Canada

Former national chief calls for investigation into potential federal interference

RoseAnne Archibald is calling for an independent investigation into potential government interference into the Assembly of First Nations a week after she was ousted as national chief. Archibald was vo...

Jul 06, 2023

Mi'kmaq lawyers from Nova Scotia, Newfoundland appointed to Senate seats

OTTAWA - Two Mi'kmaq lawyers from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador have been appointed to the Senate. Paul Prosper, the former chief of Paqtnkek Mi'kmaw Nation and a former Assembly of First ...

Jul 06, 2023

Airbnb wins Vancouver privacy ruling, as court quashes order to release host data

VANCOUVER - Airbnb has won a court ruling that quashes an order from British Columbia's privacy commissioner that would have identified hosts and their home addresses in Vancouver. The B.C. Supreme Co...

Jul 06, 2023

Nearly 200K Montreal hydro clients without power after transmission line problem

MONTREAL - Nearly 200,000 electricity clients have lost power in Montreal after an issue with a Hydro-Qubec transmission line. The provincially owned electric utility says a protection mechanism was t...

Jul 06, 2023

Community, Indigenous drug rehab programs across West get $20M in federal funds

SQUAMISH, B.C. - Dozens of community and Indigenous groups across Western Canada will share $20 million in federal funding to boost their drug awareness, treatment, rehabilitation and mental-health se...

Jul 06, 2023

Pulling ads from Facebook could force its hand on news deals — if support grows

MONTREAL - Pulling ads from Facebook could prod Meta toward inking deals with news outlets, though more momentum would be needed to push it over the edge, experts say. The tactic adopted by several go...

Jul 06, 2023

Mother-in-law of B.C. knife victim says 'monster' robbed son of woman he loved

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The mother-in-law of a woman killed in a mass stabbing at a North Vancouver, B.C., library two years ago has told a sentencing hearing that her attacker is a "monster" who stol...

Jul 06, 2023

Two Canadian women and three children on way home from detention camps in Syria

OTTAWA - Two women and three children who were temporarily missing in Syria after failing to board a repatriation flight to Canada in April are now flying home. The women and children were among a gro...

Jul 06, 2023

Search for women's remains in landfill rests with Ottawa, Manitoba premier says.

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson says the federal government needs to make a decision on whether to search a landfill north of Winnipeg for the remains of two women. Stefanson says it's n...

Jul 06, 2023

Ex-PM Stephen Harper seeks closer ties with Hungary's Viktor Orbán

OTTAWA - Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he wants closer ties between the parties including the Conservative Party of Canada and the Hungarian government during a trip to Budapest today. Hun...

Jul 06, 2023