordability crunch, says expert

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says people buying homes in the province's hot real estate market could soon be protected by a cooling-off period that gives them time to back out of an agre...

Mar 28, 2022

Quebec police watchdog investigating after man murdered at factory

MONTREAL - Quebec's police watchdog is investigating after a 36-year-old man was murdered at a factory in Lac-Megantic, Que., about 250 kilometres east of Montreal. The watchdog, called Bureau des enq...

Mar 28, 2022

Kenney interviewed by RCMP in criminal probe tied to party leadership race

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he has been interviewed by RCMP as part of an investigation into potential criminal identity fraud in the 2017 United Conservative Party leadership contest...

Mar 28, 2022

Experts say Quebec has entered a sixth wave of COVID-19 propelled by BA.2 subvariant

MONTREAL - Two public health experts say Quebec has already entered a sixth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic driven by the BA.2 subvariant. While the province's public health director has been reluctant ...

Mar 28, 2022

Trudeau to visit Williams Lake First Nation following residential school probe

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to visit the Williams Lake First Nation in British Columbia this week after the band said it found evidence that the remains of 93 chil...

Mar 28, 2022