Canada

Vancouver dumps 'living wage' policy, effectively cutting wage for lowest-paid staff

VANCOUVER - Nearly six years after Vancouver became the largest city in Canada to commit to a living wage, councillors voted to end the initiative. In a closed-door meeting in January, council approve...

Mar 03, 2023

Trudeau says appointing Indigenous RCMP commissioner is an 'excellent idea'

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says having an Indigenous person serve as the next commissioner of the RCMP is "an excellent idea." He made the comment in response to questions from reporters i...

Mar 03, 2023

Three senators face criticism over trip to Israel, meeting with right-wing politician

OTTAWA - Three Canadian senators are facing criticism after visiting Israel and inviting a right-wing politician to Canada. Senate Speaker George Furey joined Conservative Senate Leader Don Plett and ...

Mar 03, 2023

Ottawa on hook for software problem that caused deadly military helicopter crash

OTTAWA - A software problem that caused a Canadian military helicopter to crash off the coast of Greece in 2020 will be fixed on the federal government's dime. The Department of National Defence and S...

Mar 03, 2023

Officials split on when to report interference allegations to public, Rosenberg says

OTTAWA - The man who wrote a report that recommends a lower threshold for notifying Canadians about foreign interference says there's no consensus about what that threshold should be. Former civil ser...

Mar 03, 2023

Trudeau 'surprised' that B.C. firm talks about selling cocaine

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is "as surprised as" British Columbia Premier David Eby after a firm received Health Canada licence amendments to produce and sell cocaine. Trudeau says ...

Mar 03, 2023

Joly and Chinese counterpart confront each other over interference claims

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly and her Chinese counterpart had a testy exchange over allegations that Beijing's envoys may be interfering in Canadian matters. Joly spoke with Chinese Fo...

Mar 03, 2023

Three men killed in southeast B.C. avalanche were from Germany: news agency

INVERMERE, B.C. - Three victims of a deadly avalanche in southeastern British Columbia have been identified as German citizens. The German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur says the mayor of the mun...

Mar 03, 2023

Legault says no foreign meddling in Quebec election, amid China allegations

Quebec Premier Franois Legault says there was no foreign meddling during last October's provincial election. Legault's comments are in reaction to media reports - citing unnamed security sources and l...

Mar 03, 2023

Evidence cannot support Alberta man's robbery convictions: Supreme Court of Canada

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says it tossed out an Alberta man's robbery-related convictions because the verdicts were unreasonable and cannot be supported by the evidence. Shawn Metzger had b...

Mar 03, 2023