Canada

Fear of avian flu descends on B.C. farms as millions of chickens are killed

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - It's the first thing poultry farmers in British Columbia's Fraser Valley think about in the morning, and the last thing they worry about at night, according to industry spokeswoman ...

Nov 22, 2023

Israel-Hamas hostage deal offers pause in fighting, hope for Canadians still in Gaza

There is hope more Canadians will soon be able to leave the Gaza Strip, after Qatar announced a truce-for-hostages deal between Israel and Hamas that would bring a four-day halt in fighting in the dev...

Nov 22, 2023

Feds promise long-awaited Indigenous loan guarantee program, but offer few details

OTTAWA - The "next steps" for a long-awaited Indigenous loan guarantee program will be announced in next year's federal budget, the Liberal government promised in its fall economic statement on Tuesda...

Nov 22, 2023

Canada's astronauts set to receive new assignments during space agency announcement

LONGUEUIL, Que. - Some Canadian astronauts are set to get new assignments today. Franois-Philippe Champagne, the federal minister of innovation, science and industry, will announce the roles at the Ca...

Nov 22, 2023

Canadians want to see carbon price paused on all home heating fuel, poll suggests

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Canadians are broadly in favour of the federal government's decision to exempt home heating oil from its price on carbon, and would welcome expanding the relief to all for...

Nov 22, 2023

Public sector general strike in Quebec enters Day 2, more walkouts later this week

MONTREAL - Unions representing hundreds of thousands of Quebec public sector workers, particularly in health care and education, are on strike again today. The workers are part of a "common front" of ...

Nov 22, 2023

Federal government posts $8.2 billion deficit between April and September this year

OTTAWA - The federal government recorded a budgetary deficit of $8.2 billion between April and September, $3.9 billion of which was in September. The finance department says in its monthly fiscal moni...

Nov 21, 2023

Feds set aside $7B from Canada Growth Fund for carbon-price contract guarantees

OTTAWA - The federal government is dedicating almost half of its clean-tech economic investment fund to special contracts intended to give companies the confidence they need to make major investments ...

Nov 21, 2023

Five new affordability measures in the Liberal government's fall fiscal update

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled a fall economic statement on Tuesday that aims to support middle-class Canadians amid soaring consumer prices and looming mortgage renewals. She anno...

Nov 21, 2023

Key highlights from the Liberals' 2023 fall economic statement

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled her fall economic statement on Tuesday, updating Canadians on the country's financial health and introducing some new measures to target the housing ...

Nov 21, 2023