Canada

Federal health minister asked to review Alberta's use of strychnine as wolf control

EDMONTON - Animal advocates have asked the federal health minister to review a decision that allows Alberta to keep using strychnine to poison wolves in an ongoing effort to preserve caribou herds. Wo...

Dec 18, 2020

Prosecution to give closing arguments in Toronto's van attack trial

TORONTO - The prosecution will deliver its closing arguments today at the trial for the man who killed 10 people in Toronto's van attack. Alek Minassian has pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of first-de...

Dec 18, 2020

RCMP officers recognized N.S. gunman after pulling up at gas pump next to him

HALIFAX - A new report from an independent police watchdog reveals that the April 19 fatal shooting of the Nova Scotia mass killer occurred after two RCMP officers happened to pull up at a gas pump ne...

Dec 17, 2020

Justice, public safety ministers discuss need for anti-racism training

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says a need for anti-racism training for all people working in the criminal justice system was a focus of conversation with his counterparts from across the ...

Dec 17, 2020

Coalition Avenir Quebec member out of caucus for not following COVID-19 rules at bar

QUEBEC - A member of the governing Coalition Avenir Quebec party is temporarily out of caucus after a video surfaced of him breaking COVID-19 rules at a holiday gathering. In a statement released by t...

Dec 17, 2020

Senator links drug used in botched U.S. lethal injections to assisted death in Canada

OTTAWA - A Conservative senator is questioning why a drug blamed for botched executions in the United States is being used to provide medical assistance in dying in Canada.Sen. Michael MacDonald says ...

Dec 17, 2020

Quebec unimpressed with Trudeau's offer of long-term care cash if standards met

OTTAWA - Quebec Premier Francois Legault is shrugging off the suggestion that new federal funding for long-term care homes would have to be tied to national standards. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to...

Dec 17, 2020

Military leaders to be held to account if extremism isn't addressed, Sajjan says

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says the Canadian Armed Forces can't function properly if there is hate and discrimination in the ranks, which is why tackling such misconduct will be a top pri...

Dec 17, 2020

Canada gives OK to Boeing 737 Max changes but planes still grounded

MONTREAL - Boeing's 737 Max aircraft is a step closer to returning to Canadian skies, nearly two years after being grounded due to technical issues that resulted in two deadly crashes involving foreig...

Dec 17, 2020

RCMP start criminal investigation into trail derailment near Field, B.C.

FIELD, B.C. - The RCMP say a criminal investigation has been launched into a fatal Canadian Pacific train derailment near the boundary between B.C. and Alberta in February 2019. Sgt. Janelle Shoihet s...

Dec 17, 2020