Canada

National ceremony in Ottawa will mark Truth and Reconciliation Day

OTTAWA - A National Day for Truth and Reconciliation ceremony is planned in Ottawa this afternoon to honour the survivors of Canada's residential school system and the children who never returned home...

Sep 30, 2024

B.C. campaign enters week 2 with full list of candidates, leaders' debate ahead

VICTORIA - British Columbia's election campaign is entering its second week with each party's team of candidates in place and the leaders looking ahead to the upcoming televised debate. The Oct. 9 deb...

Sep 30, 2024

Marathon goat: animal runner wins hearts and a medal after crashing Newfoundland race

CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, N.L. - He may not have logged the fastest time or even gone the full distance, but residents of a Newfoundland town agree the goat who unexpectedly joined the local weekend half ...

Sep 30, 2024

Parts of Christina Lake, B.C., evacuated due to out-of-control wildfire

CHRISTINA LAKE, B.C. - Parts of a British Columbia Interior community is under tactical evacuation due to the threat of a nearby wildfire. The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary says the evacuatio...

Sep 29, 2024

Eby says more than 90 per cent of British Columbians to benefit from tax cut promise

SURREY, B.C. - New Democrat Leader David Eby says he's making a tax relief election promise that will benefit more than 90 per cent of people in British Columbia. He says the NDP would implement an an...

Sep 29, 2024

Liberals roll out more security cash, details in strategy for fighting hate

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is announcing more details on its existing strategy and funding to fight hate crimes. Diversity Minister Kamal Khera released the Action Plan on Combatting Hate this pa...

Sep 29, 2024

'Programming error' results in accidental sale on Quebec liquor products

MONTREAL - The provincial Crown corporation in charge of liquor sales in Quebec says a computer issue resulted in all its products being temporarily listed at 30 per cent off on its website. Socit des...

Sep 29, 2024

Small Quebec towns debate reducing council size amid recruitment challenges

MONTREAL - Some small Quebec municipalities are considering reducing the size of their city councils due to the challenges of recruiting candidates to run for office. Quebec recently adopted a new rul...

Sep 29, 2024

Rustad wants B.C. Indigenous rights law repealed. Chief sees that as 40-year setback

British Columbia saw a rare unanimous vote in its legislature in October 2019, when members passed a law adopting the United Nations Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, setting out stand...

Sep 29, 2024

Carla Beck: Social worker, school trustee seeking job as next Saskatchewan premier

LANG, SASK. - Carla Beck steps out of her SUV with her two dogs and starts walking beside a lake near her hometown, the spot where she learned to feed cows, swing a bat and not keep her mouth shut. Re...

Sep 29, 2024