Canada

MPs need to fast-track new law to seize sanctioned Russian assets: senator

OTTAWA - An independent senator is calling on the House of Commons to fast-track a new law she's proposing that would confiscate billions of dollars of frozen Russian assets and use them to rebuild Uk...

Apr 24, 2022

Canada eyes new measures to protect economy from national security threats

OTTAWA - New measures to ensure Canada doesn't export sensitive technology to foreign adversaries are among the changes being eyed by Ottawa to bolster the country's economic security. Other possibili...

Apr 24, 2022

B.C. man wanting public meeting has 'death-watch monitors' on Day 23 of hunger strike

NANAIMO, B.C. - A 68-year-old activist says "death-watch monitors" were ensuring his safety on the 23rd day of a hunger strike over old-growth logging practices in British Columbia. Howard Breen said ...

Apr 23, 2022

Ex-Guantanamo detainee sues Canada over 14-year detention and torture

A former detainee of Guantanamo Bay is taking legal action against the Canadian government over its alleged role in his 14 years behind bars marked by torture and intimidation. Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a...

Apr 23, 2022

Two bodies found during demolition of fire-ravaged building in Vancouver's Gastown

VANCOUVER - Two bodies have been found in the ruins of the Winters Hotel in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood. Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services announced earlier Friday afternoon that a body was loc...

Apr 23, 2022

Traditional ways: Dogsled race covers 500 kilometres in the High Arctic

IQALUIT - Somewhere in the Canadian Arctic dozens of dogs run over ice and snow under Nunavut's high April sun as they pull sleds with racers in tow. Fourteen teams took off from Arctic Bay six days a...

Apr 23, 2022

Advocates want a feminist spending review as feds insist no social-program cuts

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is insisting that the goal of an upcoming federal spending review is not to slash social programs, while gender-equality advocates want to make sure it is done with wom...

Apr 23, 2022

Indigenous, racialized, LGBTQ groups and sex workers criticize online hate bill

OTTAWA - Members of the LGBTQ community, Indigenous people and racialized groups fear a proposed law tackling online harm could disproportionately curtail their online freedoms and even make them poli...

Apr 23, 2022

'Senseless act': 7 youths charged in death of teen stabbed near Edmonton high school

EDMONTON - Police have charged seven youths with second-degree murder in the death of a 16-year-old boy who was assaulted outside an Edmonton high school earlier this month. The teen was stabbed in th...

Apr 22, 2022

The race is on to make the final ballot for the Conservative party leadership

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidates have until next Friday to submit the paperwork, $300,000 worth of fees and nomination signatures needed to ensure they are on the final ballot. Some have al...

Apr 22, 2022