Canada

Oilpatch funds balloon for pro-Smith political group after she supports royalty break

EDMONTON - Oilpatch support for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's agenda ballooned after she won her party's leadership and put the so-called RStar program - a plan to give tax breaks to energy compani...

Feb 27, 2023

Quebec's social housing stock is crumbling as repair costs rise, tenant group says

MONTREAL - A tenant group is speaking out about the decrepit state of social housing in Quebec, which continues to deteriorate as the cost of repairs rise. The Fdration des locataires d'habitations lo...

Feb 27, 2023

Quebec Appeal Court rejects Fortnite creator's challenge of class-action lawsuit

MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal has upheld a decision authorizing a class-action lawsuit by parents who claim their children became addicted to the popular online video game Fortnite. Lawyers fo...

Feb 27, 2023

Fisheries Department scrambled to claw back ‘ill-timed’ lobster tweet: documents

OTTAWA - An "ill-timed" tweet warning it is illegal to take lobsters that have washed up on a beach was approved by no fewer than seven people even after one of them warned it might not be well receiv...

Feb 27, 2023

Canada banning video app TikTok on government-issued mobile devices

OTTAWA - The federal government is banning TikTok from its mobile devices days after federal and provincial privacy commissioners launched an investigation into the social media platform. A statement ...

Feb 27, 2023

U.S. producers sue Anne of Green Gables licensing body for right to put on musical

CHARLOTTETOWN - The Unites States-based producers of a musical about Anne of Green Gables have filed a lawsuit in New York claiming that their show does not infringe on Prince Edward Island's most fam...

Feb 27, 2023

GOP shifts focus of attacks on Biden's immigration policy to Canada-U.S. border

WASHINGTON - A group of Republicans on Capitol Hill is turning its gaze towards Canada as it ramps up political criticism of President Joe Biden's immigration strategy. Rep. Mike Kelly from Pennsylvan...

Feb 27, 2023

Liberal MP denies report that alleges China helped him win his seat

OTTAWA - A Liberal member of Parliament is denying a report that alleges China helped him win his seat in the 2019 federal election. Global News reported Friday evening that Han Dong was allegedly hel...

Feb 27, 2023

Four people die in three days on Quebec snowmobile trails

MONTREAL - Four Quebec snowmobilers have died in separate crashes since Friday. Provincial police say a man in his 60s died in St-Cuthbert, Que., around 90 kilometres northeast of Montreal, after his ...

Feb 27, 2023

Alberta signs $24B, 10-year health-care funding deal with Ottawa

EDMONTON - Alberta has become the latest province to sign an agreement in principle with Ottawa on health-care funding. The federal government says in a news release that more than $24 billion is to b...

Feb 27, 2023