Canada

Thousands of families on track to miss out on planned bump to child benefit

OTTAWA - Social Development Minister Yves Duclos says more than a fifth of Indigenous families living on reserves are missing out on the federal government's monthly child benefit. He says that c...

May 06, 2019

Pompeo says Canadian claim to Northwest Passage is 'illegitimate'

OTTAWA - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is calling Canada's claim over the Northwest Passage "illegitimate" in a major speech that is being criticized for being provocative and inaccura...

May 06, 2019

CP NewsAlert: Calgary police say bodies of missing mother and daughter found

CALGARY - Police say they have found the bodies of a Calgary woman and her toddler daughter who disappeared last month. Investigators say a suspect, who was earlier questioned in t...

May 06, 2019

Human-generated noise noted as key factor endangering whales off East Coast

HALIFAX - Canadian scientists say human-made sounds in the ocean are a key factor contributing to the threatened status of three types of whales off the east coast. The C...

May 06, 2019

Ottawa's planned fighter competition incompatible with F-35 obligations: U.S.

OTTAWA - U.S. officials have warned the Trudeau government that its plan to hold an open competition to replace its aging CF-18s is incompatible with Canada's obligations as a member of the F-35 steal...

May 06, 2019

Crisis line urgently needed for victims of coerced sterilization: senator

OTTAWA - An Ontario senator is calling on the federal government to fund a crisis line for victims of coerced and forced sterilization to ensure traumatized women can access assistance. Yvon...

May 06, 2019

Man accused of killing Manitoba woman testifies she came at him with knife

WINNIPEG - A man accused of killing an Indigenous woman in Manitoba says he blacked out before realizing she was dead on his basement floor. Brett Overby, who is 32, has pleaded not guilty to second-d...

May 06, 2019

Quebec officials remain on flooding alert, keeping tabs on weather

MONTREAL - Water levels remained high but the flooding situation was largely stable in Quebec on Saturday with officials keeping close tabs on the weather in the coming days. Quebe...

May 06, 2019

Regina police pilot program will allow experts to review sex assault cases

REGINA - The Regina Police Service is the latest agency in Canada to pilot a program that allows sexual assault cases to be reviewed by outside experts. The service says it will be trying the program ...

May 06, 2019

Boy's song inspires Francois Legault to rebuild flooded school in Beauce

MONTREAL - A municipality in Quebec's Beauce region will be getting a new elementary school after a student's song about its sorry state drew the attention of Premier Francois Legault. Legault said to...

May 06, 2019