Canada

Scheer vows to end 'illegal' border crossings as part of immigration policy plan

OTTAWA - If elected prime minister, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he would put an end to "illegal" border crossings in Canada. Scheer included that as one of several general commitm...

May 30, 2019

CBC head defends coverage after Scheer suggests too much focus on U.S. politics

OTTAWA - The CEO of the CBC is defending its coverage of American politics after Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer suggested the public broadcaster places too much emphasis on the United Sta...

May 30, 2019

Rare white young killer whale swimming off the British Columbia coast

VANCOUVER - A rare white killer whale has been spotted off the coast of British Columbia. Jared Towers, an orca ecologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, says the young transient killer whale w...

May 30, 2019

Watchdog slams former grain commissioner for post-employment ethics violations

OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog says a former acting head of the Canadian Grain Commission took improper advantage of his public office when he went to work for one of the country's largest ...

May 30, 2019

Halifax police rule out charges after probe of doctor who examined RCMP recruits

Halifax police say no charges will be laid following an investigation into allegations of sexual assault against a doctor who examined RCMP recruits over a period spanning several decad...

May 30, 2019

Young woman killed, teen injured after father sets fire at Calgary home: police

CALGARY - Police say a young woman was killed and her teenage sister badly injured in a fire set by their father who also died in the home where there had been a history of conflict. "What we kno...

May 30, 2019

Views of New Brunswick professor draw growing concerns from faculty

FREDERICTON - More than 100 faculty members at the University of New Brunswick have signed a letter denouncing one of their colleagues for promoting what they say are racist arguments about immigratio...

May 30, 2019

Montreal man sentenced to two years for killing of Alzheimer's-stricken wife

MONTREAL - A Quebec judge said she hopes the voices of caregivers struggling to care for loved ones are heard as she sentenced a Montreal man who suffocated his Alzheimer's-stricken wif...

May 30, 2019

Procurement minister defends rule change for F-35 as necessary for competition

OTTAWA - Federal procurement minister Carla Qualtrough is defending the government's plan to loosen procurement rules for the F-35 in the face of questions and concerns from companies that make compet...

May 30, 2019

Feds eyeing guns 'designed to hunt people' as they ponder possible curbs

OTTAWA - The Liberal government says no options have been ruled out to clamp down on guns "designed to hunt people" as it weighs new measures against assault-style rifles and handguns. The sharply wor...

May 30, 2019