Canada

Feds take digital step to reshape benefits system for expat seniors

OTTAWA - The federal government is moving to trade, in bulk, information on expatriate seniors with other countries to save time and money when one of them dies. About three million Canadians liv...

Jul 28, 2019

'Yes the bridges are cut': Kanesatake Grand Chief refuses talks with Oka mayor

MONTREAL - A war of words between a First Nations grand chief and a small-town Quebec mayor instigated hours of meetings Friday with federal and provincial officials, but the underlying conflict ...

Jul 28, 2019

Supreme Court of Canada says military's no-juries justice system constitutional

OTTAWA - Military members accused of serious offences under military law do not have a constitutional right to jury trials, the Supreme Court ruled Friday. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms guar...

Jul 28, 2019

Government 'didn't care' about reducing emissions: Inside Quebec's green fund

MONTREAL - When Ljiljana Latkovic was named to the council governing Quebec's multibillion-dollar green fund in 2017, she thought she was going to use her science background to help choose projec...

Jul 28, 2019

Catholics in Cape Breton defy bishop's order to close 200-year-old church

CHRISTMAS ISLAND, N.S. - A renegade group of Roman Catholics in Cape Breton is defying a bid by the local bishop to shut down their 200-year-old parish. The Church of St. Barra&nbs...

Jul 28, 2019

Federal lawyers broke no rules in Hassan Diab extradition case, review finds

Ottawa academic Hassan Diab is rejecting the results of an external review into his extradition case as a "whitewash exercise," arguing the document's only purpose was to absolve C...

Jul 28, 2019

Transportation Safety Board sends investigators to assess B.C. seaplane crash

VANCOUVER - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is sending a team of investigators to the scene of a seaplane accident that killed four people and left five injured on a remote, uninhabited...

Jul 27, 2019

Oilsands mine in public interest despite 'significant adverse' effects: panel

CALGARY - A federal-provincial panel says a proposed northeastern Alberta oilsands mine would be in the public interest, even though it would likely significantly harm the environment and Indigen...

Jul 27, 2019

Quebec police believe to have found bodies of missing Quebec businessman and son

MONTREAL - After days of aerial searches over thick forests in the upper Laurentians, provincial police said Thursday they believe they have found the bodies of a Quebec businessman and his teena...

Jul 27, 2019

Group linked to robocalls and text messages registers as third party

OTTAWA - A third-party organization linked to a series of robocall and text campaigns in Canada is now officially registered as a third party for the upcoming federal election. Canada Strong and ...

Jul 27, 2019