Canada

RCMP boss responds to watchdog report about alleged spying on anti-oil protesters

OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki has responded to a long-delayed watchdog report on alleged surveillance of anti-oil protesters after a civil liberties group went to court to force her hand. Th...

Nov 23, 2020

Canadian Armed Forces to formally apologize to victims for sexual misconduct

OTTAWA - The commander of the Canadian Armed Forces is preparing to formally apologize to victims of sexual misconduct. The apology is part of a $900-million settlement agreement that the federal gove...

Nov 23, 2020

Exclusion of mental health as grounds for assisted death is likely temporary: Lametti

OTTAWA - Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says he hopes the exclusion of mental illness as the sole grounds for an assisted death is temporary but the change would need more study than time allo...

Nov 23, 2020

COVID-19 Atlantic bubble on hold as 2 provinces pull out; Toronto, Peel in lockdown

Two provinces are temporarily withdrawing from the Atlantic bubble in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, while tighter restrictions - including short-term lockdowns - take effect today in parts...

Nov 23, 2020

Longtime Conservative MP Peter Kent won't run again in key riding for the party

OTTAWA - Longtime Conservative MP Peter Kent says he won't run again in the next federal election. Kent captured the previously Liberal stronghold riding of Thornhill, in the Greater Toronto Are...

Nov 23, 2020

N.L. and P.E.I. impose new travel restrictions, bursting the Atlantic bubble

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador are temporarily pulling out of the Atlantic bubble as COVID-19 cases rise in the region. Newfoundland and Labrador Premier A...

Nov 23, 2020

NDP's Collins revives calls for environment commissioner to be stand-alone office

OTTAWA - NDP environment critic Laurel Collins is reviving a call for the environment commissioner to be a stand-alone officer of Parliament. Collins is pushing a motion at the House of Commons enviro...

Nov 23, 2020

Long-awaited federal rent subsidy program for businesses hurt by COVID-19 opens today

OTTAWA - Businesses struggling to pay the bills because of the COVID-19 pandemic will be able to start applying today for a long-awaited new commercial rent-relief program offered by the federal gover...

Nov 23, 2020

Psychiatrist set to testify for defence at Toronto's van attack trial

TORONTO - A psychiatrist is set to testify for the defence today in the murder trial for the man who killed 10 people after driving a van down a crowded Toronto sidewalk. Dr. John Bradford is set to p...

Nov 23, 2020

Hearing continues in extradition case involving Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou

VANCOUVER - A hearing continues today in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested at the Vancouver airport in 2018 at the request of American officials. B.C. Supreme Cou...

Nov 23, 2020