Canada

Trudeau opens door to more military spending in response to Russian invasion

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is opening the door to spending more on Canada's military in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Trudeau is in London today for meetings with British Prime...

Mar 07, 2022

Non-citizens of Ukraine don't qualify for temporary refuge from war in Canada

OTTAWA - Masouma Tajik fled Taliban rule in Afghanistan in August, leaving her life and family behind at only 22 years old, carrying just one backpack. Last week, she left the new life she had built f...

Mar 07, 2022

Muslim groups ask feds ti intervene on behalf of Egyptian refugees in Vancouver

OTTAWA - Dozens of Muslim Canadian organizations are urging the prime minister, public safety minister, and president of the Canada Border Services Agency to intervene on behalf of Egyptian refugee cl...

Mar 07, 2022

Ottawa interim police chief vows 'systemic change' in wake of convoy protest

Ottawa's interim police chief Steve Bell has promised to rebuild the community's trust in the municipal force after a protest that filled the capital's streets with honking, diesel fumes and roadblock...

Mar 07, 2022

Victims' families press for senior RCMP witnesses at N.S. mass shooting inquiry

HALIFAX - The public inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting is hearing from lawyers for victims' families today on why they want to call RCMP officers and a key 911 operator to the stand. Sandra M...

Mar 07, 2022

Trudeau, leaders of U.K., the Netherlands vow solidarity with besieged Ukraine

LONDON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his British and Dutch counterparts displayed a show of solidarity with besieged Ukraine on Monday at a historic military base that helped defend Britain duri...

Mar 07, 2022

Canada's Fernandez fights off 5 match points, outlasts Osorio in Monterrey Open final

MONTERREY, Mexico - Canada's Leylah Annie Fernandez has defended her title at the Monterrey Open. The 19-year-old from Laval, Que., defeated Colombia's Camila Osorio 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-6(3) Sunday to win ...

Mar 06, 2022

Woman attacked at B.C. university campus remembered as kind, helpful

VANCOUVER - A 24-year-old woman who was killed at a university in British Columbia is being remembered as a kind and bubbly person who'd celebrated the start of a new life in Canada. Harmandeep Kaur w...

Mar 06, 2022

More privacy breaches in handling of military sex misconduct settlement deal

OTTAWA - The company overseeing the federal government's $900-million settlement deal with military members who experienced sexual misconduct in uniform has admitted to more privacy breaches. Epiq Cla...

Mar 06, 2022

Quebec doctors are providing virtual training for Ukrainian health-care workers

MONTREAL - A group of Quebec doctors are offering training on life-saving procedures to Ukrainians contending with the Russian invasion. McGill University in Montreal says the Steinberg Centre for Sim...

Mar 06, 2022