Canada

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 12, 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 that China and India might try to use their respective migrant communities in Canada to advance their own interests. The star...

Jul 12, 2019

Ottawa announces $8.3 million to support beef industry amid China standoff

CALGARY - Canada's beef industry is getting $8.3 million in federal funds, the bulk of it aimed at growing its international market reach as a trade standoff with China continues. The money is go...

Jul 12, 2019

Canadian wildlife enforcement blitz nets black-bear parts, African anteaters

OTTAWA - Canadian wildlife enforcement officers have seized dozens of black-bear parts, diet pills made from endangered African plants and the bodies of two scaly anteaters as...

Jul 12, 2019

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

OTTAWA - The Canadian government is looking for new ideas and technology to protect satellites from natural and artificial threats, according to a tender issued Friday. Satellites are vulnerable ...

Jul 12, 2019

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

OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces' top brass is being shuffled again following the surprise resignation this week of the military's second-in-command. Canadian Army commander Lt.-Gen. Jean-Marc Lanthier is...

Jul 12, 2019

Clooney calls out Trump media vilification at press freedom gathering

OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump's attacks on the media make reporters more vulnerable to abuse around the world, a prominent lawyer for the rights of journalists told an international gathering o...

Jul 12, 2019

Alberta seeks to intervene in B.C.'s appeal to Supreme Court on energy projects

EDMONTON - Alberta wants to have its say when British Columbia goes to the Supreme Court for a ruling on who is in charge of interprovincial projects like pipelines. The Alberta government says it has...

Jul 12, 2019

Quebec delays sprinkler requirement for private seniors' homes to 2022

QUEBEC - The Quebec government is giving owners of privately owned retirement homes an extra two years to retrofit their residences with sprinkler systems. Such systems were made mandatory four y...

Jul 12, 2019

Ottawa MP who endorsed husband for city council broke conflict code: ethics czar

OTTAWA - An Ottawa member of Parliament violated conflict-of-interest rules when she asked voters to elect her husband to Ottawa city council last year, says Canada's ethics watchdog. But he foun...

Jul 12, 2019