Canada

Freeland blasts Tories, but thanks NDP for support on pushing new NAFTA forward

OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has offered effusive thanks to New Democrats and stinging criticism of the Conservatives after the NDP supported the minority Liberal government's effo...

Feb 20, 2020

Government needs to produce plan for dealing with veterans' backlog: Ombudsman

OTTAWA - Veterans ombudsman Craig Dalton says the federal government should clearly explain how it plans to eliminate a backlog that is keeping thousands of former service members waiting to find out ...

Feb 20, 2020

Unreleased report finds stop checks, searches of protesters 'unlawful': Watchdog

VANCOUVER - A civilian police watchdog has released what Indigenous advocates in support of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs are calling an "explosive" letter condemning RCMP actions against In...

Feb 20, 2020

Quebec boxing promoter faces hearing after Hells Angels seen at bout

MONTREAL - A well-known Quebec boxing promoter is defending himself before a tribunal against accusations stemming from two of his boxing cards, including claims he fixed a bout and hosted members of ...

Feb 20, 2020

Freeland agrees to NDP trade pitch in return for new NAFTA support: letter

OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says she wants to make Canada's trade negotiations more "transparent," by agreeing to proposals from the New Democrats to provide more details of ...

Feb 20, 2020

Official says she would have denied Desmond a gun licence had she known more

GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - An inquiry investigating why a former Canadian soldier fatally shot three family members and himself heard Thursday from a firearms official who said ...

Feb 20, 2020

Halifax couple thanks public a year after house fire claimed their 7 children

HALIFAX - The parents of seven children who died in a Halifax house fire a year ago are offering thanks to the public for the love and support they've received since the tragedy. Syrian refugees Ebrah...

Feb 20, 2020

Thumbprint, hairbrush: Franklin wreck reveals sailors' lives

It was as if the past literally reached out and touched him. Parks Canada archaeologist Marc-Andre Bernier spent last summer diving into the wreck of the HMS Erebus, the flagship of the Franklin exped...

Feb 20, 2020

Ex-Toronto bar owner gets bail pending appeal of gang sexual assault conviction

TORONTO - A former downtown bar owner has been granted bail pending his appeal of a conviction for the gang sexual assault of a barely conscious woman. In his decision, a Court of Appeal justice ruled...

Feb 20, 2020

Desmond inquiry looks at how Afghanistan veteran legally obtained firearm

GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - Just over a year before Lionel Desmond bought a Soviet-era semi-automatic rifle and killed three members of his family and himself, the mentally ill former soldier was forced ...

Feb 20, 2020