Canada

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

Fugitive who died in Ontario plane crash served in Canadian Armed Forces: Defence

OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says two men wanted in Thailand for the murder of a man with links to British Columbia gangs both served in the military. Gene Lahrkamp and Matthew Dupre ha...

May 05, 2022

Canadians’ trips to liquor stores, pharmacies tracked via phones during pandemic

OTTAWA - A report sent to the House of Commons ethics committee shows that Canadians' movements, including trips to the liquor store and pharmacy, were closely tracked via their mobile phones without ...

May 05, 2022