Canada

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

Calgary couple guilty in son's staph death appeal convictions, sentences

CALGARY - A Calgary couple found guilty in the death of their 14-month-old son are appealing their convictions and sentences. Jennifer Clark and her husband Jeromie Clark were sentenced...

Jul 06, 2019

Police, military co-ordinate to detonate 'unexploded ordnance' in Jasper NP

JASPER, Alta. - Police and the military have co-ordinated to blow up a piece of "unexploded ordnance" found by climbers in Jasper National Park. RCMP say climbers found the device on the north si...

Jul 06, 2019

'Contradiction there:' Manitoba eyes looser holiday shopping rules

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is considering whether to loosen a law that limits holiday store openings and says he agrees with one business owner who has complained ...

Jul 06, 2019

Former N.S. Mountie sentenced to decade in prison for cocaine theft, trafficking

HALIFAX - A judge sentenced a former high-ranking RCMP officer to 10 years in prison for stealing and selling $300,000 worth of cocaine Thursday, saying the egregious breach of tru...

Jul 06, 2019