Canada

Tensions high as Oka mayor demands consultation on return of land to Kanesatake

MONTREAL - Tensions are high in Oka, northwest of Montreal, over a developer's plan to return land to the Mohawks of Kanesatake. Hundreds packed a church Wednesday night in the community on the f...

Jul 18, 2019

Caregiver benefit for parents of ill children misunderstood, federal review says

OTTAWA - An evaluation of a federal benefit to help parents take time off work to care for critically ill children says fewer people have used it than expected because they didn't know about it o...

Jul 18, 2019

Cuts to Legal Aid Ontario will cause hearing delays: Immigration and Refugee Board

OTTAWA - Cuts to legal-aid funding imposed by the Doug Ford government in Ontario will lead to delays and other disruptions of refugee hearings, says the tribunal that adjudicates asylum claims in Can...

Jul 18, 2019

Three dead, four missing after float plane crashes in Labrador lake

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Four occupants of a downed float plane remained missing Tuesday after the aircraft crashed into a Labrador lake, killing three others on board. Jean Tremblay, preside...

Jul 18, 2019

Documents shed light on seniors poverty figures used by federal Liberals

OTTAWA - Internal government documents say that many of the 57,000 seniors the Liberals say they have helped lift out of poverty only moved above the poverty line when the government changed the measu...

Jul 18, 2019

Supreme Court won't hear WestJet appeal in harassment case

OTTAWA - WestJet Airlines has lost a legal bid to put an end to a proposed class-action harassment lawsuit. The Supreme Court of Canada refused today to hear WestJet's arguments&nb...

Jul 18, 2019

High court won't hear NDP expenses case over mailings, offices

OTTAWA - The federal NDP may have lost its final legal bid for judicial review of decisions by the House of Commons management body that left the party on the hook for as much as $2.7 millio...

Jul 18, 2019

New Brunswick judge to deliver verdict Friday in second Oland murder trial

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Just over eight years after multi-millionaire Richard Oland was bludgeoned to death in his Saint John office, his only son, Dennis, is about to find out whether he will be judged gu...

Jul 18, 2019

Police lay charges against man accused of forging Connor McDavid's signature on jerseys

Edmonton police have laid charges against a man who is accused of forging the signature of Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid on authentic team jerseys, then selling them to score big profits. They s...

Jul 18, 2019

Migration begins: blame toadlets if ground seems to move in Whistler, B.C.

WHISTLER, B.C. - An annual migration involving tens of thousands of creatures is underway in Whistler, B.C., but observers could miss it if they don't look down. Up to 40,000 tiny western to...

Jul 18, 2019