Canada

Infrastructure bank looks to avoid distraction from election talk, CEO says

OTTAWA - The chief executive of the federal infrastructure financing agency says the pitched political debate about the future of the Crown corporation doesn't reflect behind-the-scenes talks on proje...

Aug 03, 2019

Justin Trudeau seeks to highlight climate policy in visit to Canada's Far North

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau injected a dose of electoral politics into an announcement Thursday in Canada's Far North, taking aim at his Conservative rival while unveili...

Aug 03, 2019

In the news today, August 1

Five stories in the news for Thursday, August 1 --- CANADA NOT CONSULTED ABOUT U.S. DRUG PLAN Federal officials say Ottawa was not consulted in advance about the details of a ...

Aug 03, 2019

Manitoba manhunt shows lack of resources for missing Indigenous women: advocates

WINNIPEG - Helicopters and a specialized military aircraft scoured from the air while armed police took to the ground over northern Manitoba in a hunt for two suspects of murders in British Columbia. ...

Aug 03, 2019

Evacuation of Alberta hamlet after train derailment, possible chemical exposure

IRVINE, Alta. - Residents near a community in southeastern Alberta have been told to evacuate the area as a precaution following a train derailment. The Alberta government issued the em...

Aug 02, 2019

Ottawa opposes Saskatchewan's move to have top court delay carbon tax case

REGINA - Ottawa is pushing back against Saskatchewan's request to have the Supreme Court of Canada delay hearing its challenge of the federal carbon tax. The press secretary for fe...

Aug 02, 2019

Quebec judge stays fraud charges against entrepreneur after lengthy trial delays

MONTREAL - Quebecers' trust in their institutions is once again being tested after another high-profile fraud case was thrown out because legal proceedings took too long, Justice Minist...

Aug 02, 2019

Case of Markham homicides suspect put over to next week

NEWMARKET, Ont. - The case of a man accused in an alleged quadruple homicide north of Toronto has been put over to next week. Menhaz Zaman has been in custody ever since York Regional Police discovere...

Aug 02, 2019

'Tough place:' RCMP scaling down search for murder suspects in northern Manitoba

WINNIPEG - An exhaustive search through Manitoba's immense and unforgiving north has yielded no sign of two British Columbia murder suspects, so police say they are scaling back their manhunt in the a...

Aug 02, 2019

Canada wasn't consulted on specifics of U.S. plan to import prescription drugs

OTTAWA - Federal officials say Ottawa was not consulted in advance about the details of a Trump administration proposal announced Wednesday aimed at allowing American patients and ...

Aug 02, 2019