Canada

Five lingering questions from the end of Mark Norman's criminal case

OTTAWA - Now that public prosecutors have decided to stay a breach-of-trust charge against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, here are five questions Canadians don't have full answers to: 1) What was the evide...

May 10, 2019

Federal prisons taking aim at special (illicit) deliveries from the sky

OTTAWA - Prison wardens are usually preoccupied with keeping people inside their walls. Now six Canadian prisons are taking steps to shoo away some pesky, flying visitors. The Corr...

May 10, 2019

Refugee changes will hurt women asylum seekers, women's organizations say

OTTAWA - A group of Canadian women's organizations has called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to withdraw controversial changes to asylum laws in his government's omnibus budget bill because of ...

May 10, 2019

'There was justice:' Winnipeg man guilty of murdering Indigenous woman

WINNIPEG - The family of an Indigenous woman whose death prosecutors described as worse than any horror movie says there is finally justice now that her killer has been found guilty. "It's n...

May 10, 2019

For the birds: Halifax delays plan to cut 80,000 trees in beloved seaside park

HALIFAX - A plan to cut down 80,000 trees inside Halifax's most popular seaside park has been put on hold until the fall to protect the nests of many species of birds, including a ...

May 10, 2019

Caretaker of vacant Victoria hotel still missing, days after blaze

VICTORIA - Firefighters in Victoria continue to battle a stubborn blaze that tore through a vacant 109-year-old heritage building Monday and forced the closure of nearby city hall, businesses and majo...

May 10, 2019

Man accused of killing 4 people in Fredericton shooting spree returns to court

FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick man accused of murdering four people, including two police officers, in a shooting spree last August was back in a Fredericton courtroom Friday. Matthew Raymond...

May 10, 2019

RCMP defends 'thorough, independent' investigation into Vice-Admiral Mark Norman

OTTAWA - The RCMP is defending its investigation of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman after the case against the military's former second-in-command collapsed this week. In a statement, the Mounties ...

May 10, 2019

Greenhouse gases causing Canadian Arctic seas to acidify quicker: report

Greenhouse gases are acidifying Canada's Arctic waters at a faster rate than anywhere else in the North, says a report presented earlier this week at a meeting of the eight countries that ring th...

May 10, 2019

Waters to rise again in Ottawa area, even as N.B. turns to flood recovery mode

Water levels are expected to rise again this weekend between Ottawa and Montreal, even as New Brunswick's floods are effectively over. Officials warned late Thursday that "significant" rainfall is exp...

May 10, 2019