Canada

Montreal police cite new strategies for homicide drop, but critics say there's a cost

Montreal police say a year-over-year drop in the number of homicides in the city is a sign that violence-prevention and crime-fighting strategies are paying off. But those strategies, which include a ...

Jan 22, 2024

Immigration minister expected to unveil new plan for student visas today

MONTREAL - Immigration Minister Marc Miller is expected to outline a plan today to reduce the number of international students issued permits to study in Canada. The move comes as the federal cabinet ...

Jan 22, 2024

Saskatchewan inquest into mass stabbing enters second week

MELFORT, Sask. - The province is expected to provide information about how it responded to a mass stabbing on a Saskatchewan First Nation as a coroner's inquest enters its second week. The inquest is ...

Jan 22, 2024

Liberals to hold auto-theft summit in February amid uptick in stolen cars sent abroad

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals have announced a national summit on auto theft aimed at getting provinces and industry officials together to address the growing issue of cars being stolen and shipped ab...

Jan 21, 2024

MPs who visited West Bank urge action against "constant humiliation" of Palestinians

OTTAWA - MPs returning from a visit to the West Bank argue Canada needs to do more to prevent escalating tensions between Palestinians and Israelis. A group of three NDP and two Liberal MPs spent last...

Jan 21, 2024

Ottawa's Rideau Canal Skateway opening scaled back and delayed to Sunday afternoon

OTTAWA - Skaters eager to hit the ice on Ottawa's iconic Rideau Canal will have to wait a few hours longer and will have a shorter stretch to glide on than previously expected. The National Capital Co...

Jan 21, 2024

U.S. gun crime, health insurance woes scare off Canadian diplomats, union says

OTTAWA - The union that represents Canadian diplomats abroad says Global Affairs Canada should consider boosting compensation for those posted to the United States because they face increased risk of ...

Jan 21, 2024

Economics, affordability top agenda as Liberal cabinet meets in Montreal

OTTAWA - Officials say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be putting a big emphasis on policies that help Canada's middle class as he prepares to chair a cabinet retreat in Montreal over the next thre...

Jan 21, 2024

No recharge: long-term Prairie drought raises concerns over groundwater levels

EDMONTON - In the middle of an Alberta mountain playground, adjacent to a popular ski resort, there's a well sunk into the bedrock that has John Pomeroy worried. The Marmot Creek well in Kananaskis Co...

Jan 21, 2024

Vancouver's Bar Haifa is a 'love letter' to co-owners' Jewish and Palestinian roots

VANCOUVER - The collaborators behind restaurants in Vancouver and Toronto have Palestinian, Jewish and Israeli roots, and acknowledge they don't always agree. "Imagine 38 tastings for a falafel, and t...

Jan 21, 2024