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Ottawa says 75 people connected to Canada have now left Gaza via Egyptian border

Ottawa says 75 people connected to Canada have now left Gaza via Egyptian border

OTTAWA — A total of 75 people connected to Canada finally made it out of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and more departures were planned for Wednesday, Ottawa confirmed, as the federal government worked to get hundreds of Canadians out of the besieged Pal
Judge tells Ibrahim Ali jury to disregard testimony of Crown witness who died

Judge tells Ibrahim Ali jury to disregard testimony of Crown witness who died

VANCOUVER — The judge in the first-degree murder trial of Ibrahim Ali, who is accused of killing a Burnaby, B.C.
Father of boy abducted in 2011 wasn't told about Hopley's escape from halfway house

Father of boy abducted in 2011 wasn't told about Hopley's escape from halfway house

VANCOUVER — The father of a boy abducted in 2011 by Randall Hopley, a high-risk sex offender now wanted on a Canada-wide warrant, said he's incredulous that Hopley could walk away from a Vancouver halfway house.
B.C. Indigenous leaders lobby for transition from open-net salmon farms

B.C. Indigenous leaders lobby for transition from open-net salmon farms

OTTAWA — Indigenous leaders from British Columbia have called on the federal government to stand by plans to transition away from open-net salmon farms, but an industry spokesman suggested the leaders were wading into political waters.
Electric-vehicle chargers distributed unequally in Canada, environment audit finds

Electric-vehicle chargers distributed unequally in Canada, environment audit finds

OTTAWA — The national infrastructure program to install electric chargers for passenger vehicles is too concentrated in a small number of provinces and has no data to show where the biggest gaps are, a new audit says.
Man, 19, faces criminal negligence charge after child killed in Montreal-area home

Man, 19, faces criminal negligence charge after child killed in Montreal-area home

BOIS-DES-FILION, Que. — A 19-year-old man has been charged with criminal negligence in the death of a young child Monday night in a Montreal suburb. Yacine Mehennaoui appeared by video at the courthouse in Laval, Que., on Tuesday afternoon.
Feds promise to build more homes on public land as fall mini-budget looms

Feds promise to build more homes on public land as fall mini-budget looms

OTTAWA — As the federal government faces mounting pressure to address a national housing crisis, it announced on Tuesday that it would allow more than 2,800 homes to be built on six of its surplus properties across Canada.
'Not holding anything back' on residential school records, archbishop tells Senate

'Not holding anything back' on residential school records, archbishop tells Senate

OTTAWA — A Catholic archdiocese that operated four Indigenous residential schools in Manitoba and Saskatchewan has finally surrendered a long-awaited trove of records that may hold clues about their tragic history.
Federal emissions reduction plan still coming up short: environment commissioner

Federal emissions reduction plan still coming up short: environment commissioner

OTTAWA — The plan to enable Canada to reach its 2030 targets for greenhouse-gas emissions doesn't quite measure up, the federal environment commissioner says in a new audit.
Defence, Crown make final arguments to the jury in Peter Nygard's sex assault trial

Defence, Crown make final arguments to the jury in Peter Nygard's sex assault trial

TORONTO — The sexual assault case against Peter Nygard is built on a "false narrative" created by women whose testimony was not credible, his lawyer argued on Tuesday while the Crown urged the jury to reject the former fashion mogul's "blanket denial