Canada

Refugees in 2015, Syrians now citizens in time for 2019 federal election

OTTAWA - Ahmad Almahmoud has dedicated time every day to follow the news, wanting to be an informed citizen for this fall's federal election. He is one of 25,000 Syrian refugees that were resettled in...

Aug 11, 2019

RCMP find item that may be connected to McLeod and Schmegelsky investigation

GILLAM, Man. - RCMP say they've found an item that could be relevant to their investigation into two murder suspects whose bodies they believe they located earlier in the week. Sgt. Paul Manaigre says...

Aug 11, 2019

Health Canada announces changes aimed at dropping prices of patented drugs

OTTAWA - The federal government is overhauling the way it regulates the cost of patented medicines, including ending comparisons to the United States - changes that Canada's health minister ...

Aug 11, 2019

B.C. man freed from Syria after Lebanese mediation, feared being 'there forever'

BEIRUT - A British Columbia man detained in Syria since late last year became emotional Friday as he expressed his fears that he would never see freedom again. "I thought...

Aug 11, 2019

Canadian wage growth hits fastest pace since 2009, but economy sheds jobs

OTTAWA - Wage growth accelerated last month to its fastest clip in more than decade, according to numbers released Friday from Statistics Canada. The 4.5 per cent burst c...

Aug 11, 2019

Inuk woman bikes across Canada to raise awareness about Indigenous suicides

MONTREAL - Hannah Tooktoo, an Inuk mother from Nunavik, Que., descended from her bike Thursday, 55 days after pedalling across the country to raise awareness to the suicides that are ravagin...

Aug 10, 2019

Canadian 'so grateful' to be back in B.C. after eight-month detention in Syria

VANCOUVER - A Canadian man says he wrote a diary on the walls of his cell in Syria every day to keep his mind busy as he wondered whether anyone knew where he was. Kristian Baxter of Nanaimo...

Aug 10, 2019

Retired senior Mountie says answers could still come in B.C. homicides

Investigators should be able to provide some answers about three homicides in northern British Columbia even though two suspects in the case are believed to be dead, says a former RCMP assis...

Aug 10, 2019

Federal ethics watchdog investigates B.C. Liberal MP after complaint from Tories

OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog has launched an investigation into allegations that Liberal MP Joe Peschisolido failed to update his public records when the Law Society of B.C. took control ...

Aug 10, 2019

NDP event billed as campaign gathering with Singh result of error: party

OTTAWA - An event that the federal New Democrats say was meant to be an "open house" for Jagmeet Singh's new B.C. constituency office was originally billed in an email in...

Aug 10, 2019