Canada

Seamus O'Regan faces calls to visit Attawapiskat during state of emergency

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan is facing calls from the federal NDP to visit the northern Ontario community of Attawapiskat First Nation. Earlier this month, the community declar...

Jul 17, 2019

Former head of RCMP in Saskatchewan named province's lieutenant-governor

OTTAWA - A former head of the RCMP in Saskatchewan has been appointed the province's new lieutenant-governor. Russell Mirasty becomes Saskatchewan's 23rd vice-regal representative. He takes over ...

Jul 17, 2019

Identifiers need revamp for digital age, Desjardins CEO tells MPs

OTTAWA - The current system for identifying Canadians is inadequate for the digital age, the chief executive of Desjardins Group told MPs in an emergency parliamentary committee meeting Monday grappli...

Jul 17, 2019

Pilot on downed float plane identified as search continues for missing

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Quebec pilot Gilles Morin, 61, was one of seven people aboard a float plane that crashed into a Labrador lake on Monday, killing at least three people on board. Four people remain m...

Jul 17, 2019

Garneau 'disappointed' in airlines' move against new passenger bill of rights

MONTREAL - Transport Minister Marc Garneau said he was "surprised" and "disappointed" by legal action from Canadian airlines to quash new rules to beef up compensation for passengers subjected to dela...

Jul 17, 2019

Evidence erased by police would have freed wrongfully convicted man: defence lawyer

HALIFAX - A defence lawyer who fought to free Glen Assoun from a wrongful conviction for murder says evidence erased by the Mounties would have helped Assoun win his appeal and spa...

Jul 17, 2019

Group wants charges in horse deaths during Calgary Stampede chuckwagon races

CALGARY - An animal welfare group is renewing its call for cruelty charges following the deaths of six horses at this year's Calgary Stampede. "Law enforcement - including the Calgary police...

Jul 17, 2019

Companies to appear before panel today in public inquiry into B.C. gas prices

VANCOUVER - Four oil and gas companies are expected to answer questions today about how they use the Trans Mountain pipeline, how refinery closures affect their prices and other factors that coul...

Jul 17, 2019

Rescuers make slow progress on freeing entangled North Atlantic right whales

Efforts to free some endangered, entangled North Atlantic right whales continue, weather permitting, according to the federal government. A news release from the Department of Fisheries and...

Jul 17, 2019

In the news today, July 15

Four stories in the news for Monday, July 15 --- YOUR WARD NEWS EDITOR FACES SENTENCING TODAY The editor of a free Toronto-based publication faces sentencing today for wilfully promoting hat...

Jul 17, 2019