Canada

Liberals shrugging off concerns about rural crime, opposition MPs charge

OTTAWA - Conservative MPs say a Liberal-dominated committee's half-hearted report on the burgeoning problem of rural crime is an insult to Canadians. New Democrat MPs on the House of Commons public-sa...

May 21, 2019

Canadian pilot Patrick Forseth killed in Honduras plane crash: sister

TRUJILLO, Honduras - A British Columbia woman says her pilot brother was killed in a plane crash in Honduras on Saturday. In a phone interview with The Canadian Press on Sunday, Jenna Forseth confirme...

May 21, 2019

Winds helping in battle against fire threatening northern Alberta town

HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - Fire officials say the winds continue to be favourable as crews battle a large wildfire burning a few kilometres from a northwestern Alberta town. Nearly 5,000 people have cleared ...

May 21, 2019

Sisters of Ste-Anne hold garage sale before giving up Montreal convent

MONTREAL - In many ways, the garage sale that took place at the Sisters of Ste-Anne's mother house was no different than any of the dozens of others that took place in the Montreal area over the long ...

May 21, 2019

Animal welfare advocates move to seize exotic animals from Quebec roadside zoo

ST-EDOUARD-DE-MASKINONGE, Que. - Animal welfare officials say they have arrested the owner of a Quebec zoo and are in the process of seizing its animals. The Montreal chapter of the Society for t...

May 21, 2019

Minister Bains outlines digital charter with focus on personal data control

TORONTO - Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains says the federal government will look to update the Privacy Act as part of an effort to build greater trust in the digital world. Bains made the commitment ...

May 21, 2019

Ousted Saskatchewan NDP MP Erin Weir not running in the next federal election

REGINA - Saskatchewan MP Erin Weir says he will be not be running in October's federal election. Weir issued a statement Tuesday saying he's not running because federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh contin...

May 21, 2019

Deported dangerous offender argues charge that would keep him in U.S. jail too old

HALIFAX - A sexual predator released and deported after a controversial Parole Board of Canada decision is now arguing several charges against him should be dropped becau...

May 21, 2019

Is the right to vegan food a human right? Ontario firefighter argues that it is

An Ontario firefighter alleges his human rights were violated when he was not provided sufficient vegan food while battling a massive blaze in British Columbia. Adam Knauff has filed a complaint ...

May 21, 2019

Woman testifies about strange dynamic in home shared with Winnipeg murder suspect

WINNIPEG - A woman says there was a strange dynamic in a house five women shared with a man accused of killing one of them. Holley Sullivan told court today that, despite horrific abuse, the women wer...

May 21, 2019