Canada

Armed forces in Bracebridge, Ont., to help battle rising floodwaters

BRACEBRIDGE, Ont. - The ongoing flooding plaguing Ontario's cottage country prompted another town to declare a state of emergency on Sunday as members of the Canadian Armed Forces descended ...

Apr 30, 2019

Senate committee recommends Beyak suspension over letters on Indigenous people

OTTAWA - The Senate's ethics committee is recommending that Sen. Lynn Beyak be suspended without pay for the duration of the current Parliament over letters about Indigenous people she has posted to h...

Apr 30, 2019

Canada's airlines want longer runway for security-screening overhaul

OTTAWA - The federal plan to revamp Canada's air-security screening system is running into some headwinds from the major airlines, which are urging the government to take things slow to get&...

Apr 30, 2019

Ottawa axes longer deadlines for answering veterans' requests for service

OTTAWA - The federal government is backing off a plan to give bureaucrats more time to respond to veterans seeking benefits and support for their service-related injuries. The idea was floated last fa...

Apr 30, 2019

Davie gets $7.1M contract from feds to refit 53-year-old coast guard icebreaker

OTTAWA - The federal government is awarding Davie Shipyards a contract worth more than $7.1 million to refit the Canadian Coast Guard's largest icebreaker. The refit of the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent is...

Apr 30, 2019

Authorities annoyed by disaster selfie-seekers in flooded Montreal areas

Montreal first responders are warning against so-called disaster tourism after noting a spike in selfie-seekers in neighbourhoods threatened by swollen rivers. An operations chief with the Montre...

Apr 30, 2019

The winter of political philanthropy: parties rake in cash in first quarter

OTTAWA - The long Canadian winter of 2019 was good for at least one thing: lining the pockets of political parties. The Conservative Party of Canada's first-quarter haul of $8 million is mor...

Apr 30, 2019

Deficit for last year to be $800 million more than Liberals predict, PBO says

OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog says last year's federal deficit was $800 million more than the Liberals said it was in their most recent budget. In a new report, the parliamentary budget...

Apr 30, 2019

Jury trial hears about killing of Indigenous woman found in shallow grave

WINNIPEG - A prosecutor says a Manitoba man on trial for killing a young Indigenous woman met her on a popular online dating site. Brett Overby, who is 32, is charged with second-degree murder in the ...

Apr 30, 2019

Liberals wouldn't take hidden SNC-Lavalin money now, Trudeau says

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says today's federal Liberal party wouldn't accept political donations like those that got SNC-Lavalin in trouble in the late 2000s. Trudeau says the party ...

Apr 30, 2019