Canada

RCMP secrets case 'dragging on,' disappointed defence lawyer says

OTTAWA - The lawyer for an RCMP intelligence official accused of violating secrecy laws expressed concern in court Tuesday about the pace of the legal proceedings. Ian Carter, who represents the RCMP'...

Dec 19, 2019

Mayor signs deed for Quebec City's first Muslim cemetery, set to open in spring

Quebec City's mayor has signed a deed of sale for a parcel of land that will soon become the region's first Muslim cemetery. Mayor Regis Labeaume had promised the land to the city's Muslim c...

Dec 19, 2019

Parliament's budget watchdog raises flags over Liberals' fiscal wiggle room

OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog says the government's updated fiscal outlook raises questions about whether the Liberals can keep their pledge to manage the national debt - or delive...

Dec 19, 2019

Canada looking at military engineers, on-the-ground training for peacekeeping

OTTAWA - Canada is exploring the possible deployment of military engineers as the newly re-elected Liberal government takes a fresh look at ways to step up its support for United Nations peacekeeping,...

Dec 19, 2019

U.S. software giant checking on logo used by Alberta's energy war room

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 Canadian Energy Ce...

Dec 19, 2019

Big oil, big banks and environment leaders link up to solve climate crisis

OTTAWA - In a courtroom in British Columbia Monday, Indigenous communities were arguing the federal government overstepped in approving the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and that it has to be stop...

Dec 19, 2019

Northern Indigenous leaders meet with banks over investment in Arctic energy

TORONTO - First Nations leaders from Yukon are meeting with bankers in Toronto this week to try to persuade them not to invest in energy development on the range of a vital caribou herd. "We are ...

Dec 19, 2019

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

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government has asked the United States not to sign any final trade agreement with China until two Canadians detained in China have been releas...

Dec 19, 2019

Ontario signs on to housing help from the federal Liberal government

OTTAWA - The federal government has signed the first of what it hopes will be 13 funding agreements for a new rent supplement for low-income households. The announcement today on the $1.4-billion...

Dec 19, 2019

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

OTTAWA - Quebec's Chantier Davie shipyard is on track to win potentially billions of dollars in federal work after the Liberal government announced this morning that it was the only yard to qualify&nb...

Dec 19, 2019