Canada

Robot vs. human: Saskatoon brewer goes head to head with ChatGPT-designed beer

SASKATOON - It may have been the greatest battle between robots and humans to ever take place inside a Saskatchewan brewery. The grain mash was masterful and the fermentation feisty as a brewer went h...

May 05, 2023

Feasibility study complete into search of Winnipeg landfill for women's remains

OTTAWA - The federal minister responsible for Crown-Indigenous relations says a study has been completed into whether it's possible for a Winnipeg-area landfill to be searched for the remains of two I...

May 04, 2023

MPs advise against military intervention in Haiti, but call for improved sanctions

OTTAWA - The House of Commons foreign-affairs committee is urging Ottawa not to send troops to clear out Haiti's violent gangs, but instead to beef up sanctions targeting that country's political and ...

May 04, 2023

Taxpayer watchdog tracking CRA efforts to collect on overpayment of COVID-19 benefits

OTTAWA - The office of Canada's Taxpayers' Ombudsperson says it is monitoring complaints from people who say they've continued to receive collection letters from the Canada Revenue Agency despite havi...

May 04, 2023

Liberal convention 'essential' to help send optimistic message to Canadians: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Federal Liberals are billing their party convention this week as a chance to contrast what they say is their more positive vision for Canada with the "politics of anger" being stoked by their...

May 04, 2023

B.C. flooding, mudslides prompt evacuation orders, highway closures in the Interior

CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The first spell of summer-like weather in British Columbia has accelerated Mountain snowmelt, causing flooding and mudslides that have prompted evacuation orders and highway closur...

May 04, 2023

Attorney general alerts online companies to B.C.'s new image-sharing law

VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general has sent a letter to technology companies warning they could face orders to stop the distribution of intimate images of B.C. residents that have been sha...

May 04, 2023

'Hissy fit' fallout: trade minister speaks with U.S. envoy over tax-credit comment

WASHINGTON - International Trade Minister Mary Ng has talked to the U.S. envoy to Ottawa after he accused Canada of having a "hissy fit" about about electric vehicle tax credits. David Cohen made the ...

May 04, 2023

Environment Canada opens Fisheries Act investigation into Kearl tailings releases

EDMONTON - Environment Canada is opening an investigation into whether Imperial Oil broke federal laws with two releases of tailings from its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta. The federal agenc...

May 04, 2023

As cities recover from flooding, Quebec premier warns not enough money to go around

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says the province doesn't have enough money to satisfy all the demands from cities for climate change-related projects. Legault made the comments today as cit...

May 04, 2023