Canada

Emergencies Act inquiry 'could' get access to cabinet secrets: Mendicino

OTTAWA - The public safety minister says the judge tasked with leading a public inquiry into the government's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act will have access to information that "could" includ...

Apr 27, 2022

Liberals plan committee to review secret lab documents — with or without Tories

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are moving ahead on a special all-party, security-cleared committee to review documents related to the firing of two scientists from Canada's highest-security laboratory ...

Apr 27, 2022

Conservatives call on RCMP to take another look into Trudeau's 2016 Aga Khan trip

OTTAWA - Opposition Conservatives are asking the RCMP to pursue a criminal investigation into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's trip to the Aga Khan's private island six years ago, saying there's new ev...

Apr 27, 2022

Mass shooting inquiry in Nova Scotia explores fallout of police impersonation

HALIFAX - Public trust in law enforcement agencies is undermined every time someone is caught impersonating a police officer, the inquiry investigating the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia was told W...

Apr 27, 2022

Census shows apartment growth, but supply remains the main issue in B.C.: experts

VANCOUVER - Demand for housing in British Columbia still far outstrips supply, experts say, even as the latest census figures show growth in the number of homes was higher than the increase in populat...

Apr 27, 2022

Police promise heavy presence, arrests for hate as biker convoy to descend on Ottawa

Ottawa police promise a heavy presence in the capital and zero tolerance for hate as a second convoy prepares to descend on the city this weekend, this time involving hundreds of motorcycles instead o...

Apr 27, 2022

Federal government emissions dropping but reporting incomplete, audit concludes

OTTAWA - Greenhouse gas emissions produced by the federal government itself fell by more than one-fifth in the last two years and are already below the 2025 target. But Environment Commissioner Jerry ...

Apr 27, 2022

Apartment, row house growth outpaces single-detached homes: census

TORONTO - Single-detached houses are still the most plentiful type of housing in Canada, but apartments and row houses are slowly catching up, the latest census data reveals. The figures released by S...

Apr 27, 2022

Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez reacts to Facebook 'threat' over online news bill

OTTAWA - Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is hitting back at Meta, which owns Facebook, after the company did not rule out banning Canadians from viewing and sharing news on the social network. The L...

Apr 27, 2022

RCMP supervisor during N.S. mass shooting took extended leave amid second-guessing

HALIFAX - One of the Mounties who oversaw the initial response to the mass shooting in Nova Scotia was off work for at least 16 months afterwards, saying he struggled with questions about his own deci...

Apr 27, 2022