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Average home price 67 per cent higher than affordable level in August: PBO
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the national average price of a home in February was more than 50 per cent higher than it was two years prior. A new report says the average home price r...
Sep 29, 2022
Canada matching more donations for Pakistan flood aid, will raise cap to $5M
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan says Ottawa will match more donations, for a longer period of time, to help those suffering from flooding in Pakistan. Prime Minister Justin T...
Sep 29, 2022
Fiona cleanup: Federal government poised to send more troops to Atlantic Canada
Defence Minister Anita Anand says there are now 700 military members in Atlantic Canada helping with the cleanup after post-tropical storm Fiona left much of the region in tatters. Anand says Canadian...
Sep 29, 2022
Canada blanks Kazakhstan to score first win at women's volleyball world championship
D, Poland - Canada knocked off Kazakhstan to pick up its first win at the women's world volleyball championship on Thursday. After dropping its two opening matches to the top-ranked U.S. and defending...
Sep 29, 2022
Family files $2.7-million lawsuit over Indigenous woman's death in Quebec hospital
MONTREAL - The family of an Indigenous woman who was mocked by staff as she lay dying in a Quebec hospital in September 2020 has filed a lawsuit seeking nearly $2.7 million. Joyce Echaquan, a 37-year-...
Sep 29, 2022
Maple Leafs sign defenceman Sandin to two-year contract extension
TORONTO - Defenceman Rasmus Sandin has signed a two-year contract extension with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the club announced on Thursday. The deal will pay the 22-year-old Swede an average of US$1.4 m...
Sep 29, 2022
Supreme Court of Canada won't hear appeals in Alberta coal project case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear appeals from parties who support approval of an open-pit coal mine in southwest Alberta. A review panel had concluded the likely effects of the propo...
Sep 29, 2022
Hundreds of kids from east Ukraine stranded in Russian camps
IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) - The Russian occupation radio and newspaper ads promoted the camps as a summer break from the war for Ukrainian children under their control, free of charge. Hundreds of families ...
Sep 29, 2022
Almost half a million additional dollars needed for Chase River Pump Station upgrade
NANAIMO - The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) has approved a budget increase of $489,000 to repair an unexpected issue with the Chase River Pump Station (CRPS) upgrade.While undergoing work involvi...
Sep 29, 2022
Vatican sanctioned Nobel laureate after Timor accusations
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican confirmed Thursday that it imposed disciplinary sanctions on Nobel Peace Prize-winning Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo in the past two years following allegations that he se...
Sep 29, 2022