Category Archives: Canada
Saskatchewan mother accused of faking death, fleeing the country faces more charges
SASKATOON - An Indigenous woman from Saskatoon who was arrested in the United States after police say she faked her own death is facing more charges in Canada. The 48-year-old woman and her seven-year...
Nov 15, 2022
Mother of Canadian detained in Syria accuses of Ottawa of shirking duty to help
OTTAWA - The mother of a Canadian man being held in northeastern Syria accuses the federal government of doing "precisely nothing" to secure his release. Sally Lane is urging the Liberal government to...
Nov 15, 2022
Canada monitoring reports of Russian missiles hitting Poland: Anand
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Anita Anand says she is in contact with Polish authorities over reports that two people were killed when Russian missiles hit the NATO ally. Anand would only say that Canada ...
Nov 15, 2022
Defence closes case in sexual assault trial of ex-PQ legislator Harold LeBel
RIMOUSKI, Que. - The defence for former Parti Qubcois legislator Harold LeBel closed its case today in his trial for sexual assault. Earlier in the day, Superior Court Justice Serge Francoeur called p...
Nov 15, 2022
Auditor general finds aging icebreakers, aircraft hamper monitoring of Arctic waters
More than a decade of delay and inaction has left the ships, planes and satellites that Canada relies on to monitor its rapidly opening Arctic on track to be retired before they can be replaced, the a...
Nov 15, 2022
Trudeau deletes tweet that cited false information in denouncing the Iranian regime
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office says it deleted a tweet that his account posted overnight denouncing the Iranian regime based on false information that had been circulating on social m...
Nov 15, 2022
Health Canada won't say how much new kids' pain medicine coming, where it's going
OTTAWA - Health Canada officials say more doses of children's painkillers and fever medication will be available soon but it won't say how many or where exactly they'll be sent. Senior officials are a...
Nov 15, 2022
Auditor general calls for stronger federal action on cloud cybersecurity
OTTAWA - The federal auditor general says government departments have not always effectively implemented measures to ensure secure storage of information in the digital cloud. In a report tabled in Pa...
Nov 15, 2022
Indigenous Services Canada failing First Nations in response to wildfires, floods: AG
OTTAWA - Canada's Auditor General say the federal government has not given First Nations communities the support they need to respond to emergencies like wildfires and floods, despite warning about th...
Nov 15, 2022
Former Hockey Canada executive Nicholson to testify before parliamentary committee
OTTAWA - It's Bob Nicholson's turn to be grilled by the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. The former Hockey Canada executive is scheduled to speak before members of Parliament today as the fede...
Nov 15, 2022