Canada

Caretaker of vacant Victoria hotel still missing, days after blaze

VICTORIA - Firefighters in Victoria continue to battle a stubborn blaze that tore through a vacant 109-year-old heritage building Monday and forced the closure of nearby city hall, businesses and majo...

May 10, 2019

Man accused of killing 4 people in Fredericton shooting spree returns to court

FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick man accused of murdering four people, including two police officers, in a shooting spree last August was back in a Fredericton courtroom Friday. Matthew Raymond...

May 10, 2019

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

OTTAWA - The RCMP is defending its investigation of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman after the case against the military's former second-in-command collapsed this week. In a statement, the Mounties ...

May 10, 2019

Greenhouse gases causing Canadian Arctic seas to acidify quicker: report

Greenhouse gases are acidifying Canada's Arctic waters at a faster rate than anywhere else in the North, says a report presented earlier this week at a meeting of the eight countries that ring th...

May 10, 2019

Waters to rise again in Ottawa area, even as N.B. turns to flood recovery mode

Water levels are expected to rise again this weekend between Ottawa and Montreal, even as New Brunswick's floods are effectively over. Officials warned late Thursday that "significant" rainfall is exp...

May 10, 2019

Rural Canada's voice in cabinet says feds looking at funding community ISPs

OTTAWA - The minister in charge of a plan to help rural Canada thrive says she'll focus on expanding internet and cellphone coverage, even funding communities that want to be their own servi...

May 10, 2019

Rare look at northern spotted owl chick now possible thanks to B.C. webcam

LANGLEY, B.C. - Curious bird lovers can now get a glimpse of the youngest member of one of the most endangered creatures in Canada. A webcam has been set up above the nest of a pair of north...

May 10, 2019

Trump U.S. Senate ally says Kovrig, Spavor face 'harsh' treatment in China

OTTAWA - A powerful U.S. senator and Trump ally says China is detaining two Canadians in harsh conditions and U.S. lawmakers won't rest until they are freed. Idaho Sen. Jim Risch introduced a resoluti...

May 10, 2019

Federal Court of Appeal narrows release of Senate-scandal documents

OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal says the government does not have to release parts of a government memo about the Senate's expense scandals in 2013 because it constituted legal advice for th...

May 10, 2019

Quebec targets three English Montreal schools for transfer to French board

MONTREAL - The Quebec government is telling the English school board serving Montreal that it will have to hand over three of its schools in the northeastern part of the city ...

May 10, 2019