Canada

Walmart Canada CEO says retailer not trying to profit from inflation

OTTAWA - The president and CEO of Walmart Canada says the retail giant is not attempting to profit from soaring food inflation. Gonzalo Gebara spoke before a parliamentary committee studying food infl...

Mar 27, 2023

Ottawa eyeing U.S.-made surveillance planes for Canadian Armed Forces

OTTAWA - Canada is looking at buying a fleet of military surveillance aircraft from U.S. aerospace giant Boeing without a competition. The federal Procurement Department says Canada has submitted a le...

Mar 27, 2023

A look at some of the seven victims who perished in Old Montreal fire

Montreal police said seven people perished in a fire that swept through an Old Montreal building on the morning of March 16. Victims are from Ontario, Quebec and the United States. After discovering t...

Mar 27, 2023

Canada extends, shrinks anti-ISIL 'Operation Impact' mission in the Middle East

OTTAWA - Canada is extending a scaled-down version of its military mission in Iraq and the Middle East for another two years. Defence Minister Anita Anand announced the extension Monday afternoon, bef...

Mar 27, 2023

B.C. plans family law changes to decide who gets the pets when couples split

VICTORIA - The important role pets play in families who are separating is being addressed in proposed amendments to British Columbia's Family Law Act. Attorney General Niki Sharma says amendments she ...

Mar 27, 2023

B.C. tribunal orders $9,755 payout to taxi driver over caste-based discrimination

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has ordered that a taxi driver be paid more than $9,000 in compensation because his caste was insulted during a physical altercation at a staff C...

Mar 27, 2023

Vancouver looks to frozen eggs to help control Canada goose population

VANCOUVER - The booming population of Canada geese is "wreaking havoc" on Vancouver's green spaces, and the park board is asking for help in keeping their numbers in check. The Vancouver Board of Park...

Mar 27, 2023

At least 10 injured after explosion destroys Calgary home: fire department

CALGARY - Fire officials say at least 10 people have been injured after an explosion destroyed a home in Calgary. They say the force of the explosion created a large debris field, several fires and da...

Mar 27, 2023

Two more bodies pulled from rubble after Old Montreal fire, five bodies identified

MONTREAL - Police say two more bodies have been pulled from the rubble of a building that caught fire March 16 in Old Montreal, bringing the death toll to seven. Police Insp. David Shane said today fo...

Mar 27, 2023

Ottawa appoints new official in charge of Indigenous corrections

OTTAWA - The federal government has appointed a deputy commissioner for Indigenous corrections in a move towards tackling the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in Canada's criminal justice syste...

Mar 27, 2023