Canada

Ottawa moves to restrict vaping advertisements to prevent youth exposure

OTTAWA - 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. Minist...

Dec 19, 2019

Ex-cop, hockey coach Francois Lamarre arraigned on sex charges involving minors

LONGUEUIL, Que. - A former Montreal police officer and local hockey coach accused of nine sex-related charges involving minors has made his first court appearance. Francois Lamarre was visibly pa...

Dec 19, 2019

'Greatest existential threat of our time:' Ottawa makes carbon tax case in court

EDMONTON - The climate crisis is a national and global issue that can't be fought entirely by the provinces, a lawyer for the federal government argued Tuesday. "The context of this case is the greate...

Dec 19, 2019

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