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$74M not enough to cut refugee claim backlog: internal documents
OTTAWA - The agency that processes refugee claims in Canada estimated it would need almost four times as much money as it is getting to tackle a major backlog in asylum claims, cau...
Jan 12, 2019
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$74M not enough to cut refugee claim backlog: internal documents
OTTAWA - The agency that processes refugee claims in Canada estimated it would need almost four times as much money as it is getting to tackle a major backlog in asylum claims, cau...
Jan 12, 2019
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Scott Brison resigning from federal cabinet, won't seek re-election
OTTAWA - Scott Brison is quitting a political career he loves to spend more time with a cherished family that politics made possible. After 22 years representing the Nova Scotia riding of Kings-Hants&...
Jan 12, 2019
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Scott Brison resigning from federal cabinet, won't seek re-election
OTTAWA - Scott Brison is quitting a political career he loves to spend more time with a cherished family that politics made possible. After 22 years representing the Nova Scotia riding of Kings-Hants&...
Jan 12, 2019
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Former deputy police chief denies he asked officer to lie at Oland trial
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The former deputy chief of the Saint John police force has told the Dennis Oland murder trial he did not ask an officer to lie about his visits to the bloody crime scene where Richa...
Jan 12, 2019
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Former deputy police chief denies he asked officer to lie at Oland trial
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The former deputy chief of the Saint John police force has told the Dennis Oland murder trial he did not ask an officer to lie about his visits to the bloody crime scene where Richa...
Jan 12, 2019
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Four men on trial over theft of huge Canadian gold coin from Berlin museum
BERLIN - Four young men went on trial in Germany on Thursday over the brazen theft of a 100-kilogram Canadian gold coin that disappeared from a Berlin museum two years ago. Two brothers and their...
Jan 12, 2019
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Four men on trial over theft of huge Canadian gold coin from Berlin museum
BERLIN - Four young men went on trial in Germany on Thursday over the brazen theft of a 100-kilogram Canadian gold coin that disappeared from a Berlin museum two years ago. Two brothers and their...
Jan 12, 2019
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Underfunding, bad repairs, cited for why Canadian roads are breaking down
OTTAWA - A soon-to-be completed study of pothole repairs in Canada concludes municipal and provincial governments aren't tracking whether their repairs are working over the long term. And while they k...
Jan 12, 2019
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Wet'suwet'en strike tentative deal with RCMP allowing access to protect camp
HOUSTON, B.C. - Hereditary leaders of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation have reached a tentative deal with RCMP, quelling some fears of escalation after police made several arrests at nearby che...
Jan 12, 2019
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