Canada

Alberta expecting budget to be restrained but with few cuts

EDMONTON - Albertans have been told to expect financial restraint in today's provincial budget. Premier Danielle Smith signalled a turn to less spending and more saving in a televised address last wee...

Feb 29, 2024

On famous Trudeau anniversary, no snow, or resignation, in prime minister's forecast

OTTAWA - The famous "walk in the snow" that purportedly spurred Pierre Trudeau's departure as prime minister 40 years ago has taken on such mythical proportions in Canadian politics that it even has i...

Feb 29, 2024

Bill 21: Quebec Court of Appeal to rule on constitutionality of secularism law

MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal will rule today on the constitutionality of the province's secularism law, better known as Bill 21. The 2019 law declares the province is a secular state and incl...

Feb 29, 2024

An AI 'hallucination' turned up in a B.C. court case. Experts say it's a wake-up call

Vancouver tech lawyer Ryan Black's work with video game companies put him in a position to watch the rise of artificial intelligence in the industry. Now he finds himself on the front lines again as h...

Feb 29, 2024

High winds and icy conditions trigger warnings and power outages

Extreme cold, flash freezing and high wind warnings are in effect for much of Northern and Eastern Canada. Up North, the community of Kugaaruk, in Nunavut, is forecast to see dangerous windchill lows ...

Feb 29, 2024

New Brunswick government reaches settlement deal with two wrongfully convicted men

FREDERICTON - Innocence Canada says a "satisfactory" conditional settlement has been reached between the New Brunswick government and two men who were wrongfully convicted of a 1983 murder. Ron Dalton...

Feb 28, 2024

Canada working to airdrop aid in Gaza Strip as soon as possible: Hussen's office

OTTAWA - International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen's office says Canada is working to airdrop humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip as soon as possible. The confirmation that an active effort is un...

Feb 28, 2024

Canada to reinstate visas for Mexican nationals after spike in asylum claims: report

OTTAWA - A Radio-Canada report says the federal government will reimpose a visa requirement on visitng Mexican nationals in response to a massive spike in asylum claims. Officials have not confirmed t...

Feb 28, 2024

Canadian man drives off Hawaiian cliff, falls from wreck, washes out to sea, survives

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii - A Canadian tourist in Hawaii has survived a disastrous sequence of events after he took a wrong turn while trying to watch the sunrise, drove off a cliff, fell out of the wreck a...

Feb 28, 2024

CBC reaches tentative deal with union, says the Canadian Media Guild

OTTAWA - The Canadian Media Guild says it has reached a tentative agreement with CBC/Radio Canada. In a statement, the union says the deal has been recommended by its bargaining committee and the deta...

Feb 28, 2024