Canada

Montreal man sentenced to two years for killing of Alzheimer's-stricken wife

MONTREAL - A Montreal man who suffocated his severely ill wife with a pillow has been sentenced to two years less a day in jail. Michel Cadotte was sentenced today, three months after a jury...

May 28, 2019

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

MONTREAL - The son of a Quebec man who has been jailed on fraud-related charges in the Middle East says his father is in the process of being extradited from Oman to the United Arab Emirates...

May 28, 2019

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

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives say Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale must explain why the Correctional Service of Canada waited three months to call police after learning of assault allegations...

May 28, 2019

MPs demand more federal help as mental-health issues rise on Canada's farms

OTTAWA - Lawmakers are calling on the federal government to better support Canadian farmers who they say are more at risk of mental-health issues like stress, depression and suicidal th...

May 28, 2019

Bill proposes reference to rights of Indigenous Peoples in citizenship oath

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen has introduced a bill that would change Canada's oath of citizenship to include a reference to the rights of Indigenous Peoples. The...

May 28, 2019

Freeland says Chinese minister won't talk with her about detainees

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says she wants to talk to China's foreign minister about the two Canadians China has accused of undermining its national security. Freeland is appea...

May 28, 2019

'What the hell have you done with the tomorrows we gave you?'

Six days before D-Day, Max Meisels and his fellow Jewish soldiers got an order from their commanding officer. "If the Germans catch you, you're dead," the officer told them. "You have 1...

May 28, 2019

Canada to align itself 'very much' with Americans on ratifying new NAFTA: PM

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is remaining mum on the ratification timeline for the new North American free-trade agreement but he says Canada will be aligning itself "very much" with the pac...

May 28, 2019

Balsillie decries toxic, unchecked technology at big data committee

OTTAWA - A Canadian high-tech pioneer says a "toxic" social media business model is a threat to democracy. Jim Balsillie, the retired chief executive of Research In Motion, which invented the Bl...

May 28, 2019

As PM, Scheer says he'd scrutinize CBC's work for Canadian emphasis

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says if he is elected prime minister in the fall, he'll want to make sure the CBC is telling enough Canadian stories. In an interview with The...

May 28, 2019