Canada

French national denied Quebec residency over language proficiency

QUEBEC - There's little doubt in Emilie Dubois' own mind about her ability to speak French - after all, it's her native tongue. But the Quebec government doesn't see Dubois' bona fides the w...

Nov 08, 2019

Bail revoked for RCMP intelligence official awaiting trial in secrets case

OTTAWA - A judge has revoked bail for a senior RCMP official awaiting trial on charges of breaking Canada's secrets law. Under terms of bail set last month, Cameron Jay Ortis is li...

Nov 08, 2019

Roger Warren, convicted in Yellowknife mine murders, dead at 75

A man convicted in one of the deadliest bombings in Canadian history has died. Roger Warren, who was on full parole for second-degree murder in the deaths of nine miners at Yellowknife's Giant Mine, d...

Nov 08, 2019

Trudeau seeks new national security adviser as Bossenmaier retires

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is losing his second national security adviser in as many years to retirement. Greta Bossenmaier will leave her post in early December after a 35-year career in ...

Nov 08, 2019

Celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary, wife sued in deadly boat crash

TORONTO - A fatal boat crash on an Ontario lake this summer has prompted a wrongful death lawsuit against celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary and his wife Linda O'Leary, who was dr...

Nov 08, 2019

Scheer survives leadership review by MPs, but now must take his case on the road

OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer emerged from a marathon caucus meeting Wednesday, declaring that Conservative MPs are united behind his leadership after they declined to give themselves the power to ...

Nov 08, 2019

Montreal borough can restrict fast food restaurants for health reasons: court

MONTREAL - A Quebec judge has upheld a Montreal borough's bylaw that limits where new fast food restaurants can open as part of a broader health initiative. The decision last month from Queb...

Nov 08, 2019

Officer says she noticed nothing unusual with man who died in Halifax jail cell

HALIFAX - A special constable facing criminal charges in an inmate's death testified she didn't notice anything unusual about the prisoner as she checked on him in his cell. Const. Cheryl Gardner told...

Nov 08, 2019

Provincial police teaming up with Montreal force to battle organized crime

MONTREAL - After recording 17 organized crime-related killings in the greater Montreal area since Jan 1., Quebec and Montreal police announced Wednesday the creation of a permanent mixed squad de...

Nov 08, 2019

Halifax museum honours legacy of former member of Canadian-U.S. Black Devils

HALIFAX - A new museum exhibit was unveiled today honouring a Nova Scotia member of a famed Canada-U.S. army unit during the Second World War known as the Black Devils. Herb Peppard of Truro...

Nov 08, 2019