Canada

Canada confirms it changed land claim process, mulls Indian Act changes

OTTAWA - Canada changed the way it settles First Nation land claims, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada confirmed Friday. The department is also mulling over possible amendments to...

Aug 25, 2023

Woman who tried to take COVID transplant fight to Supreme Court dies

An Alberta woman who tried to take her fight over COVID vaccine requirements for organ transplants all the way to the Supreme Court has died. The former lawyer for Sheila Annette Lewis confirmed her d...

Aug 25, 2023

Canadian ministers vow to accelerate action at global environment conference in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Politicians and environmental leaders from more than 180 countries have been in Vancouver, B.C., this week, with many pledging to accelerate action on climate change and biodiversity loss ...

Aug 25, 2023

Ibrahim Ali murder trial: B.C. teen's mom tells of 'darkest day'

VANCOUVER - The mother of a 13-year-old girl whose body was found in a Burnaby, B.C., park six years ago says her "heart was bleeding" when she found out that her daughter had died. The Chinese woman,...

Aug 25, 2023

Montreal English junior colleges bracing for new Quebec language law requirements

Montreal English-language junior colleges are bracing for the year ahead as parts of Quebec's language law reform take effect. The law, known as Bill 96, limits English junior college enrolment and ma...

Aug 25, 2023

Chief of small Okanagan, B.C., brigade says 13 firefighters lost own homes to blaze

KELOWNA, B.C. - The chief of a small rural fire department in B.C.'s Okanagan region says 13 members of his own crew have lost their homes while fighting wildfires this season. Wilson's Landing Fire C...

Aug 25, 2023

Alberta, N.W.T. premiers to tour reception centre for wildfire evacuees in Calgary

CALGARY - The premiers of Alberta and the Northwest Territories are scheduled to tour a Calgary reception centre for wildfire evacuees this afternoon. Tens of thousands have been forced from the terri...

Aug 25, 2023

China wants more Canada flights after COVID-19 turbulence, despite tour-group ban

OTTAWA - Beijing and Ottawa are in talks over how to increase flights between China and Canada, following an American deal in June. Transport Canada says the weekly number of flights between the two c...

Aug 25, 2023

First Nations 'shutting down' B.C.'s Joffre Lakes Park for more than a month

Two First Nations say they're "shutting down" public access to B.C.'s Joffre Lakes Park for more than a month to allow for harvest celebrations. The Lil'wat and N'Quatqua First Nations say they're ass...

Aug 25, 2023

Quebec physicians college says some doctors worry about reprisals after giving MAID

MONTREAL - Quebec's college of physicians says some doctors in the province are afraid to perform medical aid in dying because they fear reprisals. The professional order expresses its concern in a le...

Aug 25, 2023