Canada

Funding for housing, food banks expected in Quebec economic update today

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard is scheduled to present the province's fall economic update this morning. Girard has said he plans to address issues of housing, homelessness and climate change ada...

Nov 07, 2023

Indigenous soldiers determined to carry on family legacies

Indigenous Peoples have been part of Canada's military history dating back to the War of 1812, when it's estimated more than 10,000 First Nations people fought. More than 7,000 Indigenous people later...

Nov 07, 2023

Crown and defence say driver should serve 3 years after killing two UBC students

RICHMOND, B.C. - The man who killed two University of British Columbia students in a high-speed crash sobbed in court as the mother of one of his victims described her grief as "woven into my DNA." Ti...

Nov 06, 2023

Feds put $5M toward security for community groups who fear hate-motivated crimes

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says the government is spending $5 million on private security and other safety measures for community groups worried about an increase in hate-fuelled ...

Nov 06, 2023

Stamp of Mona Parsons, jailed by Nazis for aiding aircrews, unveiled in Nova Scotia

WOLFVILLE, N.S. - A Canadian woman who was jailed in Nazi Germany for helping Allied aircrews escape the occupied Netherlands is being honoured on a postage stamp. The Remembrance Day stamp showing a ...

Nov 06, 2023

Quebec English universities promise to offer more French if tuition hike is scrapped

MONTREAL - Quebec's English-language universities say they will ensure that more out-of-province students graduate with a knowledge of French if the government doesn't double their tuition. The heads ...

Nov 06, 2023

Military investigates member of supply ship unit over alleged harmful comments

OTTAWA - The Defence Department says a disciplinary investigation is underway following complaints a member of the unit attached to naval supply ship MV Asterix made harmful and inappropriate comments...

Nov 06, 2023

Israel, Hamas conflict causes surge of discrimination, B.C. rights commissioner says

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's human rights commissioner says the devastating events in and around the Gaza Strip are causing a surge of discrimination and violence targeting Jewish and Muslim people....

Nov 06, 2023

What we know about how Canada is supporting citizens trapped in the Gaza Strip

Canadians in Gaza are still waiting to be allowed to leave the besieged Palestinian territory via a border crossing with Egypt as the Israel-Hamas war continues. Here is what we know about how Canada ...

Nov 06, 2023

MPs to vote on Pierre Poilievre's pitch to exempt carbon price from all home heating

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament will vote today on a motion from the federal Conservatives calling for the carbon price to be lifted from all forms of home heating and not just heating oil. Conservativ...

Nov 06, 2023