Canada

CBSA looks for actors to play smugglers, be struck for recruit training program

OTTAWA - The Canada Border Services Agency is looking once again for a handful of stunt actors to be thrown down, handcuffed, searched and beaten to help train new recruits. The agency has p...

Jul 25, 2019

Federal NDP and Greens, provincial opposition call for review of Glen Assoun case

HALIFAX - Opposition leaders in Ottawa and Nova Scotia are calling for further investigation into why the RCMP destroyed potential evidence in the criminal proceedings against a Halifax man who was wr...

Jul 25, 2019

Doug Ford says Boris Johnson will do 'great job' as Britain's next prime minister

LUCAN, Ont. - Ontario's premier says he believes Boris Johnson will do a "great job" as Britain's next prime minister. Doug Ford praised the new leader of Britain's Conservative Party at a n...

Jul 25, 2019

Opponents of Bill 21 seek leave to appeal decision that maintained secularism law

MONTREAL - Civil liberties groups are seeking leave to appeal a recent Quebec Superior Court decision that found it wasn't necessary to temporarily suspend certain provisions of Quebec's seculari...

Jul 25, 2019

Timeline of events in the deaths of three people in northern B.C.

VANCOUVER - Three people are dead in northern B.C. and there is a major search stretching across Western Canada for two teens police say are suspects. Here's a timeline of events: July 15 - The b...

Jul 25, 2019

In the news today, July 23

Five stories in the news for Tuesday, July 23 --- FOOD GUIDE, BUTTS IN PRE-CAMPAIGN FIGHT Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre took aim at the Liberals Monday morning for bringi...

Jul 25, 2019

In the news today, July 25

Five stories in the news for Thursday, July 25 --- FATHER OF SUSPECT IN 3 DEATHS SAYS SON IS IN PAIN The father of a suspect in the deaths of three people in northern British Columbia says h...

Jul 25, 2019

New Supreme Court judge set to answer questions from MPs, senators

OTTAWA - Canada's soon-to-be newest member of the Supreme Court of Canada is set to publicly answer questions from federal politicians today. Justice Nicholas Kasirer is to take part this afternoon in...

Jul 25, 2019

Bernier promises to cut immigration, build border fences in platform speech

OTTAWA - Maxime Bernier says that if he becomes prime minister, his government would slash immigration and refugee numbers, build a fence to block asylum seekers from walking across the border, a...

Jul 24, 2019

Former Humboldt Broncos player who survived bus crash hopes for spot on team

RED DEER, Alta. - A former Humboldt Broncos player whose back was broken when the team's bus crashed last year says he'll return to Humboldt to battle for a spot on the team. Graysen Cameron...

Jul 24, 2019