Canada

Father suspected in nearly week-long disappearance of son faces weapons charge

MONTREAL - A 36-year-old Quebec man who became the subject of a provincewide manhunt after his three-year-old son went missing is now facing a weapons-related charge in the case. Audrey Roy Cloutier, ...

Sep 06, 2021

Two dead, one injured in Sask. First Nation shooting as police search for suspect

MELFORT, Sask. - Two people are dead, one more is in hospital and a manhunt is underway after a shooting on a Saskatchewan First Nation. RCMP with the detachment in Melfort, Sask., issued an emergency...

Sep 06, 2021

Parties' leaders pledge to support workers with more benefits

OTTAWA - The three main federal party leaders marked Labour Day with promises of better working conditions and more benefits for Canadian workers, along with additional supports for businesses. Libera...

Sep 06, 2021

Quebec introduces pilot project for free youth protection mediation service

MONTREAL - A new pilot project in Quebec is encouraging parents to seek mediation and solutions outside legal procedures for the better good of children. Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette, Junior ...

Sep 06, 2021

9/11 terrorist attacks, ensuing war propelled Canada's military into 21st century

OTTAWA - Andrew Leslie clearly remembers the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. The 43-year-old brigadier-general charged with ensuring the army's ability to talk in battle and disrupt enemy communications wa...

Sep 06, 2021

Forest company, RCMP, old-growth defenders due in court this month for four hearings

VICTORIA - The ongoing battle over old-growth forests on southern Vancouver Island is heading back to court where a forest company will seek to extend an injunction order and the RCMP and protesters w...

Sep 06, 2021

Child who went missing in Quebec now reunited with mother, police arrest dad

MONTREAL - A nearly week-long saga involving a missing three-year-old boy in northern Quebec came to a peaceful conclusion on Sunday as police reunited the child with his mother and arrested his fathe...

Sep 05, 2021

Federal leaders campaign while Kovrig, Spavor mark 1,000 days imprisoned in China

OTTAWA - Canada's federal leaders spent part of their time on the campaign trail Sunday expressing support for two men who have now been detained in China for 1,000 days. During a campaign stop in the...

Sep 05, 2021

Twenty years later, Canadians reflect on their efforts after the 9/11 attacks

Calgary firefighter Mark Turik recalls standing at Ground Zero in January 2002, watching a group of police officers as they surrounded a body pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Centre. He was t...

Sep 05, 2021

Kovrig, Spavor supporters march in support of freeing the prisoners, as China objects

OTTAWA - As Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor mark 1,000 days in separate Chinese prisons, their supporters are taking to the streets of Ottawa and beyond on Sunday to push for their freedom. China's ...

Sep 05, 2021