Canada

Party leaders in Central Canada as election campaign enters fourth week

OTTAWA - The main federal party leaders are in Central Canada as the election campaign enters its fourth week. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau starts the day on home turf, making an announcement in Mont...

Sep 07, 2021

Twenty years after 9/11, the U.S. finds itself on the other side of the looking-glass

WASHINGTON - Fiery explosions, the innocent falling from the sky, presidential vows of vengeance: America's 20-year war on terror seemed to end much the way it began. The searing parallels that booken...

Sep 07, 2021

Feds ease travel restrictions for fully vaccinated foreign nationals

WASHINGTON - The federal government has added fully vaccinated foreign nationals to the ranks of travellers who are once again welcome on Canadian soil. As of midnight Monday night, quarantine require...

Sep 07, 2021

Father suspected in nearly week-long disappearance of son faces weapons charge

MONTREAL - A 36-year-old Quebec man who became the subject of a provincewide manhunt after his three-year-old son went missing is now facing a weapons-related charge in the case. Audrey Roy Cloutier, ...

Sep 06, 2021

Two dead, one injured in Sask. First Nation shooting as police search for suspect

MELFORT, Sask. - Two people are dead, one more is in hospital and a manhunt is underway after a shooting on a Saskatchewan First Nation. RCMP with the detachment in Melfort, Sask., issued an emergency...

Sep 06, 2021

Parties' leaders pledge to support workers with more benefits

OTTAWA - The three main federal party leaders marked Labour Day with promises of better working conditions and more benefits for Canadian workers, along with additional supports for businesses. Libera...

Sep 06, 2021

Quebec introduces pilot project for free youth protection mediation service

MONTREAL - A new pilot project in Quebec is encouraging parents to seek mediation and solutions outside legal procedures for the better good of children. Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette, Junior ...

Sep 06, 2021

9/11 terrorist attacks, ensuing war propelled Canada's military into 21st century

OTTAWA - Andrew Leslie clearly remembers the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. The 43-year-old brigadier-general charged with ensuring the army's ability to talk in battle and disrupt enemy communications wa...

Sep 06, 2021

Forest company, RCMP, old-growth defenders due in court this month for four hearings

VICTORIA - The ongoing battle over old-growth forests on southern Vancouver Island is heading back to court where a forest company will seek to extend an injunction order and the RCMP and protesters w...

Sep 06, 2021

Child who went missing in Quebec now reunited with mother, police arrest dad

MONTREAL - A nearly week-long saga involving a missing three-year-old boy in northern Quebec came to a peaceful conclusion on Sunday as police reunited the child with his mother and arrested his fathe...

Sep 05, 2021