Canada

Scott Aitchison: Quick facts about the Conservative candidate

OTTAWA - Scott Aitchison, the former mayor of Hunstville, Ont., is running for federal Conservative party leader. The Muskoka region native has spent the majority of his career in municipal politics, ...

Sep 02, 2022

Bail hearing for Saskatchewan mother accused faking deaths before entering U.S.

SASKATOON - A bail hearing is set to begin today for a Saskatchewan woman accused of faking her death and that of her son and illegally crossing the border into the United States. The 48-year-old is s...

Sep 02, 2022

Scott Aitchison: aspiring Conservative leader 'raised by Huntsville'

OTTAWA - Scott Aitchison started knocking on doors at a young age. While other kids growing up in the beautiful Muskoka region of Ontario spent their Saturdays on the water, at soccer practice or watc...

Sep 02, 2022

Quebec election: Liberal party campaigning largely outside Montreal-area strongholds

MONTREAL - Quebec Liberal Party Leader Dominique Anglade has spent the first week of the campaign far away from the party's Montreal-area strongholds. Despite being down in the polls and struggling to...

Sep 02, 2022

Alberta lieutenant-governor says not a done deal she'll OK proposed sovereignty act

EDMONTON - Alberta's lieutenant-governor says it's not a done deal that she would automatically sign off on a proposal from a United Conservative Party leadership candidate to pass a bill aimed at ign...

Sep 01, 2022

Family of man who died after Vancouver police beanbag shooting seeks inquest

VANCOUVER - The family of a man who died in custody last week after Vancouver police used a beanbag shotgun is calling for a public inquest and systemic changes in how the department treats people on ...

Sep 01, 2022

Nunavut confirms first case of avian influenza; says wild bird infected

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut says it has confirmed the first case of avian influenza in the territory. The case was discovered by the Canadian Wildlife Service in a live thick-billed murre on Coats Isla...

Sep 01, 2022

Culture minister bashes 'Laurentian elites' as Alberta celebrates birthday holiday

EDMONTON - Alberta celebrated its inaugural birthday party holiday with Culture Minister Ron Orr bashing the prime minster and "Laurentian elites" while asserting the province has received the short e...

Sep 01, 2022

Fight for fewer words: Pierre Poilievre promises new law against government jargon

OTTAWA, Ill. - Pierre Poilievre is waging one of his final battles in the Conservative leadership race. The self-styled free speech defender's latest target: the jargon used by the federal bureaucracy...

Sep 01, 2022

Police must take online threats and harassment against journalists seriously: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino will tell chiefs of police today that all police forces need to take seriously a pattern of hate and harassment targe...

Sep 01, 2022