Canada

NDP MP Christine Moore decides not to seek re-election this fall

OTTAWA - NDP MP Christine Moore says she will not run for re-election in the fall. In a release Friday, the representative for Abitibi-Tmiscamingue said she will continue to advocate for progress...

Jun 07, 2019

Tory senators deny stalling private members' bills on Indigenous rights

OTTAWA - Conservative senators are being blamed for running out the parliamentary clock on a number of bills, including several aimed at advancing the rights of Indigenous Peoples. But the C...

Jun 07, 2019

Safety concerns for Indigenous women in resource development: MMIW inquiry

OTTAWA - Amnesty International Canada is supporting the call from the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women on the "urgent need" to consider the safety of Indigenous wo...

Jun 07, 2019

Veteran public servant, CFL boss, ex-B.C. attorney general named to RCMP board

OTTAWA - A former top public servant in the federal, Alberta and Ontario governments will head up the RCMP's fledgling board of civilian advisers assigned to help the police force modernize. Besi...

Jun 07, 2019

DNA analysis suggests Dene descended from first North Americans

The Indigenous people of Canada's Western Arctic are descendants of some of the first humans to live in North America, new genetic research suggests. A paper published Wednesday in the scientific...

Jun 07, 2019

RCMP, border agency deny searching Huawei executive's phones, electronic devices

VANCOUVER - Lawyers for the RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency deny allegations that their officers searched Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's phones and electronic devices after a bo...

Jun 07, 2019

MPs across party lines call for new housing subsidy to help homeless veterans

OTTAWA - A cross-party group of MPs, flanked by organizations that help veterans in need, made a plea on the eve of the 75th anniversary of D-Day for the government to end veteran homelessness and cre...

Jun 07, 2019

China-Canada differences go beyond Beijing's critical, outgoing envoy: Carr

OTTAWA - Canada's trade minister is downplaying the forthcoming departure of China's outspoken envoy to Ottawa, saying differences between the countries stretch beyond anythin...

Jun 07, 2019

Canada's emergency alert system can't measure how many phones get the notices

OTTAWA - The federal government says it can't measure how many people actually receive emergency-alert messages on their phones. The Alert Ready system is designed to notify C...

Jun 07, 2019

Senate committee says oil tanker ban off B.C. targets Alberta, divides country

OTTAWA - A Senate committee says the Trudeau government's bill to ban oil tanker traffic off British Columbia's northern coast should be scrapped because it will divide the country...

Jun 07, 2019