Canada

Canada suspends Sudan consular services as diplomats evacuated

Ottawa has suspended consular services in Sudan amid reports of allied countries evacuating Canadian diplomats and as armed conflict escalates in the East-African country. Global Affairs Canada says C...

Apr 23, 2023

First months on throne show King Charles wants to engage, but Canadians skeptical

MONTREAL - King Charles III's first months on the throne have shown he's a monarch who will take an active role in different causes and is ready to engage with the public, royal experts say, but he st...

Apr 23, 2023

South Africa envoy urges Ukraine peace talks, says Canada stance on war 'shocking'

OTTAWA - South Africa's envoy to Ottawa is urging Canada to help broker an end to Russia's war in Ukraine, arguing that sending arms to Kyiv will only prolong a dangerous conflict that is aggravating ...

Apr 23, 2023

RCMP sifting 'fairly large volume' of information in Ukraine war crimes probe

OTTAWA - RCMP Cpl. Kate Walaszczyk honed her policing skills as a homicide investigator, painstakingly reconstructing crime scenes and gathering evidence. She is turning that hard-earned know-how to t...

Apr 23, 2023

Tensions still running high between federal workers union and Ottawa

PRINCE GEORGE - In an update on Saturday, the head of the union representing thousands of striking public-service workers says he is fed up with the pace of bargaining and is calling on the Prime Mini...

Apr 22, 2023

Group calls on Canada to create sponsor program for family fleeing war-torn Sudan

The head of a Sudanese community organization says his group is calling on the federal government to create a program for community members seeking to sponsor family who are either stuck in Sudan or h...

Apr 22, 2023

Union leadership to provide update on strike by thousands of public-service workers

OTTAWA - The union representing thousands of striking public-service workers says it plans to provide an update today on the status of negotiations with the federal government. Members of the Public S...

Apr 22, 2023

Two still in critical condition after plane crashes into house southwest of Montreal

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say two people are in critical condition after a small plane crashed into a home southwest of Montreal on Friday night. The small plane crashed into a private resid...

Apr 22, 2023

Updating RCMP ‘militaristic’ training is long overdue, experts say

REGINA - Scott Blandford considered attending the RCMP Academy when he was looking to become a police officer about 40 years ago, but he soon realized the training centre in Regina wasn't for him. Bla...

Apr 22, 2023

One of the last of his generation, Second World War vet in New Brunswick dies

FREDERICTON - Angus Hamilton, who served as a radar technician in Southeast Asia during the Second World War and returned home to a successful career in the civil service and academia, has died in Fre...

Apr 22, 2023