Canada

Via Rail executives to address parliamentary committee on holiday travel mess

OTTAWA - Via Rail executives are set to address a federal committee today about the delays that plagued travellers over the holidays. Earlier this month, the Crown corporation apologized for the wides...

Jan 26, 2023

Impersonators posing as homeowners linked to 32 fraud cases in Ontario and B.C.

Mortgage and title fraudsters who impersonate homeowners and tenants have targeted at least 32 properties in Ontario and British Columbia, investigators and official warnings suggest. Insurance invest...

Jan 26, 2023

Probe into Alberta residential school links unpasteurized milk to children's deaths

SADDLE LAKE CREE NATION - A new report from a group looking into children who died and went missing at a residential school northeast of Edmonton says unpasteurized milk was responsible for the deaths...

Jan 25, 2023

New high-efficiency diesel plant opens in N.W.T. community

UTSEL K'E - A new high-efficiency diesel power plant has opened in Lutsel K'e in the Northwest Territories. It's expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 100 tonnes every year and allow fo...

Jan 25, 2023

Alberta NDP questions fate of premier's long-promised advisory panel on public health

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's long-promised public health science advisory panel, which has been beset by slipped deadlines and confusing messaging, has the NDP Opposition questioning wh...

Jan 25, 2023

Banff tourism report seeks fewer private vehicles, more public transit in park

BANFF, ALTA. - Banff tourism officials are joining the call for better management of visitor traffic in the most heavily visited parts of the national park. In a document outlining its development pla...

Jan 25, 2023

High-profile Canadian skating coach found guilty of sex assault, gross indecency

MONTREAL - A renowned Canadian pairs skating coach has been found guilty of sexual assault and gross indecency. Richard Gauthier was facing three charges dating back to the 1980s involving a teenage m...

Jan 25, 2023

Amid neck hold controversy, Ottawa questioned about methods it wants RCMP to outlaw

OTTAWA - The federal government is facing questions about exactly what kind of force it is asking police to stop using, as the RCMP is criticized over its decision not to outlaw a controversial neck h...

Jan 25, 2023

Hockey team of preteen Ukrainian refugees heads to tournament in Quebec City

MONTREAL - Sean Brub said he thought it was a joke when he was first asked to help assemble a team of Ukrainian preteen refugees, displaced by war and spread out across Europe, to play in a renowned Q...

Jan 25, 2023

Drivers urged man in mental health crisis on bridge to 'take action': B.C. police

DELTA, B.C. - Police say drivers on the Alex Fraser Bridge outside Vancouver honked and yelled at a man in a mental health crisis standing outside the safety rail, with some encouraging him to "take a...

Greg Fry Jan 25, 2023