Canada

Ministers set to discuss timing of carbon tax legal challenges during meeting

SASKATOON - Attorneys general from Alberta and Ontario say they will discuss the timeline of the different legal challenges launched against the federal carbon tax when they meet in Saskatoo...

Jul 30, 2019

Latest round in northern Manitoba hunt for B.C. murder suspects proves fruitless

YORK LANDING, Man. - The chief of a remote northern Manitoba Indigenous community says a massive police manhunt there for two young British Columbia homicide suspects has ended without success, althou...

Jul 30, 2019

Feds spent $17.7 million on advertising in lead up to election moratorium

OTTAWA - Newly released figures show the federal government set aside nearly $17.7 million on public awareness campaigns between April and June just ahead of a mandatory blackout on government adverti...

Jul 30, 2019

Police following tip that B.C. homicide suspects were seen in York Landing, Man.

GILLAM, Man. - Helicopters, a plane, heavily armed officers and police canine units descended on a northern Manitoba community following a tip that two B.C. homicide suspects were spotted in the ...

Jul 30, 2019

In the news today, July 30

Five stories in the news for Tuesday, July 30 --- COMMUNITY ON EDGE AS SEARCH CONTINUES: CHIEF Doors were locked, roads were empty and people were on edge, said a ch...

Jul 30, 2019

Warning about marijuana dangers from SPCA after puppy named Bear overdoses

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia SPCA is warning dog owners about the dangers of recreational marijuana to their pets now that it's legal. The Vancouver branch says in a news release that an 11-week o...

Jul 29, 2019

Still no sign of B.C. murder suspects

YORK LANDING, Man. - The RCMP says it knows the uncertainty over a sighting of two B-C murder suspects in the northern Manitoba community of York Landing is trying for residents. But it says that afte...

Jul 29, 2019

Prime Minister applauds actions of coast guard in help with deadly plane crash

VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau praised the efforts of Canadian Coast Guard crews in the tragic plane crash that claimed four lives off B.C.'s coast. Trudeau, who's in Vancouver to mark the ...

Jul 29, 2019

Man accused of killing four people in Fredericton changes lawyer again

FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick man accused of murdering four people, including two police officers, in a shooting spree last August has fired his lawyer and rehired a lawyer he originally dismissed las...

Jul 29, 2019

Grilled cheese under the microscope in Quebec after seniors' choking deaths

MONTREAL - Health officials in Quebec are revisiting the place of the grilled cheese sandwich on menus in care facilities following the choking deaths of at least two elderly residents. A coroner conc...

Jul 29, 2019