Category Archives: Canada

'Homicide in slow motion': Police urged to tackle stalking amid rise of tracking tech
VANCOUVER - Stephanie Forster did everything right. She obtained a restraining order, changed her phone number and moved three times in six months. She once found an Apple AirTag in her car so she ask...
Jan 21, 2023

Canada to help facilitate Cameroon peace process: Foreign Affairs Minister Joly
OTTAWA - The federal government says Canada will help guide a peace process aimed at resolving the ongoing crisis in Cameroon where years of fighting and strife have displaced nearly 800,000 people. F...
Jan 20, 2023

Companies facing charges related to worker's death in Nunavut
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Four companies are facing charges after a worker died on a winter road in Nunavut last year. Sabina Gold and Silver Corporation, Matrix Aviation Solutions Inc., Matrix Kitikmeot Ltd...
Jan 20, 2023

Judge orders government to repatriate four Canadian men held in Syrian camps
OTTAWA - A judge has ordered the Liberal government to help bring home four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps. In a ruling today, Federal Court Justice Henry Brown has directed Ottawa to request...
Jan 20, 2023

Man accused in abduction of N.Y. couple over drug debt denies involvement
MONTREAL - A man on trial for the kidnapping of a couple from Upstate New York who were smuggled into Quebec in September 2020 testified today he was never inside their house and, in fact, never met t...
Jan 20, 2023

Police in India arrest third man in smuggling deaths of family in Canada
Police in India say a third man has been charged in the deaths of four members of a family who froze in southern Manitoba while trying to cross into the United States. They say the man allegedly helpe...
Jan 20, 2023

Smith's office mum on investigating whether staffer contacted Crown prosecutors
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says it would be wrong if a staffer contacted prosecutors about cases involving a U.S. border crossing blockade, but isn't saying whether it will inv...
Jan 20, 2023

Second allegation of sexual misconduct surfaces against prominent Quebec cardinal
MONTREAL - The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Quebec City has confirmed that it received a second complaint involving allegations of sexual misconduct by Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the former archbishop in...
Jan 20, 2023

To advance 'North American Idea,' fortify bond between Canada, Mexico, experts say
WASHINGTON - Experts say a stronger bond between Canada and Mexico will be central to advancing North American competitiveness on the international stage. Sen. Peter Boehm, a former Liberal deputy cab...
Jan 20, 2023

Elizabeth May looks to sow new growth as she retakes reins of Green Party
OTTAWA - The Green Party's Elizabeth May is keeping her attention on climate action and on internal growth after disappointing results during her brief hiatus as party leader. May is now "job-sharing"...
Jan 20, 2023