Canada

Majority of survey respondents vote to end seasonal time change in N.W.T.

YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories is considering whether to end seasonal time changes after a survey suggested there's interest in the move. More than 86 per cent of 3,545 survey respondents say...

Jan 23, 2023

Ottawa police preparing for possible weekend protests on 'Freedom Convoy' anniversary

Ottawa police Chief Eric Stubbs says resources, tow trucks and staffing plans are in place as the city prepares to mark the one-year anniversary of the start of the "Freedom Convoy." On Jan. 28 and 29...

Jan 23, 2023

Fate of many Canadians held in Syrian camps still unclear despite court ruling

OTTAWA - A court action has prompted the federal government to begin repatriating several Canadians detained in Syria, but the fate of many other citizens trapped there remains unclear. A Federal Cour...

Jan 23, 2023

Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho national parks to see infrastructure upgrades

BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada has announced money to improve safety and experiences for visitors to four mountain national parks in Alberta and British Columbia. It says $71 million in federal funding f...

Sheldon Spackman Jan 23, 2023

Sister of VPD officer Nicole Chan testified she felt aimless before suicide

BURNABY, B.C. - The sister of a Vancouver police officer who died by suicide told a coroner's inquest she believed Const. Nicole Chan was being blackmailed to have sex with another officer in the depa...

Jan 23, 2023

After sex assault acquittal, military clears Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin of misconduct

OTTAWA - The Canadian military has concluded on the balance of probabilities that Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin "did not engage in sexual misconduct" after the senior military officer was acquitted of sexual ...

Jan 23, 2023

Trudeau mum on sending tanks to Ukraine as Poland pushes ahead

OTTAWA - Canada's allies are pledging to send tanks to Ukraine, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave no indication Monday morning about whether Ottawa will follow suit. Nearly a year after Russia's ...

Jan 23, 2023

Alberta government says no evidence of emails to prosecutors on border blockade cases

EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it could not find any emails to substantiate allegations one of Premier Danielle Smith's staffers wrote to Crown prosecutors to try to influence how they handled...

Jan 23, 2023

Subcontracting ArriveCan development 'seems highly illogical and inefficient:' PM

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked Canada's top public servant to look into the government's procurement process over what he says seems a "highly illogical and inefficient" contract to ...

Jan 23, 2023

Pre-emptively using notwithstanding clause 'not the right thing to do:' Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says provinces should not be pre-emptively using the notwithstanding clause, because it means "suspending fundamental rights and freedoms." Quebec Premier Franoi...

Jan 23, 2023