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Here are the key numbers in the deal proposed by three tobacco giants

Here are the key numbers in the deal proposed by three tobacco giants

Three tobacco giants would pay billions of dollars to provincial and territorial governments as well as smokers across Canada as part of a proposed deal in a corporate restructuring process set off by a legal battle over the health effects of smoking
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Tobacco giants would pay out $32.5B to provinces, smokers in 'historic' proposed deal

Tobacco giants would pay out $32.5B to provinces, smokers in 'historic' proposed deal

Three tobacco giants would pay close to $25 billion to provinces and territories and more than $4 billion to tens of thousands of Quebec smokers and their loved ones as part of a newly proposed deal in a corporate restructuring process triggered by a
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RCMP say girl's death in Alberta lake could be criminal

RCMP say girl's death in Alberta lake could be criminal

WABAMUN, Alta. — Mounties say they're treating the death of a five-year-old girl pulled from an Alberta lake as a criminal matter. RCMP said Sunday that two people had been found after a canoe overturned on Wabamun Lake west of Edmonton.
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AFN vote on $47.8B child welfare reform deal doesn't pass after lengthy debate

AFN vote on $47.8B child welfare reform deal doesn't pass after lengthy debate

OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs have voted to reject a landmark $47.8-billion child welfare reform deal, reached in July with the Canadian government.
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Amber Alert cancelled in Saskatchewan, newborn baby found safe

Amber Alert cancelled in Saskatchewan, newborn baby found safe

An Amber Alert for a baby boy in Saskatchewan has been cancelled after police say the infant was found and appears safe. RCMP initially said a five-day-old baby boy had been taken from a health clinic in Montreal Lake.
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India again rejects Canada's claims it works with gangs targeting Sikh separatists

India again rejects Canada's claims it works with gangs targeting Sikh separatists

Canada is not the only country that has accused Indian officials of plotting an assassination on foreign soil.
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B.C. smashes advance voting record as forecast calls for election-day drenching

B.C. smashes advance voting record as forecast calls for election-day drenching

VANCOUVER — More than a million British Columbians have already cast their provincial election ballots, smashing the advance voting record ahead of what weather forecasters say will be a rain-drenched election day in much of B.C.
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Trudeau to shuffle cabinet as four ministers say they won't seek re-election

Trudeau to shuffle cabinet as four ministers say they won't seek re-election

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to make changes to his cabinet for the third time since July after the latest group of ministers informed his office they won't be candidates in the next election.
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Former Canadian Olympic athlete wanted in U.S. for murder, drug charges

Former Canadian Olympic athlete wanted in U.S. for murder, drug charges

A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder is wanted in the U.S.
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Saskatchewan Party's Moe pledges change room ban in schools; Beck calls it desperate

Saskatchewan Party's Moe pledges change room ban in schools; Beck calls it desperate

REGINA — Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe is promising a directive banning "biological boys" from using school changing rooms with "biological girls" if re-elected, a move the NDP's Carla Beck says weaponizes vulnerable kids.
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