Canada

Garneau to visit Israel, West Bank to advance two-state solution following 11-day war

OTTAWA - Canada's foreign affairs minister will soon travel to Israel and the West Bank to advance a two-state solution following a deadly 11-day war between Israelis and Palestinians. Marc Garneau's ...

Jun 23, 2021

Man's vote from jail was invalid in Yukon election tie, lawyer tells Supreme Court

WHITEHORSE - The lawyer for the incumbent who lost her seat in the Yukon legislature in a tie vote says "carelessness" in the authorization of one voter who was incarcerated means the election was not...

Jun 23, 2021

Seventeen Canadians per day died from opioids in 2020: Public Health Agency of Canada

OTTAWA - Canada's public health agency says the COVID-19 pandemic drove an increasingly deadly overdose crisis last year that continues to take lives and corrode communities. Grim new numbers from the...

Andrew Snook Jun 23, 2021

New lawsuit filed against Quebec impresario Gilbert Rozon over alleged sex assault

MONTREAL - Quebec entertainment mogul Gilbert Rozon is facing a new lawsuit, this time from the complainant in the criminal case in which he was acquitted six months ago. Lawyers for Annick Charette f...

Jun 23, 2021

Sajjan military assistant had inappropriate relationship while with Vancouver police

OTTAWA - An army reservist who was ordered suspended from the Vancouver Police Department for having an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate has been working as a military assistant to Defenc...

Jun 23, 2021

Order of Catholic nuns agrees to enhance access to residential school records

VICTORIA - An order of Catholic nuns whose members taught at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia says it has reached an agreement to improve access to its private archival recor...

Jun 23, 2021

Canadiens' success leading to business boom for Montreal bars after COVID-19 closures

MONTREAL - Kevin Beaudry says there's never been a better time to be operating a restaurant in Montreal. The manager of La Cage sports bar and restaurant at the Bell Centre, home of the Montreal Canad...

Jun 23, 2021

Park use in Canada soared during COVID, creating challenges for cities, survey finds

MONTREAL - A new survey has found that Canadians have flocked to their local parks during the COVID-19 pandemic, creating both challenges and opportunities for cities. The survey by charity organizati...

Jun 23, 2021

Muslim charities concerned about targeted audits call for national security probe

OTTAWA - Dozens of Muslim charities from across Canada, fearful they are being unfairly singled out for audits, want the national security watchdog to investigate the matter. The charities are flaggin...

Jun 23, 2021

Parents of teen killed at B.C. school share grief, anger at sentencing hearing

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The father of a 13-year-old girl who was murdered at a high school in Abbotsford, B.C., says he doubts the killer will receive a fit sentence for the damage caused to his famil...

Jun 23, 2021