Canada

Defence Department to spend $250 million over five years on reserves for infrastructure, gear

HALIFAX - Ottawa is planning to spend about $250 million for repairs and upgrades to reserve armouries and training facilities over the next five years. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan announced t...

Aug 01, 2019

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

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Canada's Far North to witness some of the more dramatic effects of climate change, part of an effort highlight his Liberal government's record on...

Aug 01, 2019

In the news today, July 30

Five stories in the news for Tuesday, July 30 --- COMMUNITY ON EDGE AS SEARCH CONTINUES: CHIEF Doors were locked, roads were empty and people were on edge, said a ch...

Aug 01, 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 01, 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 01, 2019

Five things to know about the dangers of Manitoba's northern wilderness

GILLAM, Man. - The RCMP have been searching a remote area in northern Manitoba for more than a week trying to find murder suspects Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod. A burned-out vehicle the fugitives&...

Jul 31, 2019

'I filled a void': How a developer wants to help settle centuries of grievances in Oka

MONTREAL - Developer Gregoire Gollin thought he had a steal when he purchased 220 hectares of land between the First Nations territory of Kanesatake and the neighbouring village of Oka, Que., in 2004....

Jul 31, 2019

Experts alarmed after deer meat from diseased herd allowed into food system

MONTREAL - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is exposing the public to unnecessary risk by allowing deer and elk meat from farms affected by a contagious disease to end up on con...

Jul 31, 2019

Trudeau says British Columbians really 'get it,' amid conservative wave

VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says British Columbia will play an important role in the upcoming federal race as a province led by a progressive government when so many others have swung to...

Jul 31, 2019

Key recommendations from the public inquiry into Elizabeth Wettlaufer

A public inquiry examining the case of Elizabeth Wettlaufer, a serial-killer nurse who preyed on elderly patients in her care, has issued a report aimed at preventing such crimes in the future. H...

Jul 31, 2019