OTTAWA — Canada’s spy agencies should destroy the data trails of innocent people they incidentally collect during terrorism investigations once the actual targets have been cleared of suspicion, say Canada’s privacy watchdogs. The declaration Tuesday from privacy commissioners across the country came after a judge recently ruled the Canadian SecurityRead More

Alberta: A military funeral for an Air Force pilot killed during a training exercise near the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary is set to take place in Ontario on Wednesday. Capt. Thomas McQueen, 29, was a member of 401 squadron at 4 Wing Cold Lake in northeastern Alberta. He was flying the single-seatRead More

TORONTO — A group of Canadians charged with examining access to prescription drugs across the country is recommending that the federal government adopt a national, publicly funded pharmacare plan in concert with the country’s universal health-care system. Representatives of the Citizens’ Reference Panel on Pharmacare in Canada will deliver theirRead More

  Ontario: Two animal rights groups trying to stop Ontario’s animal welfare organization from destroying 21 dogs seized during a raid on an alleged dogfighting ring won’t be allowed to intervene in the case. Justice of the Peace Thomas Stinson has denied an application to join the case by AnimalRead More

OTTAWA — Days after fumbling the rollout of an all-party report on reforming how Canadians vote, the Liberals are giving Canadians 25 days to take part in a lengthy online interactive survey on electoral reform. The Liberal government is launching what it says is the next phase of its studyRead More

EDMONTON – A spokeswoman for Rachel Notley says the Alberta premier will visit British Columbia on Monday. Cheryl Oates confined the visit would occur when she was asked via text over the weekend, but did not respond to emails asking for details. Notley said last week that she would beRead More

Brampton: One woman is dead and a six-year-old girl is in critical condition following a three-vehicle crash in Brampton this morning. According to police, a Hyundai was travelling on Highway 50 near Cottrelle Boulevard shortly before 7 a.m. when it collided with a transport truck and struck another vehicle. ARead More

OTTAWA — Publicity about near-misses between drones and passenger aircraft might give terrorists ideas about how to take down a plane, a federal intelligence report warns. The Transport Canada report obtained by The Canadian Press also suggests small unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, could easily be used for advance surveillanceRead More

PINE DOCK, Man. — RCMP and emergency officials in Manitoba say a school bus with more then two dozen students slid off a road and onto its side. Police say the bus, from the Frontier School Division, was on its way north from Winnipeg to Berens River on Saturday afternoonRead More

MONTREAL — When he was driven deep into the Libyan desert and told to kneel in the sand, Frank Poccia thought his seven weeks as a hostage were drawing to a tragic close. Lying on the ground, surrounded by armed gunmen, he thought, “OK, this is where they’re going toRead More