Canada

HMCS Fredericton returns after six-month mission marked by tragic helicopter crash

HALIFAX - HMCS Fredericton is returning home today, nearly three months after a deadly helicopter crash that claimed the lives of six crew members. The members of the Canadian Armed Forces lost t...

Jul 28, 2020

Environmental law group seeks to stop inquiry into who funds oil critics

CALGARY - An environmental law group wants a court to suspend the Alberta government's inquiry into oil and gas industry critics until there's a decision on whether it's legal. The United Conservative...

Jul 27, 2020

Warrant alleges N.S. mass shooter was seasoned smuggler of narcotics, U.S. guns

HALIFAX - Newly released court documents say witnesses told the RCMP that the gunman who carried out the April mass shooting in Nova Scotia smuggled drugs and guns from Maine for years and had se...

Jul 27, 2020

Border jumper leads RCMP on hours long 'float chase' down B.C. river

GRAND FORKS, B.C. - An American man is in custody after police allege he illegally jumped the border then tried to evade officers by floating down a river in British Columbia. The RCMP say in a news r...

Jul 27, 2020

Canada Revenue Agency extends tax payment deadline to Sept. 30

OTTAWA - Anyone who owes the federal government taxes will now have until the end of September to pay. The Canada Revenue Agency says the payment deadline has been moved to Sept. 30 for individua...

Jul 27, 2020

Horgan advises drivers with non-B.C. plates to take bus to avoid harassment

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier John Horgan says drivers who have out-of-province licence plates on their vehicles should consider taking public transit or riding a bicycle if they're feeling hara...

Tanner King Jul 27, 2020

Meng defence argues document disclosure wouldn't harm Canada's national security

OTTAWA - Lawyers for a Huawei executive facing possible extradition to the United States are disputing the Canadian government's claim that it can't release some documents in the case because it ...

Jul 27, 2020

Protests in two Nova Scotia locations over mass shooting review decision

HALIFAX - Hundreds of people gathered at a Halifax park and in the riding of Nova Scotia's justice minister today to demand a public inquiry into the April mass shooting that killed 22 ...

Jul 27, 2020

Canada provides exception for U.S. students planning to study north of border

WASHINGTON - The federal government appears to have relaxed restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border that would have made it impossible for first-year university students from the United States to enter...

Jul 27, 2020

Senate meets to vote on bill on wage subsidy, disability payments for COVID-19

OTTAWA - The Senate is meeting today to vote on extending the federal government's emergency wage subsidy for employers hit hard by COVID-19. The package passed by the House of Commons last week also ...

Jul 27, 2020