Canada

Canadian among three climbers missing on New Zealand's highest peak

A Canadian is among three climbers missing after they'd planned to climb New Zealand's highest peak. A news release from the New Zealand Police says two Americans, Kurt Blair, 56, and Carlos Romero, 5...

Dec 02, 2024

AFN special chiefs assembly to focus on child welfare, policing, economics

OTTAWA - Hundreds of First Nations chiefs are gathering in Ottawa for three days this week to discuss economic reconciliation, reforming the First Nations child welfare system, the policing system and...

Dec 02, 2024

Spy service pushed for Abdelrazik's inclusion on Canadian no-fly list, court hears

OTTAWA - A former senior Canadian Security Intelligence Service official acknowledges the spy service wanted Abousfian Abdelrazik placed on Canada's no-fly list. David Vigneault struggled to recall ot...

Dec 02, 2024

Decision to pause private refugee sponsorships was a 'big surprise' to aide groups

OTTAWA - The federal government's decision to pause private refugee sponsorship applications from community organizations and groups of five or more people caught aide organizations off guard. Lauren ...

Dec 02, 2024

Prosecutors seek to tie Ottawa man to filming of neo-Nazi propaganda videos

OTTAWA - Closing arguments have begun in the trial of an Ottawa man who Crown prosecutors allege helped make neo-Nazi propaganda and recruitment videos. Patrick Macdonald, 27, has pleaded not guilty t...

Dec 02, 2024

B.C. Securities Commission imposes $18 M in sanctions over crypto case

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Securities Commission has imposed more than $18 million in sanctions on a cryptocurrency trading platform and its owner who it says diverted customers' assets to gambl...

Dec 02, 2024

Pandemic business loan program lacked ‘value for money’: auditor general

OTTAWA - The auditor general says the small business loan program the federal government rolled out during the COVID-19 pandemic wasn't managed in a cost-effective way. Auditor general Karen Hogan say...

Dec 02, 2024

Charges dropped for Palestinian activists who protested federal immigration minister

MONTREAL - The charges against three pro-Palestinian activists accused of criminally harassing federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller have been dropped. The activists' lawyer, Barbara Bedont, said t...

Dec 02, 2024

New poll suggests Quebec premier even less popular than Justin Trudeau

MONTREAL - A prominent polling analyst says Quebec's governing party could be reduced to fewer than 10 seats in the provincial legislature if an election were held today, based on current poll numbers...

Dec 02, 2024

Searchers begin sifting at landfill for remains of slain First Nations women

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says excavation and sifting have started in a section of a landfill believed to hold the remains of two slain First Nations women. He says the first truck has mov...

Dec 02, 2024