Canada

Norman's lawyers cite SNC-Lavalin testimony in fight for secret documents

OTTAWA - Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's lawyers are trying to use testimony from the country's top bureaucrat during the SNC-Lavalin affair to gain access to secret government documents about their client...

Apr 17, 2019

Sentencing hearing for man who killed Manitoba woman in botched robbery

WINNIPEG - The best friend of a Manitoba Indigenous woman killed during a botched robbery looked at a man found guilty in the death and asked how a life could be worth only $45. In January, a jur...

Apr 17, 2019

Ottawa says it will sell back Mirabel land expropriated for airport in 1969

MIRABEL, Que. - The Canadian government made a "big mistake" in 1969 when it expropriated thousands of hectares of land north of Montreal to build the ill-fated Mirabel airport project, Transport Mini...

Apr 17, 2019

Legault congratulates Kenney but says Quebec won't accept a new oil pipeline

QUEBEC - Premier Francois Legault is congratulating Jason Kenney on his electoral victory in Alberta while reminding the incoming premier that Quebec's position on oil pi...

Apr 17, 2019

Closing illegal pot shops an uphill battle until demand is met, say authorities

TORONTO - In the weeks before cannabis became legal across Canada, Toronto's once booming network of weed retailers all but disappeared. Nearly 80 pot shops advertising themselves as dispensaries had ...

Apr 17, 2019

Flooding fears persist in Quebec town after worst deluge in 48 years

BEAUCEVILLE, Que. - A Quebec town that this week suffered its worst flooding in nearly 50 years is fearing more damage as rain is forecast in the coming days. Officials in Beauceville, about...

Apr 17, 2019

Ubisoft historian says company's 3D Notre Dame a reminder of beauty during rebuild

MONTREAL - As the fire-gutted Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris faces years of reconstruction, a Montreal-made video game may provide some comfort for those longing to revisit every inch of...

Apr 17, 2019

Canada, EU punch back at U.S. Cuba shift, vow to defend their companies

OTTAWA - Canada and the European Union hit back Wednesday at the Trump administration's decision to allow lawsuits against foreign companies connected to properties seized from Ame...

Apr 17, 2019

Kashechewan First Nation faces 'massive trauma' with flooding: MP

OTTAWA - The pain of spring flooding at a First Nation in northern Ontario is hitting harder this year, as government promises for a permanent new location remain far from reality. Starting on Monday,...

Apr 17, 2019

Canada joins new German-France 'alliance' that doesn't include U.S.

OTTAWA - Canada has formally joined a German-French coalition aimed at saving the international world order from destruction by various world dictators and autocrats - and U.S. President Donald Trump....

Apr 17, 2019