Canada

Bodies placed in odd spots in Ottawa hospitals as morgues overflow

OTTAWA - The head of a union representing workers at the Ottawa Hospital says something must be done about the excess of cadavers that has overfilled the hospital's morgues and led to cadave...

Jan 07, 2020

Deputy Prime Minister Freeland meets with Kenney, Nenshi in Calgary

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he hopes to see concrete action in short order after meeting today with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. Before the two headed into their meeting in...

Jan 07, 2020

Border agency's digital device searches broke the law, privacy watchdog says

OTTAWA - The federal privacy czar says Canada's border agency violated the law by carrying out overly invasive searches of personal digital devices, in one case viewing a traveller's&nb...

Jan 07, 2020

Appeal delay in sex case for Canadian aid worker Peter Dalglish in Nepal

TORONTO - A Canadian aid worker's appeal of his sexual assault convictions in Nepal has been delayed. A friend of Peter Dalglish says the prosecution requested the adjournment because they weren't rea...

Jan 07, 2020

Canada relocating some troops from Iraq to Kuwait due to safety concerns: Vance

OTTAWA - The Canadian military is temporarily relocating some soldiers from Iraq to Kuwait due to security concerns, chief of the defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance said Tuesday. The move, which Vance ...

Jan 07, 2020

New cannabis products may not eat into black market, experts say

TORONTO - The arrival of legal cannabis edibles, vapes and other products in Ontario won't necessarily meet the government's stated goal of cutting into the black market, according to industry observe...

Jan 07, 2020

Passengers removed from WestJet aircraft after it skids off Halifax runway

HALIFAX - A passenger jet skidded off the end of a runway at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport during a snowstorm on Sunday, but a spokeswoman for WestJet said there...

Jan 07, 2020

Gilbert Rozon sex assault trial to take place over five days in June

MONTREAL - Entertainment mogul Gilbert Rozon's trial for rape and indecent assault will take place over five days in June. Crown and defence lawyers appeared before a judge today and ag...

Jan 07, 2020

Striking airport refuellers sit down with employer for first time during strike

MONTREAL - Airplane refuelling workers who are on strike at two Montreal airports say "the ball is in the employer's court" after they presented proposals to Swissport Canada Monday in the first sit-d...

Jan 07, 2020

Trump disregards Canada, allies with killing of Iranian general: ex-ambassador

OTTAWA - Barack Obama's former ambassador to Canada says President Donald Trump's decision to order the killing of a top Iranian general represents the latest instance of the mercurial U.S. president ...

Jan 07, 2020