Canada

Crime rate rose in 2018 but country still safer than a decade ago, StatCan says

OTTAWA - The rate and severity of crime both ticked up in 2018, for a fourth year in a row, according to Statistics Canada. The national statistics agency said Monday the overall crime rate was u...

Jul 24, 2019

Allergan expands recall of Biocell textured breast implants following Canadian ban

TORONTO - Allergan PLC says it's voluntarily recalling Biocell textured breast implants and tissue expanders worldwide, a move that follows Canada's suspension of the product's licences due to po...

Jul 24, 2019

Fisheries minister says more needs to be done to help endangered right whales

DIEPPE, N.B. - Canada's fisheries minister says many of the people working to save the dwindling population of North Atlantic right whales are feeling drained by the ongoing o...

Jul 24, 2019

Vigil in Toronto marks first anniversary of Greektown shooting that killed two

TORONTO - The sound of church bells echoed through Toronto's Greektown on Monday night after the names of victims of a shooting rampage were read aloud during a vigil marking the first anniversary of ...

Jul 24, 2019

In the news today, July 22

Four stories in the news for Monday, July 22 --- VIGIL ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF DANFORTH SHOOTING Members of Toronto's Greektown community will gather tonight to remember the victims of ...

Jul 24, 2019

In the news today, July 24

Five stories in the news for Wednesday, July 24 --- TWO MISSING TEENS NOW SUSPECTS IN THREE B.C. DEATHS A nationwide manhunt was on Tuesday for two teenagers labelled by police as ...

Jul 24, 2019

Canada urged to help special court for Central African Republic survive

OTTAWA - Canada is being urged to help plug a US$1-million funding shortfall that would allow the Special Criminal Court for war-ravaged Central African Republic to keep operating. That request c...

Jul 24, 2019

Secret spy file on Pierre Trudeau was almost spared from destruction: memo

OTTAWA - A secret spy-service file on Pierre Trudeau came close to eluding destruction 30 years ago, newly disclosed memos reveal. However, a late October 1988 recommendation&...

Jul 24, 2019

N.W.T. premier urges investment in Arctic ports as sea ice recedes

Climate change has hurt the northern economy in ways few southern Canadians can appreciate, says Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod, but he also wants to make sure his territory benefi...

Jul 24, 2019

Jody Wilson Raybould's book on reconciliation to be released Sept. 20

VANCOUVER - A book by former justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould will be released on Sept. 20, according to her publisher. The book, which is titled From Where I Stand...

Jul 24, 2019