Canada

Senate joins House of Commons in adjourning for a holiday break

OTTAWA - The Senate wrapped up its fall sitting today and has adjourned for a holiday break, a day after the House of Commons did the same. Parliamentarians are not scheduled to return to Ottawa until...

Dec 15, 2022

Quebec man granted bail in hit and run that killed 7-year-old Ukrainian girl

MONTREAL - A Montreal-area man charged in a hit and run that killed a 7-year-old girl as she was walking to school has been granted bail. Juan Manuel Becerra Garcia was released on a series of conditi...

Dec 15, 2022

Delegates at COP15 warned to dress warmly and bring extra socks as snowstorm looms

OTTAWA - If the weather outside is frightful, bring some extra socks and build a snowman. For most Canadians such advice ahead of a major winter storm is unnecessary. But for thousands of delegates at...

Dec 15, 2022

Alberta says it will take control of prosecutions for banned firearms from Ottawa

EDMONTON - Alberta's justice minister says provincial prosecutors are to take over the handling of charges under the federal Firearms Act starting in the new year. Tyler Shandro says he is also advisi...

Dec 15, 2022

Canada is losing ground and falling behind U.S. on trade with Africa, senators say

OTTAWA - Senators are warning Trade Minister Mary Ng that Ottawa may be falling behind its peers in establishing deeper trade ties with Africa. The Senate foreign-affairs committee has been studying f...

Dec 15, 2022

Federal public servants to start returning to office next month with hybrid system

OTTAWA - The Treasury Board is expected to announce today that federal public servants will have to begin returning to the office a few days per week next month, with a phased-in hybrid model. Employe...

Dec 15, 2022

Facebook intimidating Canadians with threats to pull news from platform: Ottawa

OTTAWA - Federal Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez accused Meta on Thursday of trying to intimidate Canadians with threats of pulling news content from its Facebook platform, following the adoption of...

Dec 15, 2022

Woman and adult granddaughter fatally shot inside Montreal apartment

Montreal police say a woman and her adult granddaughter were victims of a double homicide early this morning. A call to 911 reporting gunshots was made at about 2:40 a.m., and officers found the two w...

Dec 15, 2022

Canada's climate action plan underfunded, unclear regarding top risks: report

OTTAWA - A report says Canada's climate adaptation strategy is underfunded and does not clearly align its goals with the country's top climate change risks. The Canadian Climate Institute put out the ...

Dec 15, 2022

Quebec court says Canadian Pacific Railway not liable in Lac-Mégantic train crash

MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge says Canadian Pacific Railway is not liable in the 2013 Lac-Mgantic, Que., railway disaster that killed 47 people. Justice Martin Bureau ruled Wednesday that t...

Dec 15, 2022