Canada

Alberta premier apologizes for comments linking COVID vaccinated to Nazi followers

EDMONTON - United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith apologized Monday after a 2021 video surfaced of her saying she wouldn't wear a Remembrance Day poppy while comparing those who got the COVID-19 va...

May 08, 2023

Eby says he met CSIS regional boss over foreign election meddling in B.C.

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says he had a meeting with the regional director of Canada's spy agency over allegations of foreign interference in the province's elections. He says he w...

May 08, 2023

'Persona non grata:' Canada expelling Chinese diplomat after threats to Tory MP

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is expelling Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei, whom Canada's spy agency alleged was involved in a plot to intimidate Conservative MP Michael Chong and his relatives in Hong Ko...

May 08, 2023

TB screening planned for Nunavut hamlet battling outbreak since 2021

PANGNIRTUNG, Nunavut - The Nunavut government and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, a group representing Inuit in the territory, are holding a community-wide screening clinic for tuberculosis in Pangnir...

May 08, 2023

Defence minister says Canada wants to share advanced military technology with allies

OTTAWA - The defence minister says Canada is interested in sharing more advanced defence technology with its allies as the focus of a trilateral military deal between Australia, the United Kingdom and...

May 08, 2023

Family, friends gather at private funeral for Gordon Lightfoot in his hometown

ORILLIA, Ont. - Close friends and family of Gordon Lightfoot came together for a small, private funeral on Monday held at the Orillia, Ont. church where he was once a choir boy. A group of roughly 50 ...

May 08, 2023

U.K. seeks closer ties with Canada in science, military and technology

OTTAWA - Britain is seeking closer ties with Canada as it reshapes its foreign policy in the wake of its departure from the European Union. But British High Commissioner Susannah Goshko says her count...

May 08, 2023

Pilot program for temporary agricultural workers extended after rocky pandemic start

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says the government will expand a pilot project to attract more temporary foreign workers to jobs in Canada's agricultural industry for another two years. The governme...

May 08, 2023

Water levels peak, flood warning lifted for Grand Forks, B.C.

GRAND FORKS, B.C. - The risk of flooding near the British Columbia community of Grand Forks has been downgraded from a warning to an advisory. After heavy rain and rapid snowmelt, the province's river...

May 08, 2023

Meta has team working to block news on Facebook, Instagram from Canadian users

OTTAWA - A representative for Meta says the tech giant has a team that is working toward blocking news for its Canadian users on Facebook and Instagram. Rachel Curran, head of public policy for Meta C...

May 08, 2023