Canada

Toronto MP Han Dong quits Liberal caucus amid Chinese interference allegations

OTTAWA - Han Dong, the member of Parliament at the centre of allegations of Chinese meddling in Canadian affairs, says he is resigning from the Liberal caucus and will sit as an Independent. Dong tell...

Mar 22, 2023

More nurses resign from Manitoba sexual assault program

WINNIPEG - Two more nurses who helped examine sexual assault victims in Manitoba have resigned a day after one-third of the program's nurses stepped down, leaving one community health centre concerned...

Mar 22, 2023

Pierre Poilievre to get face time with U.S. President Joe Biden in Ottawa

OTTAWA - Official Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre is expected to meet U.S. President Joe Biden when he visits Canada this week. Senior U.S. administration officials confirmed in a briefing given on...

Mar 22, 2023

Former prime minister Stephen Harper says Canada needs a 'Conservative renaissance '

OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper says Canada badly needs a "Conservative renaissance." Harper was speaking to a room of party faithful gathered in Ottawa for an annual networking conferen...

Mar 22, 2023

'Nobody's perfect,' Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly says as MPs chide Afghan evacuation

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says it was "a messy situation" trying to airlift Afghans who helped Canadian soldiers out of the country when the Taliban took over in August 2021. Joly ...

Mar 22, 2023

Police-reported hate crimes rise again, as pandemic worsens discrimination: StatCan

OTTAWA - New figures released by Statistics Canada show hate crimes reported to police continued to spike across the country in the second year of the pandemic as people were targeted by race, religio...

Mar 22, 2023

Alberta information commissioner to investigate Kearl tailings leak notifications

EDMONTON - Alberta's information commissioner has started an investigation into how the province's energy regulator notified the public about tailings pond releases at Imperial Oil's Kearl mine. "Info...

Mar 22, 2023

Liberals introduce legislation to create a corporate ownership registry

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are moving ahead with plans to create an ownership registry after promising to increase transparency about who owns and controls corporations. Industry Minister Franois-P...

Mar 22, 2023

First presidential visit since 2016 brings heavy security presence to Ottawa

OTTAWA - At least seven different police and military units will be patrolling Ottawa's skies and streets this week as the city braces for the arrival of U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill B...

Mar 22, 2023

Liberal MP Gary Anandasangaree calls Sri Lanka a 'failed and bankrupt state'

OTTAWA - A government MP and parliamentary secretary to a cabinet minister is calling Sri Lanka "a failed and bankrupt state" as the country receives another international bailout. Liberal MP Gary Ana...

Mar 22, 2023