Canada is set to adopt an international migration pact that has drawn scorn from critics who say the document is a threat to sovereign immigration policies.
‘They kill jobs’: Meet Canadians who refuse to use self-checkout
A new study found that about one-quarter of Canadians refuse to use self-checkouts. Many abstainers are trying to save jobs, but they face an uphill battle in the era of automation.
China summons Canadian ambassador over Huawei CFO’s arrest in Vancouver
China’s foreign ministry says it has summoned the Canadian ambassador to Beijing to lodge a “strong protest” against the arrest of an executive of Chinese tech company Huawei in Vancouver.
Shoppers Drug Mart granted licence to sell medical marijuana online
A spokeswoman for Shoppers’ parent company Loblaw Companies Ltd. said it’s too soon to say when people will be able to start making orders.
Regulator halts fracking operations in northeastern B.C. while investigating earthquakes
The B.C. Oil and Gas Commission says seismic events measuring between 3.4 and 4.5 magnitude took place near hydraulic fracturing operations being conducted about 20 kilometres southeast of Fort St. John by Calgary-based Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
Trump’s legal fixer met Russian offering ‘political synergy’ in 2015, U.S. prosecutors say
Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, to a “substantial term of imprisonment” for paying an adult film star hush money on Trump’s behalf, while court documents reveal Cohen was fielding outreach from Russians as far back as 2015.
Canada had no choice but to arrest Huawei executive at Washington’s request: expert
The arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou may inflame diplomatic and trade tensions with China, but Canada’s extradition treaty with the United States left it with no choice but to detain Meng, says a legal expert.
Premiers vent over climate ‘goal posts’ and internal trade at first ministers meeting
The bluster leading up to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s fourth first ministers meeting didn’t translate into any dramatic showdowns. But as the talks wrapped up in Montreal Friday, it became clear this tension didn’t lend itself to any tangible progress, either.
Sisters killed in Edmonton apartment were both younger than four
A little girl who was killed along with her sister this week in their mother’s south-side apartment didn’t live long enough to see her first Christmas.
‘Subterfuge and deceit’: What the Crown’s case against Mark Norman says — and what it has to prove
Documents filed by the Crown in support of its breach-of-trust case against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman provide some intriguing — and occasionally profane — details of a navy procurement process going off the rails.