Canada

Canada largely successful in managing economic immigration: OECD study

OTTAWA - A glowing international review of Canada's economic immigration system should serve as a factual counterpoint against anti-immigration sentiment, the federal immigration minister said Tuesday...

Aug 15, 2019

Report says why PMO wanted former Supreme Court judges to advise on SNC-Lavalin

OTTAWA - After months of unrelenting news coverage, hours of oral testimony and reams of written submissions to a House of Commons committee on the SNC-Lavalin affair, the federal ethic...

Aug 15, 2019

High profile could help Jody Wilson-Raybould keep her seat away from Liberals

OTTAWA - There had been a few names floating around when the Liberals were seeking a candidate for the newly created riding of Vancouver Granville in the last federal election, but it soon became clea...

Aug 15, 2019

Under Liberal changes, hearings for refugees just 'glorified interview': NDP

OTTAWA - NDP immigration critic Jenny Kwan says she is dismayed by newly published guidelines for asylum seekers who fall under a controversial new admissibility law - guidelines she believes sho...

Aug 15, 2019

In the news today, Aug. 13

Five stories in the news for Tuesday, Aug. 13 --- TRUDEAU, TORONTO MAYOR TO DISCUSS GUN VIOLENCE Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the mayor of Toronto will meet today to discuss the recent ...

Aug 15, 2019

In the news today, Aug. 15

Four stories in the news for Thuesday, Aug. 15 --- QUESTION PLAGUE BROTHER OF B.C. HOMICIDE VICTIM The eldest brother of homicide victim Chynna Deese says he's not expecting the criminal inv...

Aug 15, 2019

Liberal measures on gun control will be shared during election campaign:Trudeau

TORONTO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will consider additional gun control measures, but voters will have to wait for the Liberals' election platform to learn a...

Aug 15, 2019

Brother of B.C. homicide victim says he may never know why she was killed

The eldest brother of homicide victim Chynna Deese says he's not expecting the police investigation to provide a definitive answer as to why she was killed in such a seemingly random act. The RCM...

Aug 15, 2019

Defence minister to announce military will be sending plane to Uganda

VANCOUVER - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is to announce today that a Canadian Forces Hercules transport plane will be sent to Uganda to take part in a United Nations peacekeeping mission. ...

Aug 15, 2019

Federal government apologizes for historic sled dog killings in the North

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The Canadian government has apologized for the killings of thousands of sled dogs decades ago. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett delivered the apology in Iqal...

Aug 14, 2019