Canada

CP NewsAlert: Man accused of killing Saskatchewan Mountie ordered to stand trial

REGINA - A man accused of killing a Saskatchewan RCMP officer during a traffic stop has been ordered to stand trial for first-degree murder. Alphonse Stanley Traverse of Winnipeg was originally charge...

Jul 21, 2022

B.C. ending immigration detention arrangement with CBSA, citing human rights

VICTORIA - British Columbia is ending an arrangement with Canada Border Services Agency to hold immigration detainees in provincial correctional centres, saying the arrangement doesn't align with its ...

Jul 21, 2022

Hot weather leads to sweat, delays for Canadian travellers in Europe

Trevor Norris is used to hot summer weather, being from the Prairies. But his trip to England this week - one of many European countries facing record temperatures - has left him battling train delays...

Jul 21, 2022

B.C. announces consumer protection policy for homebuyers in competitive market

VICTORIA - British Columbia has announced a mandatory three-day period to allow homebuyers time to arrange an inspection and take other important steps like securing financing in a high-pressure real ...

Jul 21, 2022

Canada's high court upholds first-degree conviction against B.C. killer

OTTAWA - Canada's highest court has unanimously upheld the first-degree murder conviction of a man found guilty of a January 2015 slaying near Prince George, B.C. The Supreme Court of Canada decision ...

Jul 21, 2022

Senior officer faces military charges after probe of relationship allegations

OTTAWA - The military police have charged a senior officer in the Canadian Armed Forces after an investigation into allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate. The office of Canad...

Jul 21, 2022

Feds announce $1 million fund to reach communities affected by monkeypox

OTTAWA - The federal government plans to give $1 million to community organizations across the country to provide gay and bisexual men with information about monkeypox and combat stigma around the dis...

Jul 21, 2022

Trudeau: Hockey Canada needs a 'real reckoning' in wake of scandal

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there needs to be a "real reckoning" at Hockey Canada as the organization continues to deal with the fallout related to its handling of an alleged sexual assault and...

Jul 21, 2022

Tories, advocates call on Ottawa to remove bureaucratic hurdles to resettling Afghans

OTTAWA - Opposition Conservatives are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government to extend a special immigration program it set up to bring Afghans trying to flee the Taliban to Canada. Tor...

Jul 21, 2022

187 minutes: Jan. 6 committee focuses on Trump himself in prime-time hearing finale

WASHINGTON - Tonight's prime-time finale by the Jan. 6 committee will be focused on Donald Trump himself and what he was doing - or not doing - while violence raged on Capitol Hill. The committee's ei...

Jul 21, 2022