Canada

Conservative voters less likely to be proud to be Canadian, new survey suggests

TORONTO - Canadians' pride in their nationality, like most things these days, seems to be divided down partisan lines, a new poll suggests. While a strong majority of the 1,512 respondents to the surv...

Jun 29, 2023

Search suggests 88 potential graves at residential school in northern Alberta

Sucker Creek First Nation Chief Roderick Willier remembers never feeling safe during the decade he spent at a residential school in northern Alberta. "I always had to stay on high alert when I was the...

Jun 29, 2023

Man dies after being shot by police at B.C. hospital

HOPE, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who was shot by an RCMP officer in southern British Columbia Wednesday. Mounties say an "interaction" between the ma...

Jun 28, 2023

RoseAnne Archibald voted out as Assembly of First Nations national chief

OTTAWA - RoseAnne Archibald has been voted out as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations after more than a year of turmoil involving her leadership. The vote took place during a special chief...

Jun 28, 2023

Canadian wildfires send smoke south, triggering air quality warnings

Canadian wildfires are continuing to send heavy clouds of smoke south, from Northern Ontario and Quebec, through both provinces and into the United States. Environment Canada has issued special air qu...

Jun 28, 2023

B.C. to launch website to book appointments with pharmacists to treat minor ailments

VANCOUVER - In an attempt to ease some of the pressure on British Columbia's health-care system, Premier David Eby says the province will become the first in Canada to offer online booking for residen...

Jun 28, 2023

Mounties in Nanaimo, B.C., probe theft of German shepherd puppies

NANAIMO, B.C. - The RCMP are investigating the theft of 10 German shepherd puppies from a backyard kennel in Nanaimo, B.C. Police say the theft occurred around 3 a.m. Monday morning. Since then, five ...

Jun 28, 2023

Trudeau announces child-care infrastructure funding to create more spaces

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced plans to spend $625 million to help provinces and territories build child-care infrastructure. Trudeau says the money will be rolled out...

Jun 28, 2023

Federal minister LeBlanc calls changes to N.B.'s LGBTQ school policy a 'mistake'

FREDERICTON - A federal cabinet minister says it was a mistake for New Brunswick to change the province's policy on sexual orientation in schools. Infrastructure Minister Dominic LeBlanc told reporter...

Jun 28, 2023

Dental care to cost $3B less than budgeted unless provinces drop coverage, PBO says

OTTAWA - The Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates the promised federal dental insurance plan will cost $2.9 billion less than the government budgeted, assuming provincial governments don't drop thei...

Jun 28, 2023