Canada

Trans Mountain CEO says shovels could be in ground on pipeline by September

CALGARY - The CEO of the Crown corporation building the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion says shovels could be in the ground by September following cabinet approval Tuesday of the long-delayed projec...

Jun 21, 2019

Security committee 'questions wisdom' of using Chinese technology

OTTAWA - The House of Commons' national-security committee "questions the wisdom" of using technology produced in China in the electronic devices and software Canadians use daily. The committee's ...

Jun 21, 2019

Canada resettled more refugees than any other country in 2018, UN says

OTTAWA - As the number of displaced people worldwide reaches modern highs, new figures show Canada resettled more refugees last year than any other country and had the second-highest nu...

Jun 21, 2019

Inuit sue federal government over medical experiments that included skin grafts

Five Inuit have filed a lawsuit against the federal government over medical experiments they say were performed on them. A statement of claim filed in Iqaluit, Nunavut, says the experiments inclu...

Jun 21, 2019

As Parliament rises, which bills made it through — and which ones didn't

OTTAWA - The House of Commons and Senate have risen for the summer, following several weeks of frenzied legislating as MPs hurried key pieces of legislation out the door ahead of an election this fall...

Jun 21, 2019

PBO sets budget baseline for campaign vows with tools, deficit projections

OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog is predicting years of deficits deeper than the government has laid out. The numbers are in a report the parliamentary budget office says sh...

Jun 21, 2019

Inquiry into murdered Indigenous women loses bid for two disputed RCMP files

OTTAWA - The national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women has lost a court bid for access to two RCMP files the Mounties refuse to hand over. The RCMP gave the inquiry more&nb...

Jun 21, 2019

Canada and U.S. agree to expand preclearance options for travellers, goods

OTTAWA - A new agreement between Canada and the United States will soon allow travellers and cargo to pre-clear customs before they leave, allowing an easier movement of people and goods crossing...

Jun 21, 2019

Tax credits, penalizing big polluters, key to Conservative climate plan

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says his climate plan will be "Canada's best chance" to hit its targets under the Paris climate-change agreement and that it can happen without a carbon...

Jun 21, 2019

Stepmother of Quebec girl who died in April now faces second-degree murder charge

GRANBY, Que. - The stepmother of a seven-year-old Quebec girl who died under troubling circumstances now faces a charge of second-degree murder. The charge was laid today against the woman on her 36th...

Jun 21, 2019