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Canada and Pacific Alliance eye each other

2013-05-23T04:00:13-04:00

CALI, Colombia - The leaders of Canada and the Pacific Alliance will be sizing each other up today to see if Canada might be a good fit with the nascent Latin American trade bloc.

Alleged terror suspects to appear in court

2013-05-23T04:00:11-04:00

TORONTO - Two suspects charged in an alleged plot to bomb a Via Rail train are scheduled to appear in a Toronto court this morning.

Search continues for missing Canadian hiker

2013-05-23T04:00:10-04:00

TORONTO - The family and friends of a Canadian missing in Australia's Snowy Mountains region for more than a week are calling for additional manpower to search for the hiker.

Guilty plea expected in confinement case

2013-05-23T04:00:09-04:00

BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - The lawyer for a man accused of confining and sexually assaulting a teenage boy at a home in rural Nova Scotia says his client will plead guilty today to some charges in the case.

2nd suspect in Bosma killing in court today

2013-05-23T04:00:08-04:00

HAMILTON - A second man charged in the death of a Hamilton father who took two men on a test drive is due in court today to face a charge of first-degree murder.

Home affordability largely stable, says RBC

2013-05-23T00:00:11-04:00

OTTAWA - A new analysis from the Royal Bank (TX:RY) finds home ownership in Canada remains largely affordable, even if there are signs of mild financial stress among indebted families.

Canadian dad stands by son in NJ killing

2013-05-22T21:42:49-04:00

NEWARK, N.J. - He was a gregarious, spontaneous child, his father said, a handful at times who loved music and playing the guitar.

Document shows Duffy report was softened up

2013-05-22T21:18:03-04:00

OTTAWA - The Tory-dominated, closed-door Senate committee studying Mike Duffy's improper housing expenses deleted a specific reference to his failure to co-operate with auditors before releasing its report to the public.

Harper: 'I did not know' about Duffy payment

2013-05-22T21:15:39-04:00

LIMA, Peru - Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government deploys a vast early-warning communications system to warn of potential problems on the horizon.

Keystone XL brawl heats up with GOP bill

2013-05-22T19:50:53-04:00

WASHINGTON - The American political brawl over the approval of TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline shifted into overdrive on Wednesday as Republicans in the House of Representatives made yet another attempt to take the decision out of U.S. President Barack Obama's hands.

Dix to stay on as leader of B.C. NDP

2013-05-22T19:44:59-04:00

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's NDP leader says he takes "full responsibility" for the party's devastating election loss, but Adrian Dix plans to continue to lead the Opposition, at least for now, as the New Democrats conduct an autopsy of their failed campaign.

Two men now arrested in test drive death

2013-05-22T19:37:11-04:00

HAMILTON - Two men are now facing first-degree murder charges in the death of Tim Bosma, the Hamilton father who took two men on a test drive and never returned.

CBC warns government over interference

2013-05-22T19:30:43-04:00

OTTAWA - The CBC is warning the federal government that its efforts to control salary negotiations at the Crown agency could be at odds with the Broadcasting Act and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, leading to litigation.

Canadians still working on F-35 in the U.S.

2013-05-22T19:26:41-04:00

OTTAWA - The Harper government may have "hit the reset button" on the purchase of F-35s, but planning for the stealth fighter continues — and Canada is facing a series of deadlines that will increase pressure to stick with the program.

Montreal issues boil-water advisory

2013-05-22T19:06:38-04:00

MONTREAL - Over one million Montrealers were affected by a boil-water advisory Wednesday after an apparent malfunction at Canada's second-biggest filtration plant.

Eyeglasses used in court hostage taking: police

2013-05-22T18:41:32-04:00

EDMONTON - Police say a female prisoner used a lens from a pair of eyeglasses to take a fellow prisoner hostage at the Edmonton courthouse.

Quebec polls public on minority rights

2013-05-22T18:39:12-04:00

QUEBEC - The Parti Quebecois government, already involved in a political battle to toughen the province's language law, has placed another emotionally charged identity issue on the back burner.

Chief to be sentenced for sex assault

2013-05-22T18:12:48-04:00

KISBEY, Sask. - There is debate on a small reserve in southeastern Saskatchewan about whether its chief should be removed from his job.

Lifetime ban on blood donation by gay men lifts

2013-05-22T18:05:06-04:00

TORONTO - Canada is lifting a nearly 30-year-old ban on gay men giving blood, though for the time being only those who are abstinent will be allowed to donate.

Man killed after test drive a 'regular guy'

2013-05-22T17:41:32-04:00

HAMILTON - Tim Bosma was a jokester, a mischievous man with a "crazy laugh," but most of all he was just a regular guy — and it cost him his life, family and friends said Wednesday in a poignant tribute to a man whose death cast him in the national spotlight.

Crack video allegations false: mayor's brother

2013-05-22T17:40:35-04:00

TORONTO - Rob Ford's staunchest supporter attempted on Wednesday to quell the storm of controversy raging around Toronto's mayor over his alleged use of crack cocaine by citing his record in office and blasting the media.

Purse stolen after subway death: police

2013-05-22T17:39:34-04:00

TORONTO - Toronto police are searching for a suspect accused of stealing the purse of a woman who jumped to her death in a subway station Wednesday morning.

NDP asks committee to look into appointments

2013-05-22T17:38:39-04:00

OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats are asking a parliamentary committee to look into political appointments to the new Social Security Tribunal.

RCMP says it is 'disappointed' by lawsuit

2013-05-22T17:38:30-04:00

OTTAWA - The RCMP says it is disappointed a former member of the Musical Ride has waited so long to sue over sexual assault and harassment she allegedly suffered in the 1980s.

Woman settles solitary confinement lawsuit

2013-05-22T17:28:58-04:00

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Civil Liberties Association says the federal government has settled a lawsuit with an aboriginal woman who says she was held in solitary confinement for 3 1/2 years.

Lawsuit's legal limbo good for Ronald Smith: lawyer

2013-05-22T16:29:08-04:00

CALGARY - Normally, the lawyer for a Canadian on death row in Montana would not be happy in limbo.

Harper visit to Peru targets mining royalties

2013-05-22T16:18:01-04:00

LIMA, Peru - Canadian mining companies hope that Stephen Harper's visit to Peru will lead to better use of the billions in royalties and taxes that are sitting idle in a country where poverty is still a large problem.

Harper's response to Senate scandal

2013-05-22T16:04:59-04:00

LIMA, Peru - A transcript of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's replies to questions about the Senate expenses scandal during a news conference Wednesday in Lima with Peruvian President Ollanta Humala Tasso:

Parent irate over claims of taped kids

2013-05-22T15:55:10-04:00

HALIFAX - The father of a seven-year-old boy whose mouth was allegedly taped closed by an after-school monitor says school officials in Halifax reacted slowly and incompletely to the incident.

Bill would have unlocked secrets: watchdog

2013-05-22T15:31:01-04:00

OTTAWA - The Harper government's recent bid to give police more information about Internet users would have unlocked numerous revealing personal details — from web-surfing habits to names of friends, says a new study by the federal privacy watchdog.

Small, powerful magnets pulled from market

2013-05-22T13:54:01-04:00

TORONTO - Health Canada has issued a recall for a number of adult novelty products containing small, powerful magnets that can be swallowed or inhaled by children.

U.S. shows mock Ford over alleged crack video

2013-05-22T15:16:28-04:00

TORONTO - American talk-show hosts have discovered the joys of a favourite Canadian pastime: cracking jokes at Toronto's expense and poking fun at the stereotypes of a boring city the rest of Canada loves to hate — all courtesy of the cocaine controversy swirling around Mayor Rob Ford.

Release Senate documents, NDP urges Harper

2013-05-22T12:25:19-04:00

OTTAWA - Opposition leader Tom Mulcair is calling on the prime minister to release all the documents connected to a $90,000 payment to a now-disgraced senator.

Mortgage group says housing starts to plunge

2013-05-22T12:12:12-04:00

OTTAWA - Canada's housing market is slowing dramatically in terms of both sales and construction, dragging down economic growth and putting some 150,000 jobs at risk in coming years, a mortgage industry association warns in its spring report.

Canadians advised to guard against tornadoes

2013-05-22T11:46:59-04:00

TORONTO - Canadians face a significantly lower risk than their American neighbours of finding themselves in the path of a tornado, but should still be prepared to face the worst if mother nature decides to defy the odds, experts said Tuesday.

Retail sales flat in March: StatsCan

2013-05-22T11:42:34-04:00

OTTAWA - Canadian shoppers bought more, but benefited from lower prices in March as retail sales were flat for the month, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.

'Voices' heard in search for Canadian

2013-05-22T04:00:13-04:00

TORONTO - As the frantic search for a missing Canadian bushwalker continues in Australia's Snowy Mountains region, there are reports of "voices" being heard in the area.

Business as usual in Senate amid scandal

2013-05-22T04:00:11-04:00

OTTAWA - "Colleagues, there can be no business as usual. Enough is enough."

One dead after B.C. float-plane crash

2013-05-21T23:28:01-04:00

VICTORIA - One person is dead following a float-plane crash off Vancouver Island.

Harper sheds little light on Senate scandal

2013-05-21T23:16:49-04:00

OTTAWA - A "very upset" Prime Minister Stephen Harper tried to settle down a scandal-rattled Conservative caucus Tuesday with talk of accountability and Senate reform, but shed no new light on the $90,000 transaction that cost him his chief of staff.

Duffy issue sent to closed-door committee

2013-05-21T23:01:04-04:00

OTTAWA - Conservative senators have sent Mike Duffy's controversial improper expenses back to the same closed-door committee that initially reviewed them, rejecting a Liberal bid to have the matter referred directly to the police.

Canadian killed in Iraqi violence: Baird

2013-05-21T21:53:30-04:00

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says a Canadian is among those killed in a spate of recent sectarian violence in Iraq.

RCMP families say more help needed for PTSD

2013-05-21T21:47:26-04:00

VANCOUVER - Krista Bouchard was married to a Mountie for 13 years — a quirky, funny, chatty guy she'd met on a blind date.

Searchers so far unable to find Ontario man

2013-05-21T20:58:40-04:00

OTTAWA - Family members joined a frantic search Tuesday for a Canadian man with survival training missing for more than a week in Australia's Snowy Mountains region.

Union challenge of foreign workers quashed

2013-05-21T20:37:56-04:00

VANCOUVER - Two unions may have lost a Federal Court battle disputing a mining company's plan to bring in 201 temporary foreign workers from China, but they're celebrating the spotlight they've shone on the problems associated with the employment program.

'Speculation' in murder case unfair: lawyer

2013-05-21T19:32:09-04:00

HAMILTON - "Speculation" surrounding the accused in the case of a Hamilton, Ont., father found dead after taking two men on a test drive is unfairly poisoning the suspect's image, his lawyer said Tuesday.

Mulcair says cops called him about meeting

2013-05-21T19:31:30-04:00

OTTAWA - Federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says he was contacted by the provincial police anti-corruption squad in Quebec to discuss a suspected 17-year-old bribe offered to him.

Boreal Forest conservation talks break down

2013-05-21T18:49:04-04:00

MONTREAL - Three years of negotiations between Resolute Forest Products and environmental groups aimed at protecting Canada's boreal forest have ended in failure, with talks breaking down over how much land to set aside for conservation.

Alleged PQ election shooter waives prelim

2013-05-21T18:45:12-04:00

MONTREAL - Quebec's alleged election-night shooter has waived his right to a preliminary hearing and will head straight to trial.

Feds say ads prompt people to seek job grants

2013-05-21T18:26:46-04:00

OTTAWA - The Conservative government says people are already starting to ask about the new Canada Jobs Grant it began heavily promoting with TV ads last week.

Driver in court charged with patio death

2013-05-21T18:13:51-04:00

EDMONTON - It was a celebratory dinner, a night out for an Edmonton family because their toddler had finally overcome his fear of the potty.

U.S. ambassador join BMO in October

2013-05-21T18:03:54-04:00

WASHINGTON - David Jacobson is leaving his post as U.S. ambassador to Canada in July to become vice-chairman of one of Canada's largest banking groups.

Coalition member suspended in Quebec

2013-05-21T17:29:39-04:00

QUEBEC - Quebec's Coalition party, which promises a zero-tolerance approach to political corruption, has suddenly suspended one of its own members.

Mayor Ford silent on alleged crack video

2013-05-21T16:57:30-04:00

TORONTO - Embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford stayed silent for a fourth day Tuesday amid allegations a drug dealer had recorded him on a cellphone video smoking crack cocaine and making homophobic and racist comments.

'Suicide contagion' a risk for teens: study

2013-05-21T16:55:34-04:00

TORONTO - Teens who had a schoolmate die by suicide are more likely to consider or attempt taking their own lives than those who haven't lost a peer to suicide — and the fallout can be longer lasting than once thought, a study suggests.

Carney sees opportunities for Canada

2013-05-21T16:42:47-04:00

MONTREAL - Canada has work to do, but it is stronger than when he took over as head of the Bank of Canada five years ago, outgoing governor Mark Carney said Tuesday.

Mountie sues force over alleged assaults

2013-05-21T16:15:38-04:00

OTTAWA - A Mountie who was once part of the famed Musical Ride is suing the national police force, alleging she was sexually assaulted, harassed, repeatedly doused in cold water and dragged through horse feces by colleagues.

Appointees' donations broke guidelines

2013-05-21T15:48:49-04:00

OTTAWA - Dozens of people appointed to plum patronage jobs have been donating to the Conservative party, despite government rules that forbid it.

PM heads south, leaves behind political storm

2013-05-21T13:16:57-04:00

OTTAWA - Canadians will have to wait until Wednesday to hear Prime Minister Stephen Harper answer questions about the Senate expenses scandal.

Government to support private bill on parole

2013-05-21T12:57:06-04:00

OTTAWA - Justice Minister Rob Nicholson says the government will support a private member's bill that would require people who are on parole, probation or serving conditional sentences to stay away from victims.

Harper expected to address caucus Tuesday

2013-05-20T20:11:55-04:00

OTTAWA - Conservatives gathered Monday night to mourn the passing of a key architect in their rise to power — and to brace for the toughest test Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has faced since taking office on a promise to clean up politics in the national capital.

Canadian, American missing in Mexico

2013-05-20T18:26:31-04:00

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico - The disappearances of a British Columbia man and a U.S. man in the Mexican resort city of Puerto Vallarta has their families frantically searching for information in what they believe could be a kidnapping.

Quebec protesters want to cut monarchy ties

2013-05-20T17:45:31-04:00

MONTREAL - The Queen would likely not be amused by the way Victoria Day was observed in downtown Montreal on Monday.

Long queue for Elijah Harper lying in state

2013-05-20T17:42:53-04:00

WINNIPEG - Hundreds of people lined up inside the Manitoba legislature Monday to pay their respects to Elijah Harper, the aboriginal politician whose quiet but firm resistance to the Meech Lake constitutional accord became a symbolic moment for indigenous rights.

Canadian input wanted on Juno Beach turbines

2013-05-20T17:08:22-04:00

TORONTO - For decades visitors to the D-Day beaches on the northwest coast of France have looked out at the English Channel, taking in the journey made by Allied troops that marked a turning point in the Second World War.

SUV kills boy on Edmonton restaurant patio

2013-05-20T16:53:12-04:00

EDMONTON - Police in Edmonton have laid numerous impaired driving charges after a toddler was killed by an SUV that smashed through a restaurant patio.

N.B. village healing after fishermen's deaths

2013-05-20T15:01:21-04:00

TABUSINTAC, NEW BRUNSWICK, - The deaths of three New Brunswick fishermen have cast a pall over the northeastern communities where they lived and worked, but a local leader said Monday the healing can begin now that their bodies have been recovered.

Harper heads to South America for trade talks

2013-05-20T14:10:28-04:00

OTTAWA - The prime minister heads to South America this week to suss out membership in a new trading bloc that many aren't sure Canada ought to join.

An anarchist-panda's crusade in Montreal

2013-05-20T07:18:45-04:00

MONTREAL - A philosophy professor who famously wore a panda costume to lighten the mood throughout last year's Quebec student protests has found a new cause.

'Typical' summer forecast for Canada

2013-05-20T04:00:09-04:00

Get ready to break out the sunscreen Canada, but don't worry about sizzling all season.

Community mourning fishermen lost at sea

2013-05-19T20:06:38-04:00

TABUSINTAC NEW BRUNSWICK, - A minister of a United Church in a New Brunswick village says the community is in mourning after several weeks marred with tragedy for the local fishing industry, including the death of three fishermen.

Ford should address video scandal: expert

2013-05-19T19:42:21-04:00

TORONTO - A public relations expert suggests Rob Ford's decision not to host his weekly radio show on Sunday may indicate the Toronto mayor has yet to fully figure out how to respond to allegations he was recorded on video appearing to smoke crack cocaine.

Ray Novak QuickSketch

2013-05-19T17:56:08-04:00

OTTAWA - A look at the life and career of Ray Novak, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's new chief of staff:

Harper to face music at Tuesday caucus

2013-05-19T16:30:40-04:00

OTTAWA - Emerging from a dramatic week that has seen him lose two senators and his chief of staff, Stephen Harper will focus now on calming down his anxious caucus and righting a listing Conservative ship.

Group wants to rename Victoria Day

2013-05-19T15:07:17-04:00

A group that includes some prominent Canadian actors, writers and politicians is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to change the name of Victoria Day.

Feds spend big on ads for non-existent grants

2013-05-19T13:10:08-04:00

OTTAWA - The Harper government is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars advertising a program that does not yet exist.

A timeline of the Senate audits controversy

2013-05-19T12:59:23-04:00

OTTAWA - Here is a timeline of the Senate audits controversy.

Military gear stranded in Kandahar

2013-05-19T12:23:16-04:00

OTTAWA - A team of 15 Canadian soldiers has been dispatched to Kandahar on a month-long assignment to assess whether dozens of military containers are still seaworthy enough to be brought home.

NDP's 24-hour bus trip beyond Hope

2013-05-19T10:21:52-04:00

HEDLEY, B.C. - Adrian Dix was inside the Hitching Post Restaurant drinking from a mug stamped with twin six-shooters while outside on the old mining town's main street, with dusk starting to cover the mountaintops, his campaign workers were counting potential seats in what appeared to be a shoo-in win.

Car dealers not using fuel-efficiency labels

2013-05-19T09:15:07-04:00

OTTAWA - A growing number of Canada's car dealers are removing fuel-efficiency labels that the industry agreed to display on each vehicle under a voluntary deal reached with Ottawa 15 years ago.

Search resumes for two missing NB fishermen

2013-05-19T07:57:24-04:00

HALIFAX - A search will resume today along New Brunswick`s northeast coast for two missing lobster fishermen.

Fisherman found dead off New Brunswick

2013-05-18T22:34:53-04:00

HALIFAX - A small New Brunswick community was mourning the loss of a young fisherman Saturday as search efforts continued for two other crew members who were aboard a vessel that went aground off the province's northeast coast.

Ford radio show off after video controversy

2013-05-18T21:26:28-04:00

TORONTO - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford decided against hosting his weekly radio show this weekend after explosive allegations that he was recorded on a video appearing to smoke crack cocaine.

Elijah Harper to lie in state in Manitoba

2013-05-18T19:31:44-04:00

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says Elijah Harper's body will lie in state in the province's legislature.

Woman dies at Jeep demonstration in Edmonton

2013-05-18T17:42:14-04:00

EDMONTON - A spectator has been killed after a Jeep demonstration at an Edmonton fundraising event went disastrously wrong.

Three in critical condition after house fire

2013-05-18T13:08:35-04:00

STE-THERESE, Que. - A father and his two boys, ages 10 and seven, were fighting for their lives Saturday after an early morning fire at a home north of Montreal.

Federal agency breaks hospitality rule

2013-05-18T10:49:27-04:00

OTTAWA - A federal agency that ensures banks and other financial institutions follow the rules has itself broken the rules on hospitality spending.

B.C. Liberals' poll pegged election result

2013-05-18T10:00:09-04:00

OTTAWA - British Columbia's stunning election upset has turned on its head one of the strongest arguments pollsters have always used against banning or restricting public opinion surveys during campaigns.

Sen. Pamela Wallin leaves Conservative caucus

2013-05-17T22:33:13-04:00

OTTAWA - Sen. Pamela Wallin is leaving the Conservative caucus, the second senator in as many days to do so amid a storm of allegations of dubious expense claims.

Man charged with double-murder in Calgary

2013-05-17T20:23:00-04:00

CALGARY - Calgary police have charged a man in the stabbing deaths of a woman and her young son.

Zombie Prep Camp, not the end of the world

2013-05-17T19:24:21-04:00

Zombies will be stumbling around a Saskatchewan lake this weekend, but not to worry.

Pickton inquiry advisory chair steps down

2013-05-17T19:20:44-04:00

VANCOUVER - A former British Columbia lieutenant governor appointed five months ago to help implement recommendations from the Robert Pickton inquiry resigned Friday, saying he's been "served with documents" related to a series of lawsuits filed by the children of four murdered women.

Is astronaut Chris Hadfield interested in politics?

2013-05-17T19:17:55-04:00

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield says he's interested in politics but has no immediate plans to make it his next career.

Senate wants second look at Duffy file

2013-05-17T18:56:19-04:00

OTTAWA - The Senate was scrambling to salvage its reputation Friday as it declared it would take a sober second look at Sen. Mike Duffy's expense paperwork — and as another embattled senator stepped down from the Conservative caucus.

Review board grants bus killer more freedom

2013-05-17T18:53:44-04:00

WINNIPEG - A man found not criminally responsible for beheading a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba has been granted more privileges.

Son is suspect in Oland's slaying: documents

2013-05-17T18:27:38-04:00

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The suspect in the slaying of New Brunswick businessman Richard Oland is his son Dennis, say search warrant documents that were executed in the investigation.

Annual inflation falls to 0.4 per cent

2013-05-17T18:09:23-04:00

OTTAWA - Canada's inflation story is fast becoming one about disinflation.

5.2 quake rattles parts of Ontario, Quebec

2013-05-17T18:00:20-04:00

OTTAWA - Windows rattled, walls swayed and knick-knacks toppled from store shelves near the national capital Friday as Canadians across a wide swath of Ontario and Quebec felt the disconcerting tremors of a 5.2-magnitude earthquake.

Ford, Barry comparisons being made in U.S.

2013-05-17T17:52:31-04:00

Toronto's Rob Ford is a sensation south of the border thanks to reports of a videotape that appears to show him sucking on a crack pipe, a story with apparent parallels to the spectacular travails of Marion Barry, the crack-smoking former mayor of Washington, D.C.