Canada

Quebecer jailed in Oman being extradited to United Arab Emirates, son says

MONTREAL - A Quebec man who has been jailed on fraud-related charges in the Middle East is being extradited from Oman to the United Arab Emirates, his son said Tuesday. Alexis Gauthier said ...

May 30, 2019

Tories demand Goodale explain delayed police call on prison sex-assault claim

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale must explain why the Correctional Service of Canada waited three months to call police after learning of assault allegations at Nova Institution for women...

May 30, 2019

Afghanistan memorial at new defence headquarters to open to public Friday

OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says its memorial for those killed in Canada's mission in Afghanistan will open to the public Friday afternoon. People who aren't military members, vet...

May 30, 2019

Louis Levi Oakes, last of Mohawk code talkers, passes away at 94

AKWESASNE, Que. - A funeral will be held Saturday for the last of the Mohawk code talkers from the Second World War, Louis Levi Oakes, who died peacefully on Tuesday surrounded by family at age 94. Oa...

May 30, 2019

Alberta passes law to kill provincial carbon tax, federal tax looms

EDMONTON - Alberta's consumer carbon tax is dead, setting the stage for a showdown with Ottawa over the imposition of a new one.The province cancelled its tax on gasoline at the pumps and on home heat...

May 30, 2019

MPs demand more help as mental-health issues approach 'crisis' on Canada's farms

OTTAWA - Lawmakers are calling on the federal government to better support farmers who they say are especially vulnerable to mental-health issues like stress, depression ...

May 30, 2019

Canada wanted China to stop 'inaccurate' talk about justice system in Huawei case

OTTAWA - Global Affairs officials wanted Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland to tell a senior Chinese Communist Party official in December that China should stop spreading "...

May 30, 2019

Federal procurement minister wishes Irving hadn't threatened reporters

OTTAWA - Canada's federal procurement minister says she wishes the Irving company and its lawyers hadn't threatened to sue reporters who were asking questions about the company's federal shipbuilding ...

May 30, 2019

Bill proposes reference to rights of Indigenous Peoples in citizenship oath

OTTAWA - New Canadians will soon swear to honour the rights of Indigenous Peoples if a proposed legislative change is adopted. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen has introduced a bill that contain...

May 30, 2019

Canadian garbage will depart Philippines for Vancouver later today

OTTAWA - Sixty-nine shipping containers of fetid Canadian trash are being loaded onto a container ship in the Philippine port of Subic today. Philippine foreign secretary Teddy Locsin posted video and...

May 30, 2019