Canada

Authorities annoyed by disaster selfie-seekers in flooded Montreal areas

Montreal first responders are warning against so-called disaster tourism after noting a spike in selfie-seekers in neighbourhoods threatened by swollen rivers. An operations chief with the Montre...

May 02, 2019

The winter of political philanthropy: parties rake in cash in first quarter

OTTAWA - The long Canadian winter of 2019 was good for at least one thing: filling the war chests of the country's political parties. The Conservative Party of Canada's first-quarter haul of...

May 02, 2019

Crown seeks delay in case of man who stabbed priest during mass in Montreal

MONTREAL - A man charged in the stabbing of a Catholic priest was back briefly in a Montreal courtroom today only to have his case put off to a later date. Vlad Cristian Eremia faces charges of a...

May 02, 2019

Groups question impact new Clare's Law will have in Saskatchewan

REGINA - As she was being hit with an aluminum baseball bat, Lani Elliott saw flashes of her little boy's future she feared she wouldn't live to see, such as his graduation and wedding day. "I re...

May 02, 2019

The great Canada-Philippines diplomatic garbage dispute of 2019 seems almost over

OTTAWA - Canada's garbage is coming home from the Philippines. Canada has made a formal offer to have more than six dozen containers of Canadian household trash returned to the Port of Vanco...

May 02, 2019

To excel in the automated world Canada shouldn't forget the liberal arts: study

OTTAWA - A new report on the skills needed for jobs of the future says in the technologically disrupted world Canada will need more liberal-arts graduates. The study by t...

May 02, 2019

'We were very close:' Mother tells murder trial about last time she saw daughter

WINNIPEG - A Crown prosecutor says a young Indigenous woman who was missing for months in Winnipeg before her body was found in a shallow grave in a farmer's field met the man accused o...

May 02, 2019

China suspends export permits from two Canadian pork plants, says Ottawa

TORONTO - China has suspended the export permits of two Canadian pork exporters, including Quebec-based Olymel LP, apparently over package mislabelling amid growing tensions between the two countries....

May 02, 2019

Health Canada warns victims of spring flooding about mould dangers

Health Canada is warning of the dangers of mould in homes and cottages hit by this year's spring flooding. Federal biologist Francis Lavoie says it's important to dry wet walls and belongings within 4...

May 02, 2019

Water to stay high but second round of floods not expected: Goodale

OTTAWA - Federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale toured neighbourhoods in east Ottawa today where he told one resident he doesn't expect a second wave of flooding like what the area experienced i...

May 02, 2019