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China, Iran challenges top foreign-policy priorities for Canada, says Champagne
OTTAWA - Iran is undermining international law by preventing the examination of the flight recorders from the Ukrainian jetliner it shot down last month, Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Ph...
Feb 23, 2020
Senators forward Ryan recovering from alcohol problem, says he is doing 'very well'
OTTAWA - After realizing he was coming to a dead end in his battle with an alcohol problem, Bobby Ryan says asking for help has shown him a way forward. The Ottawa Senators right-w...
Feb 23, 2020
Violent ends to past Indigenous protests haunt Trudeau government
OTTAWA - The ghosts of Indigenous protests past have hovered over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as his government struggles to bring a peaceful end to blockades that have disrupted traffic o...
Feb 23, 2020
Attempted theft of seaplane ends with collision in Vancouver harbour
VANCOUVER - An attempt to steal a float plane in Vancouver's harbour didn't make it out of the water, but three planes were damaged in the botched theft. Vancouver police Const. Tanya Visintin says of...
Feb 23, 2020
Once convicted of manslaughter, ex-gang member now licensed as lawyer
TORONTO - It sometimes seems like the trajectory of a life that has taken him from one side of the law to the other since his arrival in Canada as an infant three decades ago belongs to someone else. ...
Feb 23, 2020
School bus draped with message targets UK's Prince Andrew
LONDON - A yellow school bus with a banner depicting the face of Britain's Prince Andrew drove past Buckingham Palace on Friday, urging him to testify in the investigation of the late sex offender Jef...
Feb 23, 2020
The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia (All times Eastern): 22:45 Protesters have left a site south of Montreal where they ...
Feb 23, 2020
Cruise-ship evacuees arrive for quarantine in Canada as first Wuhan evacuees let go
OTTAWA - A plane carrying 129 Canadians and their families who have spent weeks confined to cabins aboard a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Japan landed on Canadian soil Friday morning. ...
Feb 23, 2020
Blockades remain in place as Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs returning to B.C.
Hereditary chiefs from Wet'suwet'en First Nation were expected to return to British Columbia Sunday after visiting Mohawk communities in eastern Canada, with no signs that blockades cripplin...
Feb 23, 2020
Canadian L'Arche group shocked by report that founder sexually abused women
A report by a French-based charity that helps people who are developmentally disabled has concluded its late Canadian founder had "manipulative sexual relationships" with women over several ...
Feb 23, 2020