National News

OTTAWA — Sports Minister Pascale St-Onge says $16 million in the budget to help stamp out maltreatment and sexual abuse in sport is "just one step" to ensure Canada’s athletes feel safe and that their voices will be heard.

OTTAWA — Canadian human rights organizations say the 40th anniversary of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is an opportunity to acknowledge its shortcomings and call for change. Sen.

OTTAWA — Police are investigating an illegal transaction that saw Canada's capital city defrauded out of more than half a million dollars.

FREDERICTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated constitutional language protections when he appointed a unilingual anglophone lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, but striking down the nomination would cause a constitutional crisis, a court rul

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia Mountie has testified that a single glance from the bloodied driver of a Mazda hatchback was the final confirmation that he had a mass killer lined up in his pistol sights. Const. Craig Hubley, a dog handler, joined Const.

CALGARY — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is committed to seeking justice for Ukrainian women and children as allegations mount of sexual violence by Russian soldiers.

CALGARY — Former Alberta justice minister Jonathan Denis has told a newspaper columnist that he had a contract with a political fixer but denies he asked for a reporter's phone logs to trace the sources of a story.

OTTAWA — Members of the Canadian Armed Forces will depart from an Ontario military base in the coming days to help with the care, co-ordination and resettlement of Ukrainian refugees in Poland, including some who will come to Canada.

OTTAWA — Canada’s top military commander says his troops are feeling the sharp bite of skyrocketing housing prices and other costs of living due to their unique lifestyles, and more housing on Canadian Armed Forces bases is needed. Gen.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a man's convictions on firearm and drug charges even though his arrest in Calgary six years ago violated his charter rights.