Canada

Interference inquiry to hear from members of diaspora communities as hearings resume

OTTAWA - Members of diaspora communities are slated to testify today as a federal inquiry begins two weeks of hearings into foreign meddling allegations and how the government responded to them. The h...

Mar 27, 2024

RCMP to release progress report on response to inquiry into 2020 mass shooting

HALIFAX - The RCMP are expected to provide an update today on progress they have made in responding to the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting that killed 22 people. The report from RCMP c...

Mar 27, 2024

Trudeau says premiers complaining about carbon price didn't pitch better ideas

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back against premiers who are asking him to cancel an upcoming increase to the federal carbon price, saying they have not proposed better ideas to fig...

Mar 26, 2024

CRA fires 232 people for falsely claiming $2,000 monthly pandemic benefit

OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency has now fired more than 200 people for falsely claiming a federal income benefit during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CRA says as of March 15, 232 employees "inappropri...

Mar 26, 2024

13 arrested in RCMP raids targeting 'suspected Montreal criminal organization'

MONTREAL - RCMP say they have arrested 13 people in a major operation against a suspected Montreal criminal organization. Spokesman Charles Poirier says police executed some 20 warrants for searches i...

Mar 26, 2024

Four Canadian men held in Syria ask Supreme Court to revisit request for hearing

OTTAWA - Four Canadian men detained in Syria are asking the Supreme Court of Canada to reconsider their pleas for a hearing that could open the door to their freedom. In November, the Supreme Court de...

Mar 26, 2024

Stranded orca was pregnant, while efforts to save her other calf turns on rising tide

ZEBALLOS, B.C. - A necropsy on the killer whale that died after being stranded off northern Vancouver Island shows she was pregnant with another calf. Marine scientist Jared Towers watched the necrops...

Mar 26, 2024

Small drug seizures down in Vancouver post-decriminalization, police say

VANCOUVER - Data from Vancouver police shows a "dramatic" drop in small drug seizures after decriminalization came into effect in British Columbia last year. The department says during the first nine ...

Mar 26, 2024

Police vehicles block roads to Saskatchewan farm property where four found dead

NEUDORF, SASK. - Black unmarked RCMP vehicles could be seen blocking roads leading to a Saskatchewan farm property as officers continued to investigate the suspicious deaths of four people. Several an...

Mar 26, 2024

Economists defend Liberals' carbon price as political rhetoric heats up

OTTAWA - Dozens of Canadian economists are issuing an ardent defence of Canada's price on carbon, as the government faces increased pressure from Opposition Conservatives and provincial premiers to pa...

Mar 26, 2024