Canada

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 hectares of bushland...

Jan 07, 2020

Quebec emerging as potential hub for Conservative leadership hopefuls

OTTAWA - The Conservative leadership race is heating up as contenders continue to jockey into position ahead of the release of the rules for the contest. And despite - or perhaps because of - the part...

Jan 07, 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 statement, says that i...

Jan 07, 2020

Plans for Cdns unclear after Iraq lawmakers call for expulsion of foreign troops

OTTAWA - Canada is closely monitoring developments after Iraq's parliament called for the expulsion of foreign troops from the country, a spokesman for Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said. But Sajjan'...

Jan 07, 2020

Bodies placed in odd spots in Ottawa hospitals as morgues overflow

OTTAWA - The head of a union representing workers at the Ottawa Hospital says something must be done about the excess of cadavers that has overfilled the hospital's morgues and led to cadave...

Jan 07, 2020

Deputy Prime Minister Freeland meets with Kenney, Nenshi in Calgary

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he hopes to see concrete action in short order after meeting today with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. Before the two headed into their meeting in...

Jan 07, 2020

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

OTTAWA - The federal privacy czar says Canada's border agency violated the law by carrying out overly invasive searches of personal digital devices, in one case viewing a traveller's&nb...

Jan 07, 2020

Appeal delay in sex case for Canadian aid worker Peter Dalglish in Nepal

TORONTO - A Canadian aid worker's appeal of his sexual assault convictions in Nepal has been delayed. A friend of Peter Dalglish says the prosecution requested the adjournment because they weren't rea...

Jan 07, 2020

Canada relocating some troops from Iraq to Kuwait due to safety concerns: Vance

OTTAWA - The Canadian military is temporarily relocating some soldiers from Iraq to Kuwait due to security concerns, chief of the defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance said Tuesday. The move, which Vance ...

Jan 07, 2020

New cannabis products may not eat into black market, experts say

TORONTO - The arrival of legal cannabis edibles, vapes and other products in Ontario won't necessarily meet the government's stated goal of cutting into the black market, according to industry observe...

Jan 07, 2020