Canada

Fraud allegations a facade, Meng lawyer argues as extradition hearing begins

VANCOUVER - Fraud allegations against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou are a "facade" and charges filed by the United States are really about the country trying to enforce its sanctions&nb...

Jan 22, 2020

Flights to resume out of St. John's, N.L., as search for missing man suspended

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Commercial flights were set to resume out of St. John's, N.L., this morning, as eastern Newfoundland continues to dig itself out from last week's record-breaking blizzard. Toda...

Jan 22, 2020

Snags, successes in Ottawa's efforts to recruit Indigenous public servants: docs

OTTAWA - The federal government invited a group of Indigenous elders to Ottawa last spring to seek their guidance on how to address barriers faced by Indigenous federal employees, but the well-in...

Jan 22, 2020

Jagmeet Singh says NDP caucus will discuss whether to support new NAFTA

OTTAWA - New Democrat MPs will gather in Ottawa today for a two-day planning session to prepare the re-opening of the House of Commons next week. Party whip Rachel Blaney says the party...

Jan 22, 2020

Military must nearly double annual female recruitment to reach its own target

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces needs to nearly double the number of women it has been recruiting in recent years to reach its goal of having women represent one-quarter of all military person...

Jan 22, 2020

Newfoundland study of bird droppings may answer critical conservation questions

A team of Canadian scientists may have cracked one of the toughest problems in conservation by peering into the lives of long-ago seabirds through 1,700 years of droppings. "It's actual...

Jan 21, 2020

Police chief says refinery labour dispute holding city of Regina hostage

REGINA - Leaders in Saskatchewan are urging both sides in a labour dispute at an oil refinery to resume talks following comments by Regina's police chief that the escalating f...

Jan 21, 2020

Indigenous LNG supporters chide human rights advocates over pipeline comments

BURNS LAKE, B.C. - A collective of First Nations who support the liquefied natural gas industry in British Columbia say human rights advocates failed to do their research when they called for a p...

Jan 21, 2020

Police look for owner of ice-covered boat found on B.C.'s Okanagan Lake

WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - A photo of a sail boat covered in icicles has been released by police in West Kelowna, B.C., in the hope of finding its owner. The RCMP say the sailboat was found leaning aga...

Jan 21, 2020

Alberta premier wants federal government to do more about opioid imports

CALGARY - Alberta's premier says Ottawa needs to do more to clamp down on opioid drug imports from places such as China. Jason Kenney says the Liberal government made a big mistake when it a...

Jan 21, 2020