Canada

Long way home: Blamed for affordability crisis, Liberals look to pivot on housing

OTTAWA - Chris Burke and his fiance have been less than a year away from buying their first home for the past three years. Saving for a down payment was the first challenge. Now, rising interest rates...

Aug 14, 2023

Sexual assault trial to begin for Haydn Edmundson, former head of military HR

OTTAWA - A sexual assault trial for the military's former head of human resources is expected to hear from its first witness in an Ottawa court today. Vice-admiral Haydn Edmundson has pleaded not guil...

Aug 14, 2023

As B.C. temperatures soar, advocates call for rules to keep rental housing cool

VANCOUVER - Advocates for renters in British Columbia say it's time to consider setting a maximum temperature for rental housing to protect vulnerable tenants from dangerous heat. The call comes as a ...

Aug 14, 2023

Montreal Pride Parade draws record crowd after abrupt cancellation of 2022 event

MONTREAL - There was a festive mood across downtown Montreal on Sunday as the city's Pride parade drew a record number of participants one year after the 2022 event was abruptly cancelled. Simon Gamac...

Aug 13, 2023

Roger Thibault, one half of first same-sex civil union in Quebec, dies at 77

MONTREAL - A member of the first same-sex couple to be legally joined in a civil union in North America has died. Theo Wouters said his husband Roger Thibault, 77, died in his arms Friday. The two men...

Aug 13, 2023

Media observers worry about impact of Métro Média closure on Quebec's local democracy

MONTREAL - The abrupt closure of Quebec newspaper publisher Mtro Mdia will end news coverage of local government in parts of the province's two largest cities, media observers say. Andrew Mul, Mtro Md...

Aug 13, 2023

Poilievre's Conservative party embracing language of mainstream conspiracy theories

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been hitting the summer barbecue circuit with ramped-up rhetoric around debunked claims that the World Economic Forum is attempting to impose its agen...

Aug 13, 2023

Two years into Taliban rule, Afghan women ask Canada for education and accountability

OTTAWA - Ahead of the second anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Kabul, Afghan women are asking Canadians to join them in protecting gains in girls' education and resisting legitimacy for the terro...

Aug 13, 2023

Montreal urban fish farmers say their Arctic char cuts greenhouse gases and waste

MONTREAL - A warehouse basement in an industrial area of Montreal, near the intersection of two highways, feels about as far from a fish habitat as it gets. But walk through the doors of Opercule's se...

Aug 13, 2023

Pierre Poilievre wants to rebuild a 'broken' Canada but first must fix his own image

OTTAWA - A pile of puzzle pieces spills onto a table. "Everything feels broken," Pierre Poilievre says in a voice-over as the shot tightens in on the federal Conservative leader's face as he appears t...

Aug 12, 2023