Canada

Grizzly attacks, injures mountain biker on remote B.C. trail

LILLOOET, B.C. - A grizzly bear attacked a man who was mountain biking Sunday in a remote area of British Columbia's interior. The Conservation Officer Service says the 58-year-old man was riding...

Aug 17, 2020

Canada appoints new ambassador to Lebanon at critical time for country

OTTAWA - Canada has named a new ambassador to Lebanon, expediting the appointment as that country grapples with the aftermath of a major explosion in Beirut. Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Phi...

Aug 17, 2020

Canada rejects 'fraudulent' election results in Belarus: Champagne

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada does not accept the results of the "fraudulent" presidential election in Belarus. He says Canada is calling for "free and fair...

Aug 17, 2020

Halifax constables given suspended sentences and probation for 2016 inmate death

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge on Monday handed two special constables with Halifax police suspended sentences with three years probation in the June 2016 suffocation death of an inm...

Aug 17, 2020

Five things to know about the Conservative party leadership race, ending Sunday

OTTAWA - The federal Conservative party will announce the winner of its leadership contest on Aug. 23. Nearly 269,500 people are eligible to vote for the new leader, which is roughly 10,000 ...

Aug 17, 2020

Next Conservative party leader best not take Alberta for granted: MPs

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner is warning whomever her party elects as their new leader this weekend needs to be prepared with robust policy for the West. Rempel Garner, an Alberta MP...

Aug 17, 2020

Police called when B.C. little league finds it bank accounts emptied of $230,000

COQUITLAM, B.C. - A little league baseball club in Metro Vancouver says it has contacted RCMP after discovering hundreds of thousands of dollars missing from its accounts. A statement posted by the pr...

Aug 17, 2020

NewsAlert: New Brunswick election called for Sept. 14

FREDERICTON - Premier Blaine Higgs has called an election in New Brunswick for Sept. 14. It will be the first province to go to the polls since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Higgs threatened la...

Aug 17, 2020

Lawsuit to challenge Quebec back-to-school plan requiring in-person attendance

MONTREAL - A lawyer representing a group of Quebec parents says he's moving forward with a legal challenge aimed at forcing the province to offer remote learning for ...

Aug 17, 2020

CRA expects online services back Wednesday following cyberbreaches

OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency expects online services to be fully restored by Wednesday after hackers used thousands of stolen usernames and passwords to fraudulently obtain government servi...

Aug 17, 2020