Canada

B.C. teen sustained head injuries before death, pathologist tells murder trial

VANCOUVER - A forensic pathologist testifying in the trial of a man accused of murdering a 13-year-old girl in Burnaby, B.C., says the victim sustained "blunt force" scalp and head injuries before she...

May 16, 2023

Parliamentary committee calls for modernized Safe Third Country Agreement

OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee is calling for Canada's Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States to include new exemptions allowing some asylum seekers to make claims in Canada after arr...

May 16, 2023

As tidal power firms ebb, Fisheries minister strikes task force to smooth regulation

HALIFAX - The federal fisheries minister is creating a task force to smooth the regulation of Bay of Fundy tidal power after a key player sought bankruptcy protection last week. Joyce Murray said toda...

May 16, 2023

Senators urge Ottawa to give sanctions regime the same clarity, assessment as allies

OTTAWA - The Senate foreign-affairs committee is calling on Ottawa to clarify the reasons it issues sanctions and improve the ways it assesses whether financial embargoes and travel bans are actually ...

May 16, 2023

Tuberculosis outbreak declared in third Nunavut hamlet

NAUJAAT, Nunavut - Nunavut's Department of Health has declared a tuberculosis outbreak in a third community. The department says there are six cases of active tuberculosis and 10 cases of latent tuber...

May 16, 2023

June byelections will be monitored for foreign interference, government says

OTTAWA - The federal government says the Security and Intelligence Threats Task Force will be closely monitoring byelections in four ridings next month for signs of interference. Votes are being held ...

May 16, 2023

B.C. casinos will require all to show government ID under self-exclusion program

VANCOUVER - Everyone who enters a British Columbia casino will soon be required to present government-issued identification, in what the BC Lottery Corporation says is an initiative to support people ...

May 16, 2023

Quebec government says it won't appeal $385,000 judgment for ex-premier Charest

QUEBEC - The Quebec government says it won't appeal a judgment last month awarding $385,000 to former premier Jean Charest after he sued the province for invasion of privacy. A Superior Court judge si...

May 16, 2023

More money from Ontario needed to end 'stalemate' over Stellantis battery plant: feds

OTTAWA - Industry Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says Ontario needs to bring more money to the table to end the "stalemate" with Stellantis over its new electric-vehicle battery plant. The automa...

May 16, 2023

30 cars set ablaze in Montreal, latest in a string of arsons targeting businesses

Montreal police are investigating after more than two dozen vehicles were set ablaze this morning in an industrial sector of a southwestern borough. They are the latest fires in a spate of arson cases...

May 16, 2023