Canada

Politicians address challenge of making N.L. feel like home for newcomers

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The need to make aging, cash-strapped Newfoundland and Labrador into an appealing place for young people has been a recurring theme among politicians campaigning for the May 16 prov...

May 13, 2019

Opposition force emergency meeting of defence committee on Norman affair

OTTAWA - Three Conservative and one NDP MP are requesting that the House of Commons national defence committee be reconvened to examine the government's conduct in the investigation and pros...

May 13, 2019

Two grey whales stranded in B.C.'s Boundary Bay, headed back out to sea:DFO

DELTA, B.C. - The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says a grey whale and its calf that became stranded in Boundary Bay, south of Vancouver are now headed back out to open sea. Th...

May 12, 2019

B.C. Speaker apologizes for speech that said Hells Angels, Mafia 'successful'

VICTORIA - The Speaker of British Columbia's legislature is apologizing for offending some people with a speech he gave about leadership qualities that he says went "sideways." Darryl Plecas said Frid...

May 12, 2019

New Canadian fighter jets will need U.S. certification: DND

OTTAWA - American officials will need to certify the fighter jet Canada buys at the end of a multibillion-dollar procurement that's started and stopped and started again for more than a...

May 12, 2019

Wildfire prompts evacuation order, state of emergency in central B.C.

FRASER LAKE, B.C. - Fraser Lake Mayor Sarrah Storey was driving back from a soccer tournament out of town when she saw the skyline transformed by a wildfire creeping up a mountain on the edge of ...

May 12, 2019

Bystander left uneasy as N.L. officer seen with carbine rifle at mall in false call

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A young woman who snapped a photo of a police officer walking through a St. John's mall with a carbine firearm at the ready says she wishes officers could tell citizens more when hi...

May 12, 2019

Eastern Ontario communities reeling as Ottawa River hits historic high

OTTAWA - Soldiers with the Canadian Armed Forces are working to try and save homes in eastern Ontario communities that have declared states of emergency due to historic water levels in some areas...

May 12, 2019

Montreal's tam-tams could be 40 years old, but origin remains contested

MONTREAL - Every Sunday afternoon from spring through fall, hundreds of people gather on the slopes of Mount Royal for the tam-tams, a loosely organized weekly festival of drumming, dancing, and ...

May 12, 2019

RCMP defends 'thorough, independent' investigation into Vice-Admiral Mark Norman

OTTAWA - The RCMP is defending its investigation of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, which has come under sustained fire since the politically charged case against the military's former second-in-command col...

May 12, 2019