Canada

Kim Rudd, former Ontario Liberal MP and entrepreneur, dies at 66

COBOURG, Ont. - Kim Rudd, a former Liberal MP who represented a southern Ontario riding, has died. An online obituary says Rudd died of ovarian cancer on Tuesday at a hospice in Cobourg, Ont. Rudd, wh...

Mar 13, 2024

'Lip service': Saskatchewan chief wants meeting with Ottawa after mass killer report

SASKATOON - A First Nations chief in Saskatchewan says his community needs a seat at the table after a probe into the release of a mass killer failed to include members' input. A joint investigation b...

Mar 13, 2024

Alberta commission finds renewables pose little threat to agriculture, environment

EDMONTON - Alberta's utilities regulator has released a report saying the renewables industry poses little threat to agriculture or the environment. The Alberta Utilities Commission also says there's ...

Mar 13, 2024

B.C. orchards and vineyards to get $70M to replant after disastrous weather

PENTICTON, B.C. - The British Columbia government says farmers will get an extra $70 million to replant and strengthen fruit orchards and vineyards after two years of weather-related disasters. Premie...

Mar 13, 2024

B.C. philanthropists donate $92 million, plan for the future of the Tula Foundation

VICTORIA - A pair of British Columbia philanthropists are donating the last $92 million from a "windfall" sale of their medical imaging company to the charitable foundation they founded. Eric Peterson...

Mar 13, 2024

Auditor general's office fires two workers who made extra cash with federal contracts

OTTAWA - The office of Canada's auditor general confirms it fired two employees after discovering they were making extra money from federal contracts on the side. Karen Hogan's office says a third per...

Mar 13, 2024

End of Quebec electric vehicle rebate will slow shift to cleaner cars: auto dealers

MONTREAL - The head of Quebec's automobile dealers association says the government's decision to end a rebate for the purchase of electric vehicles will slow the province's shift to cleaner cars. Ian ...

Mar 13, 2024

Quebec coroner hears from cops involved in failed arrest that led to officer's death

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner's inquiry into the deaths of a provincial police sergeant and the man who killed her is hearing today from police officers who took part in the fatal operation. William Ber...

Mar 13, 2024

Canada pledges help for Palestinian sex-crime victims, angering Israeli envoy

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly has announced funding for Palestinian women who have survived sexual violence, drawing an immediate rebuke from a senior Israeli official. Joly pledged $1...

Mar 13, 2024

Case of former Quebec judge accused of killing wife to end with guilty plea

QUEBEC - A retired Quebec judge who was facing a second murder trial in his wife's 2009 shooting death will enter a guilty plea. Crown prosecutor Franois Godin made the announcement in a hearing today...

Mar 13, 2024