Canada

Cost of VW battery plant subsidy raises questions on necessity of securing it

SAINT THOMAS, Ont. - There's nothing small about the $13 billion in subsidies that Canada has promised Volkswagen to secure the automaker's first battery plant outside of Europe, but it remains to be ...

Apr 21, 2023

UBC students construct one of Canada's first 'carbon-minimal' hempcrete buildings.

VANCOUVER - It has been two years, but University of British Columbia architecture student Katie Theall can vividly recall the"surreal moment" when their team learned it had received a site on the Van...

Apr 21, 2023

Defence Department expecting clarity on cost of new warship fleet later this year

OTTAWA - The Defence Department's procurement chief is hoping to have a better sense by the end of the year as to how much Canada will have to pay to build a new fleet of warships for the Royal Canadi...

Apr 21, 2023

MP Han Dong sues Global News for defamation over foreign meddling allegations

OTTAWA - Toronto MP Han Dong is suing Global News and its parent company, Corus Entertainment, over stories he says portrayed him as a "traitor" and a knowing participant in Chinese interference in Ca...

Apr 20, 2023

Police investigate theft of more than $20M of gold, goods at Toronto Pearson Airport

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Peel Regional Police say they are investigating the theft of more than $20 million worth of gold and other valuable items from Toronto Pearson Airport. Duty Insp. Stephen Duivestey...

Apr 20, 2023

B.C.'s Terminal 2 Roberts Bank project gets federal approval; 370 binding conditions

OTTAWA - The federal government has announced the approval of a contentious container port expansion project at Roberts Bank, south of Vancouver. The government says in a statement the Roberts Bank Te...

Apr 20, 2023

Montreal university to keep donation linked to Chinese government influence effort

MONTREAL - A Montreal university says it will keep a donation from two Chinese businessmen that has been linked to an alleged plot by the Chinese government to influence Prime Minister Justin Trudeau....

Apr 20, 2023

Joly tells Canadians in Sudan to shelter in place as 'dire' clashes close airport

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada has no means of evacuating citizens from Sudan, where violence has drastically escalated between the country's army and its rival paramilitary...

Apr 20, 2023

Officer told not to make handwritten notes after death of Myles Gray, inquest hears

BURNABY, B.C. - A Vancouver police officer says a senior member of the force who was acting as a union representative told him not to make any handwritten notes about the confrontation that resulted i...

Apr 20, 2023

Top Google exec says 'everybody loses' with online news bill at House committee

OTTAWA - A top Google executive told a House of Commons committee today that the Liberal government's online news bill would create a situation where everybody loses. Google's vice president for news,...

Apr 20, 2023