Canada

CSIS officers urged British police to obscure Canadian link to ISIL smuggler: book

OTTAWA - A new book says Canadian Security Intelligence Service officers urged British police not to reveal CSIS's recruitment of a man who helped smuggle three British teenagers into Syria to join th...

Aug 31, 2022

As Centre Ice group drops 'Conservative' from name, where are moderate Tories to go?

OTTAWA - An advocacy group started by centrist Conservatives to provide more of a voice to the political middle has dropped the party's name to expand its base. The "Centre Ice Conservatives" have bec...

Aug 31, 2022

Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez breaks silence, condemns 'disgusting' tweets

OTTAWA - Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has broken his silence over his department's funding of an agency whose senior consultant posted a series of tweets about "Jewish white supremacists." In a s...

Aug 31, 2022

B.C. club hands out hard drugs in bid to save lives, despite Health Canada rejection

VANCOUVER - Organizers of a Vancouver compassion club say they will continue to distribute tested cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine despite a rejection from Health Canada, calling it the only way to...

Aug 31, 2022

Four dead in Streptococcus A outbreak at west-end Montreal seniors home

Montreal health authorities are confirming that four people have died from a Streptococcus A outbreak at a private seniors residence. A spokesman for the regional health authority says six cases of in...

Aug 31, 2022

Expedition team recovers sunken truck from remote Arctic waters

GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - An international team has recovered a submerged truck from remote Arctic waters using divers, airbags and a helicopter. The long-planned recovery mission of the Ford-150, which f...

Aug 31, 2022

Toxic chemicals commonly found in dollar store items, testing shows

OTTAWA - A Canadian environmental organization is calling for more transparency and better enforcement of national regulations of toxic chemicals after more than one quarter of items bought at popular...

Aug 31, 2022

Elizabeth May joins Green leadership race, says party has been in disarray

OTTAWA - Elizabeth May says she has an obligation to be of service as she launches her bid to reclaim the leadership of the federal Green Party. May, who quit as leader of the Greens in 2019, is runni...

Aug 31, 2022

Canadian military investigating engine fires on U.S. Army helicopters

OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says officials are looking into reports of engine fires on Chinook helicopters in the U.S. to determine the impact on Canada's military. The U.S. Army annou...

Aug 31, 2022

Canada to implement 988 suicide crisis line starting in fall 2023

The CRTC says it will launch a new emergency crisis number for people in need of immediate mental health or suicide prevention support. It says starting at the end of November 2023, Canadians will be ...

Aug 31, 2022