Canada

Polish leader tells B.C. audience NATO allies need to spend more on defence

VANCOUVER - Poland's president says members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, including Canada, must raise defence spending to three per cent of GDP to deter Russia's war in Ukraine from spre...

Apr 19, 2024

Liberal and NDP MPs lament departure of longtime Tory MP as status of women chair

OTTAWA - Liberal and NDP MPs are lamenting the loss of the longtime Conservative chair of the parliamentary committee on the status of women. Government members say they were disappointed to learn thi...

Apr 19, 2024

Quebec Liberals will choose new leader during convention in June 2025

QUEBEC - The Quebec Liberal Party says its leadership race will begin next January and the winner will be chosen in June 2025. Former leader Dominique Anglade stepped down weeks after the 2022 provinc...

Apr 19, 2024

MPs chide 'incompetent' health agency over fired National Microbiology Lab scientists

OTTAWA - Federal officials in charge of the National Microbiology Lab are defending security protocols at the Winnipeg institution against accusations of incompetence from opposition MPs. The head of ...

Apr 19, 2024

'City within a city': Montreal announces new plan for 20,000 housing units

MONTREAL - The City of Montreal has announced a new vision for an old racetrack that the mayor says will be home to as many as 40,000 people. The federal and provincial governments, as well as the cit...

Apr 19, 2024

Coroner's inquest to probe death of B.C. man shot dozens of times by police in 2018

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The British Columbia Coroners Service says it will hold an inquest into the death of a man who died in a hail of police gunfire after starting a shootout with RCMP officers in Kamloop...

Apr 19, 2024

Senators reject field trip to African Lion Safari amid elephant bill study

OTTAWA - The Senate legal affairs committee has rejected a motion calling for members to take a $50,000 field trip to the African Lion Safari in southern Ontario to see the zoo's elephant exhibit. The...

Apr 19, 2024

Report suggests little progress in first year of Alberta's emissions reduction plan

EDMONTON - A survey from a clean energy think-tank says Alberta has done little to implement its plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. The Pembina Institute has examined the measures included i...

Apr 19, 2024

Premiers want return to co-operation with federal government with new budget

OTTAWA - Canada's premiers are warning the federal government not to overreach into their jurisdictions when it comes to delivering the programs laid out in Ottawa's latest budget. In a letter respond...

Apr 19, 2024

Quebec follows Ottawa and raises amount of capital gains subject to tax

Quebec says it will align its tax system with the federal government by increasing the percentage of capital gains subject to taxation. Like Ottawa announced in its budget Tuesday, Quebec says it will...

Apr 19, 2024