Canada

Former B.C. legislature clerk's cufflinks, whisky subject of indictment: Crown

VANCOUVER - A special prosecutor says the former clerk of the British Columbia legislature claimed expenses ranging from malt whisky to cufflinks on the public purse. Brock Martland alleged in B.C. Su...

Jan 25, 2022

CPNewsAlert: Quebec to reopen restaurant dining rooms next week

MONTREAL - Restaurant dining rooms in Quebec will be able to reopen beginning next week as part of a gradual easing of COVID-19 measures that have been in place since December. Quebec Premier Franois ...

Jan 25, 2022

Nunavut community locks down due to COVID-19 cases, Iqaluit jail faces outbreak

IQALUIT, Nunavut - One Nunavut community is under a strict lockdown as COVID-19 spreads rapidly among households. All offices and schools in the Baffin Island community of Igloolik, where about 1,600 ...

Jan 25, 2022

'It's solvable': Banff RCMP hoping to identify man's remains recovered decades ago

BANFF, Alta. - RCMP are hoping to solve the mystery of remains found more than two decades ago in Alberta's Banff National Park. The skeleton of a Caucasian man between the age of 19 and 35 was discov...

Jan 25, 2022

Only 51 per cent of children aged 5 to 11 have had at least one vaccine dose

As the Omicron variant continues to strain Canadian hospitals, a vaccine hesitancy expert is voicing concern about the slow vaccination rate of children between the ages of five and 11. In the two mon...

Jan 25, 2022

Liberal MP George Chahal fined $500 for taking Tory election leaflet from front door

OTTAWA - MP George Chahal says he has paid a $500 fine after taking an opponent's pamphlet from a front door and replacing it with his own during last year's election. The Liberal MP for Calgary Skyvi...

Jan 25, 2022

Supporters of Hassan Diab urge Ottawa to reject French terrorism proceedings

OTTAWA - Supporters of Hassan Diab are urging the Trudeau government to rebuff any new extradition request from France now that there is a date for the Ottawa sociology professor's terrorism trial. Di...

Jan 25, 2022

CP NewsAlert: New Brunswick RCMP say missing boy subject of Amber Alert found safe

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick RCMP say a six-year-old boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert has been found safe. Police issued the alert after the boy went missing early today in Miramichi, N.B....

Jan 25, 2022

Budget officer finds $1B orphan well liability by 2025, dwarfs security deposits

The parliamentary budget officer has found the cost of cleaning up orphaned oil and gas wells in Alberta and Saskatchewan already dwarfs the money collected to pay for it. And in a report released thi...

Jan 25, 2022

Canada orders kids, families of Ukrainian diplomats to leave amid Russia tensions

OTTAWA - Canada has ordered the children and family members of its embassy staff in Ukraine to leave the country as the possibility of a Russian invasion looms. The decision comes after Britain said i...

Jan 25, 2022