British forces have killed an alleged Taliban leader in southern Afghanistan, British and Afghan officials said Tuesday, in what they claimed was a major victory against the insurgency there.
The family of a Canadian man who vanished along with more than 200 others after an Air France flight disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean are remembering him as a world traveller who never forgot his roots.
A Canadian prisoner at Guantanamo Bay rejected his U.S. military lawyers Monday at the first session of the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals called under President Barack Obama, complicating his high-profile case and the administration’s timeline for closing the prison.
June got underway Monday with a bang — two of them, actually — for Canadian soldiers deep in the Taliban badlands of southern Afghanistan’s Panjwaii district, more evidence of a seasonal escalation in potentially lethal insurgent activity.
GUELPH, Ont. — A Canadian on the Airbus A330 that vanished en route to Paris from Brazil was a Coca-Cola executive living in Belgium.
VANCOUVER — High school students worried about online threats by an 18-year-old prompted police to arrest a teen suspect, who investigators say had a gun, ammunition and 117 names on what police termed a “hit list.”
WINNIPEG — The driver who witnessed a schizophrenic behead a fellow Greyhound bus passenger last summer has been gripped with panic attacks, while those who mourn the victim say they can’t sleep and have developed a deep sense that justice hasn’t been done, a review board heard Monday.
VICTORIA — RCMP are pulling older-model Tasers nationwide after testing conducted for the British Columbia government found the weapons failed to meet manufacturer’s specifications 80 per cent of the time.
All Canadians convicted of sex crimes will automatically have their names added to the national sex offender registry, under legislation Conservatives introduced Monday in a cross-country media blitz.
Air France officials are confirming a Canadian was on board the Airbus A330 that vanished overnight en route to Paris from Brazil.
The Canadian North needs its own free-trade agreement, says the editor of a new book on Arctic policy released this weekend.
Thirty years ago, groups for the disabled in Canada fought for accessible sidewalks, washrooms and transportation.
Operators of the Victoria Clipper have been warning potential passengers for months that they’ll need more than just their sea legs when boarding the fast ferry to Seattle starting on Monday
Victims of terrorism will be able to sue perpetrators in Canadian courts under new federal legislation to be introduced in Parliament this week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Sunday.
Victims of terrorism will be able to sue perpetrators in Canadian courts under new federal legislation to be introduced in Parliament this week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Sunday.
MONTREAL — Canadian home improvement retailer Rona Inc. (TSX:RON) expects a U.S. slowdown and a sluggish Canadian economy will have repercussions on its earnings until 2010.
OTTAWA — The federal government isn’t properly managing the risks that farmed…
