Canada

Former B.C. polygamous leader guilty in taking child bride to United States

CRANBROOK, B.C. - There's "no room for doubt" that a former leader in a religious sect that practises polygamy in Bountiful, B.C., knew that an underage girl who he removed from Canada to be...

May 19, 2019

Liberals stymie Commons defence committee inquiry into Mark Norman case

OTTAWA - The Liberals used their majority on a House of Commons committee Thursday to block an opposition attempt to launch an inquiry into the failed prosecution of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Con...

May 18, 2019

Senate committee approves dozens of energy-industry-friendly amendments to C-69

OTTAWA - A Senate committee has approved dozens of amendments - primarily aimed at mollifying the energy industry - to the Liberal government's controversial environmental assessment legislation. Bill...

May 18, 2019

NATO researchers consult federal government on foreign election meddling

OTTAWA - Canadian voters have a duty to think critically about the news they consume as foreign-interference threats loom over the coming federal election, a leading NATO researcher says. Janis Sarts,...

May 18, 2019

Montreal researchers create audible hockey puck for visually impaired players

MONTREAL - A team of Montreal university researchers has developed an audible hockey puck they say could revolutionize the sport for blind players. For years, visually impaired hockey players have&nbs...

May 18, 2019

B.C. legislature clerk retires; report says benefits wrongly claimed

VICTORIA - A spending scandal that shook British Columbia's legislature came to a partial conclusion Thursday with the abrupt retirement of the clerk and the suspended sergeant-at-arms asking for...

May 18, 2019

Indigenous teen's treatment while disclosing abuse indicative of 'pattern'

OTTAWA - B.C.'s former child representative Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond says the "heinous" treatment of an Indigenous teenager during a 2012 interrogation by an RCMP officer reflects a pattern ...

May 18, 2019

'Dignity and wisdom': Chief justice praises Gascon after final high-court case

OTTAWA - Supreme Court Justice Clement Gascon received a standing ovation Thursday after hearing his final case on the high court. Gascon graciously thanked his family and colleagues, saying it is an ...

May 18, 2019

NS premier told China party official Canadians need to feel 'safe' during visits

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's premier says he told a senior Communist Party official during trade talks that Canadians need to feel "safe" and protected by the rule of law as he boosts tourism tie...

May 18, 2019

Quebec credits new gun registry for huge jump in number of voluntary surrenders

MONTREAL - The Quebec government is crediting its new gun registry law for a major spike in the number of long guns voluntarily handed over to police for destruction. Between April 1, 2...

May 18, 2019