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Quebec Police cancel Amber Alert after two young girls are found safe
TERREBONNE, Que. — Quebec police have cancelled an Amber Alert, saying two girls who were missing from the Terrebonne area have been found safe. Police lifted the alert shortly before 7 p.m. -- four hours after they were reportedly last seen.
Dec 13, 2020 4:57 PM
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Former Liberal cabinet minister Alfonso Gagliano dies
OTTAWA — Alfonso Gagliano, a former Liberal cabinet minister who played a key role in the sponsorship scandal of the early 2000s, has died. He was 78. His daughter Imma Gagliano confirmed his death, which occurred Saturday.
Dec 13, 2020 4:02 PM
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Former PM Brian Mulroney recovering after emergency surgery
Former prime minister Brian Mulroney is recovering after undergoing an emergency surgery on Friday. A family spokesman says the "urgent procedure" was a "complete success" and Mulroney was released from hospital this afternoon. Mulroney is 81.
Dec 13, 2020 3:59 PM
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Researchers aim to use artificial intelligence to save endangered whales in B.C.
VANCOUVER — Researchers are aiming to "teach" a computer to recognize the sounds of resident killer whales in order to develop a warning system for preventing ships from fatally striking endangered orcas off British Columbia's coast.
Dec 13, 2020 2:21 PM
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Some older Canadians opt to take their chances, winter in Florida despite pandemic
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Now that they're safely back in Florida, Rose and Perry Cohen are looking forward to one of the joys of retirement: an extended lunch with friends. Extended, at least, in the 2020 sense of the word.
Dec 13, 2020 5:05 AM
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Twenty-five years after Rwanda, where is Canada on peacekeeping?
OTTAWA — When now-retired major-general Guy Tousignant handed over command of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Rwanda 1995, Canada had been involved in virtually every UN mission over the previous four-plus decades.
Dec 13, 2020 5:00 AM
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No winning ticket for Saturday night's $21 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $21 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Dec.
Dec 13, 2020 2:55 AM
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'Walk-of-shame' comment prompts call to change police sexual assault investigations
VICTORIA — A woman's complaints about being asked about a "walk of shame" by a Saanich police officer after reporting an alleged sexual assault has prompted British Columbia's police complaints commissioner to call for provincial standards for sex cr
Dec 13, 2020 2:00 AM
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Uncertain future looms for refugees seeking a pandemic-era fresh start in Canada
OTTAWA — Ali Mansour spent his first two weeks in Canada watching through a window as winter give way to spring and squirrels ran across the lawn.
Dec 12, 2020 7:21 PM
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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. There are 454,852 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 454,852 confirmed cases (73,028 active, 368,474 resolved, 13,350 deaths).
Dec 12, 2020 5:42 PM
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