Canada

B.C. First Nations health gets $8.2 billion in federal funding to fix 'disparities'

VANCOUVER - The First Nations Health Authority in British Columbia will receive $8.2 billion over the next decade to help 200 Indigenous communities in a federal government renewal of funding. During ...

Apr 14, 2023

Feds offer to buy street in front of Parliament Hill closed since 'Freedom Convoy'

OTTAWA - The federal government wants to keep the street in front of Parliament Hill closed and has offered to take it over from the City of Ottawa. In a letter to Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, Procurement Mi...

Apr 14, 2023

Student paper drops 'McGill' from name because university founder enslaved people

MONTREAL - A student newspaper at McGill University has dropped "McGill" from its name because the school's founder enslaved people. Madison Edward-Wright, a managing editor of The Tribune, says the u...

Apr 14, 2023

Dangerous driving factor in drowning deaths of four RMC cadets: military

OTTAWA - Military police say dangerous driving was a factor in what led a vehicle carrying four Royal Military College students plunging into the water near their campus in Kingston, Ont. Officer cade...

Apr 14, 2023

A look at the bargaining demands ahead of potential strike by federal civil servants

OTTAWA - More than 120,000 federal public servants voted in favour of a countrywide strike mandate this week - and their union has made clear that wages are top of mind as it mulls whether to launch t...

Apr 14, 2023

Former B.C. paramedic gives advice on the 7th anniversary of the overdose crisis

VANCOUVER - A former Vancouver paramedic with decades of experience says he has watched as illicit drugs have become more toxic, requiring more effort and more overdose-reversing medication to save pe...

Apr 14, 2023

Canada's pledge to make more vaccines at home is still a work in progress

OTTAWA - The COVID-19 pandemic wasn't even six months old, and not a single vaccine for it had been approved for use anywhere, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to a podium in Montreal to promis...

Apr 14, 2023

Telford says national security limits what she can say on foreign interference

OTTAWA - The prime minister's chief of staff took the hot seat today at a House committee that is tasked with studying alleged foreign interference. Katie Telford is testifying at the procedure and Ho...

Apr 14, 2023

Canada's emissions rose slightly in 2021 as pandemic lockdowns eased

OTTAWA - Canada's greenhouse gas emissions rose slightly in 2021 as the country's COVID-19 related shutdowns began to ease. But overall emissions remained well below where they were before the pandemi...

Apr 14, 2023

Olymel to close pork plant in Vallée-Jonction, Que., lay off nearly 1,000 workers

MONTREAL - Quebec pork producer Olymel says it will close a major slaughterhouse south of Quebec City and lay off 994 workers. The company said today the Valle-Jonction plant in the Beauce region will...

Apr 14, 2023