British Columbia police searching for missing pair, investigating murders in remote north
The separate discoveries of three bodies and a burning car with missing occupants are shaking rural northern British Columbia. Canadian police said late Sunday they were searching for two men whose burning car was discovered on Friday about 30 miles (50 km) south of Dease ...
Son of New South Wales police chief and his American girlfriend slain during road trip in Canada
Two homicide victims found in western Canada are the son of a high-ranking Australian police official and the young man's American girlfriend, Canadian police said. The bodies of Lucas Robertson Fowler, a 23-year-old Sydney native, and Chynna Noelle Deese, 24, from North Carolina, were discovered ...
Canada announced Thursday it had agreed to financially compensate victims of sexual assault who had served in the military or for the defense ministry. A yearlong official survey launched in November 2016 revealed that at least three acts of sexual violence or aggression occurred each ...
Pacific economies begin talks in Tokyo on regional saury fishing
Japan and seven other Pacific economies started discussions in Tokyo on Tuesday on saury fishing regulations in the northern Pacific. During the annual meeting of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC), which runs through Thursday, Japan hopes to get all eight member economies to agree ...
Trump signs U.S. procurement order to make America-made goods more American
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that will require federal agencies to purchase products using more American components. The order strengthens the standards that federal agencies must follow under the Buy American Act, which creates a preference for American-made goods. Trump said his order ...
Man swept over Canadian side of Niagara Falls survives 57-meter plunge
A man "in crisis" survived a plunge over the Canadian side of Niagara Falls on Tuesday, according to Niagara Parks police. The man climbed over a retaining wall on Horseshoe Falls and was swept over the 57-meter (188 feet) drop, said the police service on ...
U.S. slaps new duties on steel from Mexico and China, alleging unfair subsidies
The United States announced fresh duties on some Mexican and Chinese steel goods Monday, saying those countries helped their manufacturers with unfair subsidies. The decision comes two months after President Donald Trump agreed to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum from Mexico and Canada after ...
Pot giant Canopy ex-CEO already working his magic at tiny Martello
Shareholders of a tiny Canadian tech firm are cheering the departure of Bruce Linton from pot giant Canopy Growth Corp. Martello Technologies Group Inc. has surged 89 percent since Wednesday morning, when Canopy announced that Linton had been ousted as co-chief executive officer. He later ...
Arctic fox walks more than 4,400 km from Norway to Canada, via Greenland
Norwegian researchers say an arctic fox has walked from northern Norway to Canada's far north, a distance of 4,415 km (2,737 miles), in 76 days. The Norwegian Polar Institute says the young female fox left Norway's Svalbard archipelago on March 1, 2018, and reached Canada's ...
Widow of crack-smoking ex-Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to seek office
The widow of Toronto's former Mayor Rob Ford — an anti-tax populist who gained notoriety for smoking crack cocaine while in office — has declared she will run in upcoming federal elections. Renata Ford will stand as a candidate in October for the fringe People's ...
Trump weighs limits on uranium imports after security risk found
The U.S. Commerce Department has recommended the White House take steps to protect the domestic production of uranium after finding the nation's reliance on imports was a national security risk, according to three people briefed on the matter. Among the trade remedies recommended is to ...
Canada passed a new law banning the import and export of shark fins, which also includes a requirement to rebuild depleted fish populations. The new Fisheries Act, approved late on Tuesday, was hailed by environmental and conservation groups as a win for the preservation of ...
