Canada

Indigenous leaders to meet with premiers, Trudeau

OTTAWA - Leaders of Canada's national Indigenous organizations say they hope talks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada's premiers will lead to greater movement on implementing the&...

Mar 12, 2020

Canadian soldiers safe after deadly rocket attack kills in Iraq: DND

OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence reported all Canadian service members safe following a rocket attack on a military base in Iraq Wednesday. The attack killed at least two American...

Mar 11, 2020

Passengers on last flight into Canada from Rome talk of empty city

MONTREAL - Travellers arrived on the last Air Canada flight from Rome to Montreal today talking about an empty city that felt under siege from the novel coronavirus. Doris Hamelin and her husband...

Mar 11, 2020

Criminal case against top military judge collapses, charges withdrawn

OTTAWA - The criminal case against Canada's top military judge has collapsed. The Canadian Armed Forces' top prosecutor announced Wednesday that he was withdrawing all four charges against chief milit...

Mar 11, 2020

Father, stepmother will head straight to trial in death of Quebec 7-year-old

GRANBY, Que. - The father and stepmother of a slain seven-year-old Quebec girl will head straight to trial after they waived their right to a preliminary hearing, a court heard Monday. ...

Mar 11, 2020

Black boxes from downed Ukrainian flight to be transferred to Kyiv

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is welcoming a promise from Iran to hand over the flight recorders from the Ukrainian jetliner shot down by the Iranian military earl...

Mar 11, 2020

How EI benefits for COVID-19 quarantines will work

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced changes to Canada's sick-leave benefits under employment insurance Wednesday, to respond to concerns about COVID-19. Here is a quick overview of how th...

Mar 11, 2020

Amnesty International raises Greta sticker in letter to Trudeau, premiers

CALGARY - Amnesty International says a sexually suggestive decal appearing to show teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg raises wider human rights concerns. The secretary general of the group's Cana...

Mar 11, 2020

NewsAlert: Feds to deliver budget March 30

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal Liberals will deliver the budget for this year on March 30. This year's budget will be the first of the government's minority mandate, and will ...

Mar 11, 2020

Canada, U.S. in touch 'almost daily' in coronavirus battle: minister

WASHINGTON - The federal government and the United States are communicating "almost daily" in a collective effort to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus north of the border and acro...

Mar 11, 2020