Canada

Evacuation train departs Hope, B.C., bound for Vancouver with 200 passengers

A late-night evacuation train carrying about 200 people stranded for days by British Columbia's mudslides and floods has left Hope for Vancouver. Jonathan Abecassis, a spokesman for Canadian National,...

Nov 17, 2021

Survivor group urges patience as feds face calls for military sex misconduct apology

OTTAWA - A survivors' group is urging patience as the federal government faces calls to deliver a long-promised apology to military personnel affected by sexual misconduct while in uniform. The apolog...

Nov 17, 2021

N.L. cyberattack shows Canada needs national rules to protect personal data: experts

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The cyberattack on Newfoundland and Labrador's health-care system is yet another urgent signal that Canada needs better rules around protecting personal health information from hack...

Nov 17, 2021

Quebec pushes Ottawa to act on handguns after Montreal teen murdered

QUEBEC - Public Security Minister Genevive Guilbault is calling on the federal government to do more to take guns off the street, following the fatal shooting of a Montreal teenager. Guilbault told re...

Nov 17, 2021

Trudeau arrives in Washington for Three Amigos, meetings with U.S. officials

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Washington, D.C., for two days of meetings with U.S. officials and the Three Amigos summit. The busy tour marks Trudeau's first visit to the U.S. capital since the ...

Nov 17, 2021

Expelled Conservative Sen. Denise Batters defends petition, lashes out at O'Toole

OTTAWA - Sen. Denise Batters is taking off the gloves in her fight with Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole. O'Toole announced late Tuesday that the Saskatchewan senator was being expelled from the Conse...

Nov 17, 2021

The latest news on mudslides and flooding in British Columbia for Nov. 17, 2021

The latest news on mudslides and flooding in British Columbia (all times Eastern): 9:00 a.m. Officials in Abbotsford, B.C., will hold another news conference this morning as they urge all residents of...

Nov 17, 2021

Abbotsford, B.C., residents urged to flee low-lying area as flood risk escalates

VANCOUVER - Officials in Abbotsford, B.C., say residents of the low-lying Sumas Prairie area south of the city face a significant risk to life and must get out immediately. An evacuation order was iss...

Nov 17, 2021

Private Canadian astronaut gears up for 'pain' experiments in space

MONTREAL - Mark Pathy has boarded more than his share of vehicles. He and his brother flew to Chicago a few years back for motorcycle school, racing Kawasaki Ninjas as they mastered the sport bike. In...

Nov 17, 2021

Coalition pushes for automatic sealing of a criminal record if no new convictions

OTTAWA - Dozens of civil society groups are urging the federal Liberals to fundamentally revamp the criminal pardon system by automatically sealing a person's record once they have completed their sen...

Nov 17, 2021