Canada

Ex-Guantanamo detainee sues Canada over 14-year detention and torture

A former detainee of Guantanamo Bay is taking legal action against the Canadian government over its alleged role in his 14 years behind bars marked by torture and intimidation. Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a...

Apr 23, 2022

Two bodies found during demolition of fire-ravaged building in Vancouver's Gastown

VANCOUVER - Two bodies have been found in the ruins of the Winters Hotel in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood. Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services announced earlier Friday afternoon that a body was loc...

Apr 23, 2022

Traditional ways: Dogsled race covers 500 kilometres in the High Arctic

IQALUIT - Somewhere in the Canadian Arctic dozens of dogs run over ice and snow under Nunavut's high April sun as they pull sleds with racers in tow. Fourteen teams took off from Arctic Bay six days a...

Apr 23, 2022

Advocates want a feminist spending review as feds insist no social-program cuts

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is insisting that the goal of an upcoming federal spending review is not to slash social programs, while gender-equality advocates want to make sure it is done with wom...

Apr 23, 2022

Indigenous, racialized, LGBTQ groups and sex workers criticize online hate bill

OTTAWA - Members of the LGBTQ community, Indigenous people and racialized groups fear a proposed law tackling online harm could disproportionately curtail their online freedoms and even make them poli...

Apr 23, 2022

The race is on to make the final ballot for the Conservative party leadership

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidates have until next Friday to submit the paperwork, $300,000 worth of fees and nomination signatures needed to ensure they are on the final ballot. Some have al...

Apr 22, 2022

City of Ottawa reclaims some of the $558,000 stolen in fraud scam

OTTAWA - The City of Ottawa says it will reclaim at least some of the funds that were stolen after the local Salvation Army homeless shelter was targeted by fraudsters. Last week, city treasurer Wendy...

Apr 22, 2022

Three Canadian companies win $1-million awards each for carbon removal technology

VANCOUVER - Three Canadian companies with carbon capture technologies have won $1 million each from entrepreneur Elon Musk's foundation. The University of British Columbia says in a news release that ...

Apr 22, 2022

Quebec man pleads guilty in February 2020 killing of teen girl, sentenced to life

SAINT-JRME, Que. - A Quebec man was sentenced to life in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to the February 2020 murder of 13-year-old Ocane Boyer. Franois Sncal entered the plea Friday on a reduc...

Apr 22, 2022

Mask, vaccine mandates for travel defended as government eases border restrictions

OTTAWA - The government signalled it is aspiring to a "more sustainable" approach to COVID-19 restrictions at the border with several small changes Friday, but public health officials say vaccine and ...

Apr 22, 2022