Canada

Bankruptcy of energy company may show lenders view industry differently: CAPP

The bankruptcy of a Calgary energy company that plans to walk away from thousands of gas wells may be a sign lenders are changing how they look at the industry in light of a recent Supreme C...

May 02, 2019

Conservatives seek criminal investigation of PM's trips to Aga Khan's island

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives want the RCMP to look into whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau broke the law by accepting family vacations on the Aga Khan's private Caribbean islan...

May 02, 2019

Senate committee recommends Beyak suspension over letters on Indigenous Peoples

OTTAWA - The Senate's ethics committee recommended Tuesday that Sen. Lynn Beyak be suspended without pay over incendiary letters about Indigenous Peoples she posted to her website....

May 02, 2019

Canada's airlines want longer runway for security-screening overhaul

OTTAWA - The federal plan to revamp Canada's air-security screening system is running into headwinds from major airlines, which are urging the government to take things slow to get the chang...

May 02, 2019

From Parliament to Pyramid Power, 8-time Stanley Cup winner Red Kelly did it all

Hockey Hall of Famer Red Kelly packed several careers into his lifetime - sometimes at the same time. But hockey was always at the heart of the things for the smooth-skating Kelly. Kelly won eight Sta...

May 02, 2019

Ottawa ditches longer deadlines for answering veterans' requests for service

OTTAWA - The federal government has backed off a controversial plan to give bureaucrats more time to respond to disabled veterans seeking benefits and support for their service-related injuries. Yet w...

May 02, 2019

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