Canada

Federal government to spend hundred of millions more to keep CF-18s fighting fit

OTTAWA - The federal government is planning to invest hundreds of millions of dollars more to ensure Canada's aging CF-18s can still fight while the country waits for replacement jets, which were...

Jan 16, 2020

Canada's nuclear watchdog eyes lessons from Boeing 737 Max air crashes

OTTAWA - Canada's nuclear safety regulator is looking to draw valuable lessons from an unexpected source - the recent Boeing 737 Max airplane accidents. A working group set up by the Canadian Nuc...

Jan 16, 2020

Over 16,000 people nabbed by RCMP between border crossings in 2019

OTTAWA - New figures from the federal government show 16,503 people were intercepted by the RCMP last year crossing between formal border points, likely to seek asylum in Canada. Those numbe...

Jan 16, 2020

B.C. court rules in favour of dad seeking power to immunize his children

SALMON ARM , B.C. - A judge says the father of two boys has the right to ensure his children receive necessary immunizations and dental treatments, despite objections from the children's mother. ...

Jan 16, 2020

FBI arrest former Canadian reservist, suspected neo-Nazi, in United States

OTTAWA - A former Canadian military reservist who was accused of being a neo-Nazi before disappearing last summer has been arrested by the FBI in the United States. Patrik Mathews was one of three peo...

Jan 16, 2020

Deaf-blind Ontario woman suing governments over student loan debt inequality

TORONTO - A disabled woman is in an Ontario court this week seeking changes to Canada's student loan program that she argues would level the playing field for people with disabilities. Jasmin Simpson,...

Jan 16, 2020

U.S. Senate approves new version of North American free trade agreement

WASHINGTON - Senators on Capitol Hill have finally approved the latest version of North America's free trade pact. The implementation bill for the long-awaited U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement passed on a...

Jan 16, 2020

Quebec provincial police open homicide probe into killing of Mascouche mother

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police are investigating the killing of a woman in her 30s inside a home in Mascouche. Officers were called to a residence today on des Anglais Road in the subur...

Jan 16, 2020

Stephen Harper says farewell to party post, but says will stay connected

OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper has left his role with the chief fundraising arm of the federal Conservative party, but says he still intends to play a role with the party itself. Harper...

Jan 16, 2020

Sen. Mike Duffy begins appeal of ruling blocking him from suing Senate

TORONTO - Sen. Mike Duffy has begun his appeal of a ruling that bars him from suing the Senate. He says his suspension by the Upper Chamber was politically motivated and possibly unlawful. As a result...

Jan 16, 2020