Canada

Siemens sought turbine export permit for 'guidance' from Ottawa on Russia sanctions

OTTAWA - An executive from the Montreal company that repaired a turbine for a Russian gas pipeline earlier this year says it sought an export permit to get "guidance" from Ottawa. Siemens Energy Canad...

Oct 17, 2022

Ottawa signs agreement to find Indigenous policing solutions after mass stabbing

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Federal Public Minister Marco Mendicino says he had aheavy and difficult visit with families of those killed in a mass stabbing, before he signed an agreement to explore new way...

Oct 17, 2022

Canada sanctions Russian entities over disinformation, including TV channel, actors

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly has announced more sanctions on Russian entities. The new sanctions apply to 34 people and one television network that the government is calling "propagan...

Oct 17, 2022

By the numbers: How much the 'Freedom Convoy' cost the city of Ottawa

OTTAWA - The city of Ottawa opened its books to show how much the "Freedom Convoy" protest last winter cost, and the pressure it placed upon city services. Here's a look at the breakdown, according to...

Oct 17, 2022

Vancouver mayor-elect Ken Sim says transition plan has begun for rollout of pledges

Vancouver's next mayor says he expects the first of 100 additional police officers promised in his election platform to hit the streets within a year. Ken Sim, who takes office Nov. 7, says adding the...

Oct 17, 2022

Parti Québécois leader insists he won't swear oath to King before taking office

QUEBEC - Parti Qubcois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says he believes he can sit in the legislature without swearing an oath to the King, even if the secretary general of the legislature says otherw...

Oct 17, 2022

NDP calling on Smith to apologize for 'tone deaf' and 'cruel' comments on Ukraine war

EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition NDP says Premier Danielle Smith needs to apologize for her remarks on the Russia-Ukraine war. Opposition critic Sarah Hoffman was referring to comments made by Smith ea...

Oct 17, 2022

Quebec City police officer faces charges after watchdog probed violent arrests

Quebec's police watchdog says an on-duty Quebec City officer caught on video in a pair of violent arrests last year is facing criminal charges. Jacob Picard, 27, was charged by way of summons with one...

Oct 17, 2022

Parliament security took issue with city moving convoy trucks near Parliament Hill

OTTAWA - New evidence shows the Parliamentary Protective Service took issue with the City of Ottawa's plan to move "Freedom Convoy" protesters' semi trucks out of residential neighbourhoods and onto t...

Oct 17, 2022

Slain Quebec girl's family sues youth protection, school board for $3 million

GRANBY, Que. - The family of a seven-year-old girl who was killed in 2019 is suing the provincial youth protection authority and the local school board for $3 million, seeking accountability for faili...

Oct 17, 2022