Canada

Dany Fortin says 'career appears to be over' after leak of misconduct investigation

OTTAWA - Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin says his career "appears to be over" after he was abruptly removed from his role overseeing Canada's COVID-19 vaccine rollout because of a decades-old allegation of sexu...

Jul 22, 2021

Liberals interfering with 'exclusive jurisdiction' of House, Speaker tells court

OTTAWA - House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota says a federal attempt to shield documents related to the firing of two scientists is a violation of parliamentary privilege and must be tossed out of co...

Jul 22, 2021

'Escalation' of threats, vandalism against Vancouver churches: police

VANCOUVER - There's been a "dramatic increase" in the number of vandalism or mischief incidents against properties owned by churches in Vancouver, and police say they're concerned an escalation could ...

Jul 22, 2021

Sajjan directed military to provide him with aide in Vancouver

OTTAWA - Newly released documents show Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan personally directed the military last year to take the unprecedented step of providing him with an assistant in Vancouver. That po...

Jul 22, 2021

Court orders demolition of $3M Gatineau, Que., luxury home built too close to road

GATINEAU, Que. - Quebec Superior Court has ordered the demolition of a sumptuous Gatineau, Que., home that was built too close to the road, with the city required to foot the bill. In a ruling this we...

Jul 22, 2021

CSIS warns of increasingly sophisticated state-sponsored activity targeting elections

OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it continues to observe steady, and in some cases increasing, foreign interference by state actors against Canada. In a new report on the threa...

Jul 22, 2021

Defence aims at boat lights as O'Leary trial wraps

Overwhelming evidence showing another vessel's lights were off at the time Linda O'Leary crashed into it means she shouldn't be found guilty in the deadly boat collision, her lawyer argued in court Th...

Jul 22, 2021

Conservatives ask auditor general to review tax-change confusion

OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives are asking the auditor general to probe the Finance Department's handling of tax changes that left small business owners and family farmers confused for weeks. It...

Jul 22, 2021

Two Alberta First Nations want courts to allow appeal of decision on coal mine

A second Alberta First Nation wants the courts to allow it to appeal a review board's decision that an open-pit coal mine in the Rocky Mountains isn't in the public interest. The Stoney Nakoda Nation ...

Jul 22, 2021

Annamie Paul says 'small group' of party execs behind court case against Green leader

OTTAWA - Green Leader Annamie Paul is seeking to frame a legal challenge from her own party as the work of a "small group" of outgoing executives that amounts to a "one-sided attack." Backed by sign-t...

Jul 22, 2021