Canada

A timeline of events in the SNC-Lavalin affair

OTTAWA - A chronology of the SNC-Lavalin controversy, according to public documents, reports and testimony to the House of Commons justice committee: Feb. 19, 2015 - The RCMP lays corruption and fraud...

Mar 25, 2019

Freeland says tariffs raise 'serious questions' about NAFTA after meetings in DC

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is keeping up the pressure on the Trump administration, warning that Canada's support for the updated North American trade pact may h...

Mar 25, 2019

Nova Scotia budget to target key areas such as health care:finance minister

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia will table its fourth consecutive balanced budget Tuesday with room to spend in key areas including health care, says Finance Minister Karen Casey. In an interview Mon...

Mar 25, 2019

Famed Nova Scotia treasure hunter did it his way, minister tells funeral

MARTINS POINT, N.S. - An American man who dedicated his life to finding treasure on Nova Scotia's Oak Island was remembered Monday as a larger-than-life figure who became a pillar in the community he ...

Mar 25, 2019

Man charged in stabbing of Montreal priest sent for psychiatric evaluation

MONTREAL - A man charged with the attempted murder of a Montreal priest has been sent to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation. The Crown and defence agreed that Vlad Cristian Eremia should go to...

Mar 25, 2019

Refugee who sheltered Edward Snowden in Hong Kong en route to Canada

A woman who helped shelter former CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden when he fled to Hong Kong is coming with her daughter to Canada after being granted refugee status. Their lawyer Rober...

Mar 25, 2019

Sources say Trudeau rejected Wilson-Raybould's conservative pick for high court

OTTAWA - Jody Wilson-Raybould recommended in 2017 that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau nominate a conservative Manitoba judge to be chief justice of the Supreme Court, even though he wasn't a sitti...

Mar 25, 2019

Trudeau sells housing plan in visit to hot real estate market in B.C.

MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touted efforts by the Liberal government to help first-time homebuyers put more down on their mortgages during a visit to a region of the co...

Mar 25, 2019

Crash threatens Vancouver shipyard's schedule for new coast guard ships

OTTAWA - A Vancouver shipyard is searching for answers after the fisheries science vessel it built for the Canadian Coast Guard - and whose delivery is already years overdue - ran into ...

Mar 25, 2019

Montreal priest sentenced to eight years for sexually abusing two parishioners

MONTREAL - A Montreal priest who sexually abused two boys has been handed an eight-year prison term. Rev. Brian Boucher was impassive as Quebec court Judge Patricia Compagnone announced she ...

Mar 25, 2019