Canada

Anti-money laundering agency flags bank drafts in shady casino dealings

OTTAWA - Canada's anti-money laundering agency is warning casinos to carefully eye customers who pay for their gaming with bank drafts - the latest method of choice for criminals trying to disguise di...

Dec 10, 2019

China hints at national security trials for 2 Canadians

BEIJING - China is hinting at upcoming trials for two Canadian citizens held for a year on vague national security charges in what is widely believed to be an attempt to pressure Canada to release Men...

Dec 10, 2019

Questions abound In The News for Dec. 10; Is the accused a Santa or a Scrooge?

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 10. What we are watching i...

Dec 10, 2019

Canadian actor aboard cruise ship saw beginning of New Zealand volcano eruption

A Canadian man says he is still "shaky" from the experience of witnessing the beginnings of a volcanic eruption in New Zealand. The volcano off the New Zealand coast erupted Monday...

Dec 10, 2019

Unfinished hides, residential schools in major Ottawa Indigenous art exhibition

OTTAWA - When you walk through the doors of the National Gallery of Canada and spy children playing on a massive new art installation now gracing the main entrance, it's clear the galle...

Dec 09, 2019

RCMP not negligent in death of B.C. teen whose overdose was filmed: watchdog

LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog has concluded two Langley RCMP officers were not negligent in their response to a report of a teenage boy who was in distress after consuming a large...

Dec 09, 2019

Local MP applauds as coast guard works to secure derelict ship from N.S. river

BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - The Canadian Coast Guard has secured a listing navy vessel from a Nova Scotia river, in the latest major case to occur in a federal cabinet minister who has champion...

Dec 09, 2019

Feds charge Volkswagen with violating environment law for faking emissions tests

OTTAWA - German auto giant Volkswagen appears ready to strike a plea deal with Canada after being charged Monday for allegedly importing cars into this country that company executives knew violated em...

Dec 09, 2019

Freeland heads to Mexico in effort to finalize new NAFTA revisions

OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is to meet American and Mexican officials in Mexico City on Tuesday amid reports a deal to revise the new North American free-trade...

Dec 09, 2019

Liberals to release fiscal update before Christmas, Morneau says

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the government will provide an update on federal finances before Christmas. Morneau is introducing legislation today to provide a tax break for anyone earni...

Dec 09, 2019