Canada

Tropical New Brunswick home to Dr. Seuss-like tree from around 350 million years ago

FREDERICTON - An enigmatic fossil uncovered seven years ago in a New Brunswick quarry has been found to reveal an extinct tree with a narrow trunk and a top like a pompom, a remnant from a time before...

Feb 05, 2024

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen says delaying Artemis II mission to 2025 right call

LONGUEUIL, Que. - Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen says he agrees with NASA that a planned mission to the moon should be delayed until September 2025. Hansen says he and his NASA crewmates were happy ...

Feb 05, 2024

Trudeau, Goodale send hopes for quick recovery after King Charles cancer diagnosis

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is wishing King Charles a speedy recovery after Buckingham Palace revealed the monarch has been diagnosed with cancer. Trudeau says after hearing the news, he's ...

Feb 05, 2024

Greener Homes Grant program proves more popular than federal government expected

OTTAWA - Demand for federal cash to help defray the cost of home energy renovations spiked in recent months, forcing the government to close applications for the program almost a year earlier than exp...

Feb 05, 2024

'Not be tolerated': Alberta files formal response to proposed oilsands emissions cap

Alberta says a federal emissions cap on greenhouse gases "will not be tolerated" as the province's environment minister meets today with her federal counterpart. Alberta's formal response to Ottawa's ...

Feb 05, 2024

As Canada lags on Sudan sanctions, ex-ambassador suggests it could play a peace role

OTTAWA - Canada's former ambassador to Sudan says Ottawa should help steer a global effort to end a brutal civil war that has displaced far more people than conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. N...

Feb 05, 2024

With 'superhuman' artificial intelligence looming, Canada needs law now: AI pioneer

OTTAWA - A top pioneer of artificial intelligence says the federal government must move urgently to regulate the technology, because its current trajectory poses major societal risks. Yoshua Bengio, d...

Feb 05, 2024

A look at the five Canadian hockey players facing sexual assault charges

TORONTO - A look at the five players charged by police in connection to an alleged sexual assault in a hotel room following a Hockey Canada gala in London, Ont., in June 2018: DILLON DUBE Age: 25 Home...

Feb 05, 2024

B.C. minister to get anti-Islamophobia training after rising calls for resignation

VICTORIA - British Columbia's post-secondary education minister says she will undergo anti-Islamophobia training as calls for her resignation grow. Selina Robinson says in a statement today that she i...

Feb 05, 2024

Three auto theft convictions should mean three years in prison: Poilievre

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says repeat car thieves should not be allowed to serve their sentence "in their living room watching Netflix." Poilievre released a new policy today that ...

Feb 05, 2024