Canada

Canadian team to head to Australia next week to help rescue animals

The thought of suffering animals spurred Brad Pattison of Kelowna, B.C., to organize a group of volunteers from across Canada to fly to Australia to help creatures trapped and fleeing from wildfires. ...

Jan 10, 2020

NewsAlert: Back allegations with data, Iran officials tells Canada and U.S.

TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian official is calling on Canada and the United States to release data backing their allegations that the Ukraine International Airlines flight may have been downed by an Irania...

Jan 10, 2020

After a month in Australia, two Manitoba fire experts arrive home

WINNIPEG - Some of the first Canadian wildfire experts to help out in Australia are back home. Gerry Rosset and Andrew Prokopchuk, two Manitoba conservation officers, landed at the Winn...

Jan 09, 2020

Iranian-Canadian man on day trip to U.S. day says he faced discrimination

VANCOUVER - Sam Sadr's first trip to the United States from his home in North Vancouver was supposed to be a relaxing getaway but he says his birth in Iran made him a target at the border, where ...

Jan 09, 2020

Alberta fires back at UN committee for criticism of energy megaprojects

EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister says the United Nations is an unelected, unaccountable body that has no business criticizing Canada's energy megaprojects. Sonya Savage, in a statem...

Jan 09, 2020

Accused pair urge Supreme Court to deny hearing in railway terror case

OTTAWA - Two men found guilty of terrorism offences argue there is no need to revisit an appeal court's decision to order a new trial. In separate legal submissions, Raed Jaser and Chih...

Jan 09, 2020

Quebec emerging as potential hub for Conservative leadership hopefuls

OTTAWA - As contenders for the Conservative leadership continue to jockey into position, several from Quebec are considering a bid despite the party's mediocre showing in that province in th...

Jan 09, 2020

Deputy Prime Minister Freeland meets with Alberta premier, Calgary mayor

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he hopes to see concrete action in short order after meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. "We've identified some urgent priorities for...

Jan 09, 2020

Experts say climate change is driving up the risk of wildfires in Canada

OTTAWA - Canadian wildfire experts say Canada is very vulnerable to the kind of devastating wildfires ravaging Australia right now. More than 12.5 million acres (about 5.1 million ...

Jan 09, 2020

Border agency's digital device searches broke the law, privacy watchdog says

OTTAWA - Canada's border agency violated the law by carrying out unduly invasive searches of personal digital devices, in one case viewing a traveller's social media and online ban...

Jan 09, 2020