Canada

Man charged with second-degree murder in deaths of Calgary woman, toddler

CALGARY - A man suspected of killing a Calgary woman and her toddler daughter has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder. Robert Andrew Leeming, 34, appeared via video before a just...

May 07, 2019

Closing arguments in trial of man accused of killing missing Manitoba woman

WINNIPEG - A Crown prosecutor says a Winnipeg man on trial for killing an Indigenous woman committed a ghastly crime, while the defence says he did not mean to cause her harm. Brett Overby, who i...

May 07, 2019

Montreal moves to reduce carbon footprint, phase out heating oil by 2030

MONTREAL - The City of Montreal says it will move to ban the use of heating oil by 2030 as it seeks to reduce its carbon footprint. Mayor Valerie Plante announced this week the city wil...

May 07, 2019

Canada will bear cost of repatriating trash-filled containers from Philippines

OTTAWA - Canada has agreed to pay the full cost of bringing 69 garbage-laden shipping containers back across the Pacific Ocean to Vancouver - but it remains unclear just how much that will be. A spoke...

May 07, 2019

Michener Award finalists announced for outstanding public-service journalism

OTTAWA - The Michener Awards Foundation has named the finalists for its 2018 award to honour excellence in public-service journalism. The nominees include work by the Waterloo Regi...

May 07, 2019

Highlights of the auditor general's reports released Tuesday

OTTAWA - Highlights of the auditor general's reports released Tuesday: - Millions of people had trouble getting through to agents at federal call centres. Instead of giving callers the option of ...

May 07, 2019

Dead end: millions of calls to government go unanswered, AG finds

OTTAWA - Half of the 16 million Canadians trying to reach one of three government agencies by telephone are unable to speak to live humans, according to Canada's interim auditor general. In a new...

May 07, 2019

Freeland affirms Arctic co-operation with U.S. despite differences on climate

MONTREAL - Canada is holding out hope it can collaborate with the Trump administration on Arctic challenges even though the United States has blocked the Arctic Council from issuing a unanimous declar...

May 07, 2019

RCMP not fully prepared for active shooters five years after Moncton: auditor

OTTAWA - The RCMP isn't sure that all its officers have access to the rifles and body armour needed to respond to an active shooter, almost five years after three Mounties were gunned down i...

May 07, 2019

Canada's asylum system unable to respond to spikes in claims, AG finds

OTTAWA - Acting auditor general Sylvain Ricard has found Canada's refugee system is plagued with a backlog of asylum claims that is worse now than it has ever been, caused in part by systemic ine...

May 07, 2019