Canada

No winning ticket for Saturday night's $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot

TORONTO - There was no winning ticket for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for the ne...

Jul 07, 2019

Five things to know about Canadian immigration detention centres

TORONTO - The treatment of migrants has recently been thrust into the spotlight as accounts emerge of overcrowding and unsanitary conditions in American border detention facilities. Here's a...

Jul 07, 2019

Flood victims in Grand Forks, B.C., in limbo more than one year after disaster

More than one year after rescuers swam from home to home in a low-income neighbourhood devastated by flooding in Grand Forks, B.C., some residents say they were rattled to learn the property buyo...

Jul 07, 2019

Federal government quietly ends asylum seeker triage pilot program

OTTAWA - The Liberals have quietly ended a much-touted "triage" program that aimed to redirect asylum seekers away from crowded shelters in Montreal and Toronto. The federal govern...

Jul 07, 2019

Scheer calls for more inspections on Chinese imports, possible tariffs

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step up inspections on all products from China and to consider slapping tariffs on imports from the...

Jul 07, 2019

Federal government commits $2.8 million to anti-workplace harassment project

A project aimed at reducing workplace harassment and promoting accountable work environments will receive almost $2.8 million in federal funding, the government announced Friday. The money will g...

Jul 07, 2019

Coleman's mother says her daughter was frightened and robotic after captivity

OTTAWA - Lynda Coleman says her daughter, Caitlan, was an unemotional automaton who was afraid of her husband in the weeks after she and Joshua Boyle were released from captivity. Coleman sa...

Jul 07, 2019

Tradition versus technology: Northerners debate use of drones in caribou hunting

YELLOWKNIFE - Tradition and technology are clashing on the tundra where Indigenous groups are debating the use of drones to hunt caribou. The issue arose during public consultations on new wildli...

Jul 07, 2019

Alberta to hold $2.5-million public inquiry into funding for oil and gas foes

CALGARY - The Alberta government will hold a public inquiry into environmental groups that it says have been bankrolled by foreign benefactors hell-bent on keeping Canada's oil and...

Jul 06, 2019

Boyle's lawyer says alleged victim lied to the court about legal advice

OTTAWA - Former Afghanistan hostage Caitlan Coleman lied this week when she testified in her estranged husband's criminal trial she got approval from her lawyers to talk the media, defence lawyer Lawr...

Jul 06, 2019