Canada

Quebec names new head of embattled youth protection agency amid multiple scandals

QUBEC - The Quebec government has named Lesley Hill as the province's new youth protection director, after her predecessor stepped down earlier this week amid a number of scandals plaguing the agency....

Oct 30, 2024

B.C. groups lose bid to stop Alaskan fishery's sustainable certification

A coalition of Canadian environmental groups has lost its latest bid to prevent Alaska's salmon fishery from being labelled as sustainable by an international certification body. The groups - includin...

Oct 30, 2024

Global Affairs won't confirm reports Canadian dead in Russia was foreign fighter

OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says it is aware of the death of a Canadian citizen in Russia. But the department won't confirm reports the Canadian was among four foreign fighters who had crossed into...

Oct 30, 2024

Mother of teen victim in mass killing suing Manitoba's child welfare agency

WINNIPEG - The mother of a 17-year-old victim in a mass slaying in Manitoba is suing a child welfare agency for allegedly failing to protect the girl. Juliette Hastings claims in the lawsuit that Winn...

Oct 30, 2024

TSB says B.C. helicopter crashed in 2021 after rotors collided

Canada's Transportation Safety Board says the fatal crash of a British Columbia logging helicopter was caused when the chopper's rotor system broke up mid-flight. A final report from the board says th...

Oct 30, 2024

State adversaries getting 'bolder' in cyberspace, Canadian threat forecast warns

OTTAWA - A new federal threat forecast warns that foreign adversaries are becoming bolder and more aggressive with their tactics in cyberspace. The 2025-26 forecast from the Canadian Centre for Cyber ...

Oct 30, 2024

PM says he's trying to get Poilievre names of Tories linked to foreign interference

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's asked national security services to find a way to share information with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre about foreign interference affecting his ...

Oct 30, 2024

'Not going to play their games,' Singh won't help Tories, Bloc topple the Liberals

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his caucus will not cave to demands from the Bloc Qubcois and Conservative leaders to help them bring down the Liberal government. On Tuesday Bloc Leader Yves-Fr...

Oct 30, 2024

Former foreign ministry official recalls fear Abdelrazik would end up in Guantanamo

OTTAWA - A former senior official at Canada's foreign ministry says there were fears two decades ago that Montreal man Abousfian Abdelrazik might end up at a prison for suspected terrorists in Guantan...

Oct 30, 2024

B.C. NDP must 'adapt,' 'build bridges,' says Surrey MLA now nicknamed 'Comeback Kid'

VICTORIA - The New Democrat whose 27-vote, come-from-behind victory is being credited with giving B.C. Premier David Eby a razor-thin majority government says he's a bridge builder in his community an...

Oct 30, 2024