Canada

Loved ones of Somali-Canadian journalist Hodan Nalayeh mourn after terrorist attack

TORONTO - Family and friends of Hodan Nalayeh are remembering the Somali-Canadian journalist killed in a terrorist attack this week for her work redefining the global Somali identity through...

Jul 14, 2019

B.C. rock slide blocking salmon spawning prompts new fisheries restrictions

CLINTON, B.C. - A major rock slide in British Columbia's Fraser River has prompted new restrictions to recreational and First Nations fishing of chinook salmon, as officials scramble to prevent long-t...

Jul 14, 2019

Veterans activist gets OK to press $25K libel suit against Liberal minister

TORONTO - A noted veterans activist can proceed with his defamation suit against the former minister of veterans affairs after Ontario's top court ruled Friday that a deputy judge in small claims...

Jul 14, 2019

Officials warned China, India could use communities in Canada to advance agendas

OTTAWA - Some of the federal government's top bureaucrats have been warned about China and India trying to use their respective ethnic communities in Canada to advance their own agendas. The stark war...

Jul 14, 2019

Military looks to guard satellites from 'natural and artificial threats'

OTTAWA - Canadian satellites need to be protected from "natural and artificial threats" in space, says the federal government in a call for new ideas and technology to help. In a tender ...

Jul 14, 2019

Officials flagged 900 food items from China with 'problems' over two years

OTTAWA - Canadian inspectors intercepted nearly 900 food products from China over concerns about faulty labels, unmentioned allergens and harmful contaminants that included glass and metal b...

Jul 14, 2019

Top brass shuffled again as army commander becomes military's second-in-command

OTTAWA - The fallout from the failed prosecution of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman continued Friday as the Defence Department announced another shuffle to its top ranks, including the appointment of a new s...

Jul 14, 2019

Alberta, Quebec seek to intervene in B.C. appeal to Supreme Court on pipelines

EDMONTON - Alberta and Quebec want to have their say when British Columbia goes to the Supreme Court for a ruling on who is in charge of interprovincial projects like pipelines. Both provinces sa...

Jul 14, 2019

Prominent Montreal lawyer James Duggan among victims of Quebec plane crash

MONTREAL - James Duggan, a well-known Montreal lawyer who spent years fighting for the rights of RCMP officers to unionize, was among the three victims of a plane crash t...

Jul 14, 2019

Prominent Montreal lawyer James Duggan among victims of Quebec plane crash

MONTREAL - A prominent Montreal-area lawyer was among the three victims of a plane crash that occurred in a remote region of northern Quebec on Friday. Quebec provincial police say 67-year-o...

Jul 14, 2019