Canada

Quebec wants Criminal Code exemption so people can request MAID in advance

Quebec is asking the federal government to change the Criminal Code so the province can begin allowing people to request medical assistance in dying before their condition renders them incapable of gi...

Feb 7, 2024

CFB Petawawa soldiers charged with drug, weapons offences after cocaine, meth seized

OTTAWA - Two Canadian soldiers are accused of trafficking cocaine and methamphetamines to military members at a Canadian Forces Base in Petawawa, Ont., and to civilians in the area. The Canadian Force...

Feb 7, 2024

Singh threatens end of pact with Liberals, but says it will be government's fault

OTTAWA - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says if the government doesn't make good on pharmacare legislation by March, that would kill the Liberal-NDP political pact. But he's making it clear that an...

Feb 7, 2024

B.C.'s dismal snow season is a glimpse of the future, says ski resort researcher

VANCOUVER - Views of Metro Vancouver's ski hills looming over the city are a sea of green after a winter of record-breaking warmth, sparse snow and torrential rain. Skiers and snowboarders have faced ...

Feb 7, 2024

Five climate protesters arrested after pink paint splashed on PM's office building

OTTAWA - Five people are facing mischief charges after the building that houses the Prime Minister's Office was doused with splashes of pink paint. It is the second such protest in less than a year by...

Feb 7, 2024

Two new charges for alleged Chinese spy who worked for Quebec hydro utility

MONTREAL - The RCMP say a former employee of Quebec's hydro utility who is accused of spying on behalf of China is facing two new charges. Yuesheng Wang is the first person to be charged with economic...

Feb 7, 2024

Loggerhead turtle rarely seen in B.C. waters is rescued, suffering hypothermia

VANCOUVER - A loggerhead sea turtle rarely seen in British Columbia waters has been rescued after being found suffering from hypothermia near Victoria. The Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Soci...

Feb 7, 2024

Calgary police say business cards handed out with free cocaine samples

CALGARY - Police have laid drug-trafficking charges after a man allegedly handed out business cards with free samples of cocaine in Calgary. Officers patrolling a downtown casino became aware of the c...

Sheldon Spackman Feb 7, 2024

Ex-military leader Haydn Edmundson's defence lawyer cross-examines complainant

OTTAWA - Defence lawyer Brian Greenspan got heated this morning while cross-examining a woman who accuses his client, Haydn Edmundson, of raping her more than 30 years ago. The judge asked Greenspan t...

Feb 7, 2024

Immigration minister 'pissed off' that Canadians' families blocked from leaving Gaza

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says he's frustrated and "pissed off" that a list of people related to Canadians are being blocked from leaving the embattled Gaza Strip. Ottawa started accep...

Feb 7, 2024