Canada

Military member accused of running illegal marijuana-oil lab in B.C.

OTTAWA - A Canadian Armed Forces member in British Columbia has been charged with allegedly operating an illegal marijuana-oil extraction lab, which police in other jurisdictions have linked to a ...

Nov 24, 2019

Evacuated Winnipeg hotel had no carbon monoxide detectors: report

WINNIPEG - A hotel that was evacuated last summer due to a carbon monoxide leak had no carbon monoxide detectors, contrary to the provincial fire code, says Manitoba's Office of the Fire Com...

Nov 24, 2019

China's 'different view of the world' major focus of Halifax security forum

HALIFAX - Canada's defence minister says he doesn't see China as an adversary, as a security conference in Halifax this weekend prepares to focus heavily on the Asian superpower. Harjit Sajjan&nb...

Nov 24, 2019

China's new envoy says Canadians should speak out against Hong Kong protests

OTTAWA - Beijing has a new representative in Canada but his stern message to Ottawa remains the same as his predecessor's: release Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou, arrested in Van...

Nov 24, 2019

Statcan details wait times for social housing, perceptions on housing overall

OTTAWA - There is someone waiting on a list for affordable housing in more than 283,000 households across the country, Statistics Canada says in a new batch of data that also sheds light on what ...

Nov 24, 2019

Garneau says talks, not bills, the best way to end CN strike as pressure rises

MONTREAL - With tensions rising and no end in sight, the federal government urged Canadian National Railway Co. and its striking workers to continue talks in what Ottawa views as the fastest way to re...

Nov 24, 2019

Young and growing Quebec independence party promises immediate 'acts of rupture'

LONGUEUIL, Que. - When Sol Zanetti took the microphone at Quebec solidaire's recent political convention, he put his fist in the air and told the roughly 600 assembled party members that Que...

Nov 24, 2019

Montreal police told they must acknowledge racism, profiling within force

MONTREAL - If Montreal's police cannot acknowledge racism within the force, then unfounded street checks on people of colour will continue, citizens told the city's public security...

Nov 24, 2019

'Not what it used to be:' Warm Arctic autumn creates ice hazards for Inuit

For Keith Morrison, the consequences of this fall's extraordinarily warm weather across the North all came down to an urgent call for help. The fire chief for the Arctic community of Cambridge Bay in ...

Nov 24, 2019

Canada's U.S., NATO allies developing divergent views on weaponizing space

OTTAWA - The NATO military alliance looked to space, the final frontier, earlier this week as members formally recognized the cosmos as integral to their mutual security, agreeing to bolster ways to d...

Nov 24, 2019