Canada

'Happy to be back:' Relieved son of Russian spies returns to Canada

TORONTO - A much-relieved son of Russian spies flew back from Moscow to his Toronto birthplace on Friday, a day after the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed his Canadian citizenship. The court deci...

Dec 22, 2019

ICBC sorry for suggesting deceased B.C. Mountie liable for on duty deadly crash

VICTORIA - The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia is apologizing for suggested a deceased Mountie was liable for the on-duty crash that claimed her life. The Crown-owned insurer says it will im...

Dec 21, 2019

Ottawa moves to restrict vaping advertisements to prevent youth exposure

Health Canada is proposing to ban advertising of vaping products in spaces where young people can see them in a bid to rein in the rise of underage e-cigarette use. Minister Patty ...

Dec 21, 2019

Logo a no go: Alberta energy war room to pull image belonging to U.S. company

EDMONTON - Alberta's energy war room says it is pulling and replacing its logo after learning that it was already being used by another company. The war room, officially known as the Ca...

Dec 21, 2019

Crown says former SNC-Lavalin exec Bebawi should be sentenced to 9 years

MONTREAL - Former SNC-Lavalin executive Sami Bebawi tarnished Canada's reputation and helped perpetuate the corrupt dictatorial regime of Moammar Gadhafi in Libya, federal prosecutor Anne-Marie M...

Dec 21, 2019

Feds won't let resistant premiers scuttle municipal handgun bans: PM

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he won't let resistance from unwilling premiers scuttle the plans of municipalities that want to ban handguns. In an interview with The Canadian P...

Dec 21, 2019

Prince Harry, Meghan and Archie in Canada for the holidays

TORONTO - If you're out and about in Canada this holiday season and happen to spot a couple with a young boy that look remarkably like Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and their son Archie, your eye...

Dec 21, 2019

In Nova Scotia, extremes of elation and despair in wake of N.S. mill closure

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - There was despair and elation in northeastern Nova Scotia on Saturday as the fallout of a pulp mill's coming closure started to ripple through communities ...

Dec 21, 2019

PM asks U.S. not to sign final trade deal with China until Canadians released

OTTAWA - Canada has asked the United States not to sign any final trade agreement with China until two Canadians detained in China have been released, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a Fr...

Dec 21, 2019

Quebec's Chantier Davie only shipyard to qualify for icebreaker work: Feds

OTTAWA - The Quebec shipbuilding industry got a boost from the federal Liberal government Thursday, with news that the Davie shipyard outside Quebec City will be the only builder eligible for potentia...

Dec 21, 2019