Canada

RCMP video brings home reality in a 'visceral way': former TRC chairman

OTTAWA - Former Truth and Reconciliation commissioner Murray Sinclair says a video of a Mountie interrogating a young Indigenous woman disclosing sexual abuse in B.C. foster care brings home...

May 17, 2019

Canadian company pleads guilty to peddling vast database of personal information

OTTAWA - The RCMP says a Canadian-based company that peddled an illicit trove of 1.5 billion user names and associated passwords has pleaded guilty to criminal charges. In a news r...

May 17, 2019

Scheer's climate plan will look at how Canada can cut emissions elsewhere

OTTAWA - Conservative leader Andrew Scheer says his party's climate plan will aim to hit Canada's promised greenhouse-gas emissions targets but the party will not say whether that ...

May 17, 2019

The hardest choice of this long weekend: Raptors or 'Game of Thrones'?

TORONTO - As a "Game of Thrones" fanatic who is also a devoted Toronto Raptors fan, Oriana Di Nucci finds herself weighing the pros and cons of what to watch this Sunday when the fantas...

May 17, 2019

Mark Norman affair needs public inquiry, Scheer says

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says Canada needs a public inquiry into the case of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. On Parliament Hill this afternoon, Scheer says a full investigation is justifie...

May 17, 2019

Experts warn of populist backlash even as irregular crosser decline

OTTAWA - Canadians appear increasingly concerned about situation at the border - even if the overall numbers of crossers are down - which experts warn could harden attitudes against newcomer...

May 17, 2019

Killer of missing Alberta seniors loses appeal of manslaughter convictions

EDMONTON - An appeal from the killer of two Edmonton-area seniors has been dismissed. Travis Vader asked the Alberta Court of Appeal for a new trial or for his manslaughter ch...

May 17, 2019

Boyle's lawyer cites dangers of mid-trial appeal about sexual-activity evidence

OTTAWA - A mid-trial appeal about sensitive evidence concerning sexual activity could endanger the timely completion of Joshua Boyle's assault case, a lawyer for the former Afghanistan hostage told a ...

May 17, 2019

B.C. to hold public inquiry into money laundering; final report due May 2021

VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan launched a public inquiry into money laundering Wednesday, saying the depth of the criminal activity in British Columbia runs far deeper than previously believed. Money ...

May 17, 2019

Federal fire officials update forecast for this year's wildfire season

EDMONTON - This year's fire season forecast is normal across the country for the month of May, but the hazard is expected to increase for much of Western Canada this summer. Natural Resources Canada's...

May 17, 2019