Canada

'Postal service is a lifeline': Seniors feel isolated due to Canada Post strike

Envelopes full of handwritten letters and donations for various charities are piling up on Dianne Parker's desk due to the Canada Post strike. She says it has been heart-rending she can't ship them of...

Nov 21, 2024

B.C. RCMP detachments begin rollout of body worn cameras

The officer in charge of the RCMP detachment in Mission, B.C., says he's grateful that Mounties in his community will be among the first to wear body cameras to record police interactions with the pub...

Nov 21, 2024

Halifax security forum gathers as Trump's support for Taiwan, Ukraine in question

HALIFAX - Uncertainty is a key theme this year at the annual, three-day gathering in Halifax of political leaders, defence officials and policy analysts who aim to promote democratic values around the...

Nov 21, 2024

Petition by RFK Jr. fan prompts water fluoridation vote by Montreal council

MONTREAL - Municipal officials are considering an end to water fluoridation on the island of Montreal in a move spurred by a petition from a resident who claims he has the support of Robert F. Kennedy...

Nov 21, 2024

Tense cross-examination of former cop at inquest into 2016 death of Ottawa man

OTTAWA - A former police officer involved in the case of an Ottawa man who died after a violent arrest and the lawyer representing the man's family had several testy exchanges today at a coroner's inq...

Nov 21, 2024

Quebec auditor general says school system failing Indigenous students

MONTREAL - Quebec's auditor general says the province has taken little action in the past two decades to help Indigenous students in Quebec, whose graduation rates lag behind those of Indigenous stude...

Nov 21, 2024

Cellphone location records shown to jury in human smuggling trial

FERGUS FALLS - The jury at a human smuggling trial has seen phone records the prosecution says show the two men accused were carrying out plans to sneak people across the Canada-U.S. border between Ma...

Nov 21, 2024

Quebec fiscal update: $2.1B in new spending, end of tax credit for some older workers

QUBEC - Quebec's finance minister has tabled an economic update with $2.1 billion in new spending over five years amid what Eric Girard describes as a stronger-than-expected recovery from last year's ...

Nov 21, 2024

Consul general reiterates he had no influence on $9M Manhattan condo purchase

OTTAWA - Canada's consul general in New York doubled-down Thursday on his past claim that he exerted no influence on the decision of Global Affairs Canada to buy a $9 million condo in Manhattan. Tom C...

Nov 21, 2024

Climate protesters arrested outside Pierre Poilievre's official residence in Ottawa

OTTAWA - Ottawa police say two people were arrested this morning after an "unlawful" demonstration outside Stornoway, the official residence the Opposition leader. Greenpeace Canada says its activists...

Nov 21, 2024