Canada

Tax revolt? Unpaid taxes from energy companies to Alberta towns more than double

Alberta's rural municipalities say the amount of unpaid property taxes they're owed by oil and gas companies has more than doubled over the past year. The association says they are owed a total of $17...

Jan 20, 2020

Former Montreal mayor can keep $268K severance despite fraud conviction: judge

MONTREAL - A court has ruled that disgraced former Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum can keep the $268,000 he received from the city after resigning from office, despite a conv...

Jan 20, 2020

Rejected residential school claim 'appalling,' highlights pattern, says NDP MP

OTTAWA - A woman who alleges she was raped at age 15 while being transported to a residential school has had her settlement claim rejected a fourth time - a case New Democrat MP Charlie Angu...

Jan 20, 2020

Crowd of thousands clogs downtown Richmond to defend right to bear arms

RICHMOND, Va. - Tens of thousands of protesters, many decked out in tactical gear and toting assault-style rifles, are amassing in the streets of Virginia's capital city in a show ...

Jan 20, 2020

Poll suggests some don't think Canada should send troops to stop genocide

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests there are some in this country who believe Canada shouldn't intervene militarily if there was a genocide taking place somewhere in the world. The poll commissioned by...

Jan 20, 2020

Special Canada-China parliamentary committee to hold first meeting in Ottawa

OTTAWA - A new special parliamentary committee created to examine Canada's fraught relationship with China will hold its first meeting in Ottawa. The committee's creation was the result of a...

Jan 20, 2020

Eastern Newfoundland reeling, search paused for missing man after blizzard

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Eastern Newfoundland struggled Saturday to remove record-breaking snowdrifts and searchers combed through a wooded area for a missing man following a blizzard th...

Jan 20, 2020

Armed Forces arrive in St. John's as state of emergency stretches into fourth day

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A state of emergency is stretching into its fourth day in St. John's, N.L., today as Armed Forces personnel prepare to help the city dig out from an unprecedented snowfall. Eas...

Jan 20, 2020

Trudeau to meet potential bridge-builder Pallister during cabinet retreat

WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet today with the least hostile of conservative Prairie premiers, Manitoba's Brian Pallister. The tete-a-tete comes on the second day of a three-da...

Jan 20, 2020

McGill principal defends decision not to divest after prof's resignation

MONTREAL - The principal of McGill university is defending the institution's commitment to reducing carbon emissions after a professor resigned over its refusal to divest from the fossil fue...

Jan 20, 2020