Canada

Online criteria for Afghan refugee program changes, applies to only those who've fled

OTTAWA - The Canadian government has quietly changed the criteria on its website for a special program for vulnerable Afghan refugees so that only those who have already managed to escape to other cou...

Oct 25, 2021

GG, Legion mark 100th anniversary of poppy symbol during fundraising campaign launch

OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary May Simon received the symbolic first poppy Monday as the Royal Canadian Legion launched this year's annual national fundraising campaign for veterans ahead of Remembrance Day....

Oct 25, 2021

Ex-Canadian Armed Forces reservist should get 25 years in prison: U.S. prosecutors

GREENBELT, Md. - A former Canadian Armed Forces reservist who faces up to 25 years in prison for his role in a plot to violently trigger a race war in the United States was already backing away from t...

Oct 25, 2021

Quebec coroner to hear from final witnesses in long-term care inquest

MONTREAL - A coroner's inquest into a suburban Montreal long-term care home where 47 people died during the pandemic's first wave is hearing from a handful of witnesses this week before it concludes. ...

Oct 25, 2021

Salvage crew's access to smouldering ship hampered by storm on B.C.'s coast

VICTORIA - The Canadian Coast Guard says a fire aboard a container ship off the coast of Victoria continues to smoulder. The coast guard says in a statement posted on social media that a salvage crew ...

Oct 25, 2021

Trudeau must renew commitment to reconciliation with new cabinet: Indigenous leaders

OTTAWA - Indigenous leaders and New Democrats say naming a new cabinet is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chance to restore survivors' confidence in his government's commitment to reconciliation. At a...

Oct 25, 2021

Ex-Canadian Armed Forces reservist should get 25 years in prison: U.S. prosecutors

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - U.S. prosecutors are making their case for why a former Canadian Armed Forces reservist with ties to a white supremacist group should be sentenced to 25 years in prison. Patrik ...

Oct 25, 2021

Ruling finds Ottawa's anti-abortion test for summer jobs funding was within bounds

OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge says it was reasonable for Ottawa to require applicants to its summer-jobs program to declare themselves in support of abortion rights in order to get funding. In a deci...

Oct 25, 2021

Chrétien says he never heard of abuse at residential schools during time as minister

MONTREAL - Former prime minister Jean Chrtien says that when he was in government he was unaware of the abuse that took place in residential schools across the country. Speaking Sunday on the popular ...

Oct 25, 2021

UN urges Canada, allies to address unprecedented hunger in Afghanistan

OTTAWA - A new United Nations report is predicting dire hunger for more than half of Afghanistan's people in the coming months unless Canada and its Western allies step up with greater financial suppo...

Oct 25, 2021