Canada

B.C. opens disaster aid to atmospheric river flood victims

VICTORIA - British Columbia is making disaster financial assistance available to victims of floodwaters that gushed through several communities when an atmospheric river dumped hundreds of millimetres...

Nov 25, 2024

Miller to propose more changes to immigration and asylum system

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says further reforms to Canada's immigration and asylum systems will be proposed in the coming weeks. This comes on the heels of a significant cut to the amou...

Nov 25, 2024

Premiers seek 'urgent' meeting with Trudeau before Trump returns to White House

OTTAWA - Canada's premiers are asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to hold an urgent first ministers' meeting ahead of the return to office of president-elect Donald Trump. The re-election of the oft...

Nov 25, 2024

Montreal mayor, police chief say masks will delay arrests after violent protest

MONTREAL - Montreal's mayor and police chief both say it will take time to arrest everyone who smashed windows and burned cars during a demonstration outside a NATO conference on Friday evening, since...

Nov 25, 2024

Mother orca and children make 'grocery shopping' trip near downtown Vancouver

VANCOUVER - A family of killer whales has made a rare trip into waters off downtown Vancouver for what an expert says was likely a "grocery shopping" hunt for harbour seals. Video shared on social med...

Nov 25, 2024

Freeland says the two-month GST holiday is meant to tackle the 'vibecession'

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is hoping a temporary break on GST will address a 'vibecession' that has gripped Canadians. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announ...

Nov 25, 2024

Montreal man held by Sudanese officials seemed puzzled by detention, diplomat says

OTTAWA - A Canadian diplomat who visited Abousfian Abdelrazik while in Sudanese custody says the Montreal man told him he did not know why he was being held and that he wanted to return to Canada. Abd...

Nov 25, 2024

Long-awaited carbon rebate for businesses being sent earlier than promised

OTTAWA - About 600,000 small businesses will start receiving their long-awaited federal carbon rebates today. The federal government has promised to return about $2.5 billion collected from small and ...

Nov 25, 2024

Trudeau directs key adviser to deliver renewed national security strategy

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has directed a top adviser to deliver a renewed national security strategy setting out a framework for Canada's security, defence and diplomatic posture. In a ma...

Nov 25, 2024

Justin Trudeau defends spending record on military amid fresh criticism

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending his government's record on supporting national defence, following fresh criticism that Canada is failing to live up to its NATO defence-spending com...

Nov 25, 2024