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Regulator rules in favour of Trans Mountain route deviation

Regulator rules in favour of Trans Mountain route deviation

CALGARY — The Canada Energy Regulator has approved Trans Mountain Corp.'s application to modify the pipeline's route, a decision that could spare the government-owned pipeline project from an additional nine-month delay.
Canada names new ambassador to Armenia amid Nagorno-Karabakh tensions

Canada names new ambassador to Armenia amid Nagorno-Karabakh tensions

OTTAWA — Canada's government has announced the ambassador who is to helm a new embassy in Armenia at a time of escalating military conflict in neighbouring Azerbaijan.
Three fishers die after boat sinks off Quebec coast, three others rescued

Three fishers die after boat sinks off Quebec coast, three others rescued

MONTREAL — Three people are dead after a fishing boat sank off Quebec's Lower North Shore early Monday morning, provincial police say. The Canadian Coast Guard said six people were aboard the Silver Condor, out of Blanc Sablon, Que.
NDP, Bloc say Speaker should resign after honouring man who fought for Nazis

NDP, Bloc say Speaker should resign after honouring man who fought for Nazis

OTTAWA — Some opposition leaders are calling on House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota to step down after he invited a man who fought for the Nazis to attend a speech by the Ukrainian president, a move Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called "deeply emba
Groups call for more careful consideration of artificial intelligence measures

Groups call for more careful consideration of artificial intelligence measures

OTTAWA — Dozens of civil society organizations, experts and academics are calling on the Liberal government to remove proposed measures on artificial intelligence from a federal privacy bill, saying they must be considered separately.
Montreal man visited Toronto Zoo in middle of killing spree, coroner's inquest hears

Montreal man visited Toronto Zoo in middle of killing spree, coroner's inquest hears

MONTREAL — A coroner's inquest heard Monday that a man killed two people at random in Montreal in August 2022, then travelled to Ontario to visit the Toronto Zoo and Canada's Wonderland before returning to Quebec to murder again.
Flag raising at B.C. legislature honours residential school survivors, lost children

Flag raising at B.C. legislature honours residential school survivors, lost children

VICTORIA — A brisk wind helped mark a flag-raising ceremony Monday at the British Columbia legislature honouring residential school survivors and remembering children who never came home.
Head of Alta commission on Rocky Mountain coal mining concerned over new applications

Head of Alta commission on Rocky Mountain coal mining concerned over new applications

At least two members of the group that recommended a pause on coal mining in Alberta's Rocky Mountains are concerned the province's regulator appears to have accepted applications to renew an already twice-denied project, in seeming contradiction of
Lawyer challenges federal decision to deny help to woman with six children in Syria

Lawyer challenges federal decision to deny help to woman with six children in Syria

OTTAWA — A lawyer is urging the Federal Court to direct the Canadian government to repatriate a Quebec woman being held in a Syrian detention camp with her six children.
Military drops sexual misconduct charge against Lt.-Gen. Steve Whelan

Military drops sexual misconduct charge against Lt.-Gen. Steve Whelan

GATINEAU, Que. — The military has dropped a charge related to alleged sexual misconduct against Lt.-Gen. Steve Whelan, who was removed from his job as head of military personnel in 2021 after the allegations were made.