Canada

Canada lays more sanctions on Haiti gang leaders as violence surges

OTTAWA - Canada is imposing economic sanctions on three more people for their involvement in worsening violence in Haiti. Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly made the announcement Friday, saying Otta...

Jun 21, 2024

Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre seeks to lead Quebec Liberal party

MONTREAL - Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre is seeking the leadership of the Quebec Liberal party. Coderre made the announcement this morning in Quebec City, pitching himself as a seasoned politici...

Jun 21, 2024

Statistics Canada says retail sales rose 0.7 per cent in April to $66.8 billion

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says retail sales rose 0.7 per cent to $66.8 billion in April, helped by higher sales at gasoline stations as well as food and beverage retailers. The agency says sales were...

Jun 21, 2024

Official bilingualism in Canada a 'myth,' says new poll

MONTREAL - A new poll reveals a stark divide between Quebec and the rest of Canada about whether the country should be bilingual. In a Leger poll conducted for The Canadian Press, only 43 per cent of ...

Jun 21, 2024

After 27 years as an MP, Liberal John McKay won’t run in next election

OTTAWA - Liberal John McKay, who has been an MP since 1997, says he won't run for office again. The Scarborough-Guildwood MP won his seat in the past nine federal elections. First elected when Jean Ch...

Jun 20, 2024

Eby's baby countdown brings B.C. election campaigning forward

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's election is still four months away, but Premier David Eby has held a campaign event in Vancouver ahead of what he says is a personal count down - next week's expected bi...

Jun 20, 2024

Judge finds no documentation to support Global News reporting on Han Dong allegations

OTTAWA - An Ontario Superior Court judge has found no documented evidence to support allegations made against former Liberal MP Han Dong in series of Global News stories last year. The judge made the ...

Jun 20, 2024

Alberta environment minister unworried by movement toward methane tariffs

WASHINGTON - Alberta's environment minister expressed little concern that European countries are taking steps toward tariffs on imported natural gas associated with high methane emissions as she promo...

Jun 20, 2024

Minister wants B.C. to be model for aquaculture as it moves to containment

VANCOUVER - Federal Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier says the country's "strict rules" on banning open-net salmon farming are necessary, since the goal is to make British Columbia "a model" in g...

Jun 20, 2024

Federal Appeal Court tosses Charter challenge for pair on Canada's no-fly list

VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal has thrown out a bid by two men to get off the country's no-fly list after they weren't allowed to get on planes in Vancouver in 2018. In a ruling this week, th...

Jun 20, 2024