Canada

Alberta Premier Smith hopes funding for Flames arena won't become election issue

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she hopes provincial money she promised for an NHL arena project in Calgary doesn't become an election issue. She made the comment a day after she linked ...

Apr 26, 2023

Protected areas, fishing closures, to help B.C.'s threatened southern resident orcas

VANCOUVER - Transport Canada has announced several new measures, ranging from sanctuary zones to fishing closures, as it works to protect critically endangered southern resident killer whales off the ...

Apr 26, 2023

More Canadians airlifted from Sudan, but no timeline for CAF flights

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says about 50 additional Canadians were evacuated out of Sudan in the past day as more add their names to a list seeking help to flee to safety. That mean...

Apr 26, 2023

Bains appointment to Rogers prompts House committee to invite lobbying commissioner

OTTAWA - The lobbying commissioner is being asked to appear at a House of Commons committee to explain why the appointment of a former industry minister to an executive role at Rogers doesn't break th...

Apr 26, 2023

'Bond villain': Organizer accused of Zoom theft by O'Toole campaign seeks apology

OTTAWA - The organizer Erin O'Toole named in a complaint about an alleged theft of Zoom materials more than two years ago is suing the former Conservative leader and demanding an apology, saying his n...

Apr 26, 2023

Minister warns impact of federal workers' strike on services is increasingly severe

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Sean Fraser is warning on the eighth day of a public-sector strike that disruptions to important services are getting more and more severe. Fraser told reporters this mor...

Apr 26, 2023

Psychiatric evaluation completed for man accused of crashing bus into Quebec daycare

LAVAL, Que. - A psychiatric hospital has completed an evaluation of a man accused of killing two young children by driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare. Montreal's Philippe-Pinel institute ...

Apr 26, 2023

175 police conduct raids, execute search warrants in March murder of teen in Montreal

Montreal police say 175 officers are conducting search and seizures in connection with a homicide last month in the city's east end. The operation is in connection with the killing of an 18-year-old m...

Apr 26, 2023

Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard arguing against extradition order at Appeal Court

WINNIPEG - An appeal hearing is underway in Winnipeg for former fashion mogul Peter Nygard. Nygard's lawyers are appealing a United States extradition order that would require the 81-year-old be sent ...

Apr 26, 2023

Canada developing new immigration policy to attract French-speaking people, teachers

OTTAWA - The Liberal government says it is developing new policy on francophone immigration as a way to grow the French language in Canada. Official Languages Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor says it'...

Apr 26, 2023