Canada

RCMP commissioner to answer questions about arrested intelligence director

OTTAWA - Top Mountie Brenda Lucki is to address the case of the RCMP employee charged with trying to disclose secret information today. The force's commissioner is giving a news conference at the forc...

Sep 17, 2019

Federal party leaders address gun violence after weekend shooting near Toronto

OTTAWA - What police were calling an "ambush-style" shooting in the Toronto area that left one teenager dead and five other people injured saw federal party leaders swiftly move to offer con...

Sep 17, 2019

Man who pleaded guilty in killing of unborn child wants to withdraw plea

MONTREAL - A Montreal man who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing his unborn child told a court today he wants to withdraw his plea. Sofiane Ghazi announced today he had fired the lawyers who...

Sep 17, 2019

Federal government posts third straight double-digit deficit with $14B shortfall

OTTAWA - The federal government's latest annual financial report shows it ran a $14-billion deficit in 2018-19 for its third consecutive double-digit shortfall. The deficit for the fiscal ye...

Sep 17, 2019

Lindhout kidnapper Ali Omar Ader abandons appeals of sentence, conviction

OTTAWA - A Somalian man found guilty in the kidnapping of Amanda Lindhout has abandoned appeals of his sentence and conviction.In a statement today, the Public Prosecution Service of Canada says Ali O...

Sep 17, 2019

Trudeau seeks to one-up Conservatives with plan on maternity, parental benefits

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau sought to one-up his Conservative rivals this morning by promising new parents won't pay any taxes at all on maternity and parental leave benefits. The Cons...

Sep 17, 2019

Gathering of support and reflection at UVic following fatal bus crash

VICTORIA - Students, faculty and staff at the University of Victoria were to gather for an hour of reflection and support Tuesday as they cope with the aftermath of last Friday's bus cr...

Sep 17, 2019

Children's advocates from across Canada releasing research on youth suicide

WINNIPEG - Children's advocates from across the country are to release research today on youth suicide. The Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates is calling on all levels of governme...

Sep 17, 2019

Fewer trees, higher costs blamed for devastating downturn in B.C. forestry

VANCOUVER - High log prices and dwindling timber supply are driving the crisis in British Columbia's forestry industry that has devastated communities and kneecapped the provincial economy, observers ...

Sep 17, 2019

Scheer would restore Harper's child fitness and arts tax credits Liberals axed

LAKE COUNTRY, B.C. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer wants to revive two more of Stephen Harper's boutique tax credits axed by the Trudeau Liberals. Scheer was at a park in Kelowna, B.C., ...

Sep 16, 2019