Canada

Conservatives clarify opposition to Bill 21 following vote for notwithstanding clause

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are trying to reassure the World Sikh Organization of Canada that the party remains opposed to Quebec's secularism law after its MPs voted in support of a provision ...

Feb 14, 2023

Pandemic benefits reduced child poverty, government should build on success: report

OTTAWA - A new report says pandemic benefits rolled out to cushion the blow of COVID-19 lockdowns significantly reduced the child poverty rate. The analysis by the anti-poverty group Campaign 2000 say...

Feb 14, 2023

Parents of girl killed in Quebec bus crash remember her as a 'ray of sunshine'

MONTREAL - The parents of one of the two children killed when a bus smashed into a Laval, Que., daycare last week are paying tribute to their four-year-old daughter in a letter sent to Quebec media. I...

Feb 14, 2023

Anniversary of Emergencies Act invocation brings modest convoy protest to Ottawa

OTTAWA - Protesters returned to Ottawa in significantly smaller numbers today to mark the one-year anniversary of the Liberal government's invocation of the Emergencies Act. City officials said more p...

Feb 14, 2023

Latest British Columbia avalanche claims two backcountry skiers

REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Two backcountry skiers are dead after being caught in an avalanche in south central British Columbia. A report from Avalanche Canada says the skiers were on a slope called Potato Pe...

Feb 14, 2023

'Everything to make them smile:' Montreal Canadiens host Ukrainian peewee team

MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens gave the Ukraine Selects peewee team a chance to momentarily forget about the atrocities of the Russian invasion on Tuesday. The Ukraine Selects defeated Team Romania...

Feb 14, 2023

Early results of search for possible graves at Vancouver Island school to be released

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - A First Nation on Vancouver Island says it is ready to release the results of its preliminary investigation into possible unmarked graves on the grounds of a former residential sc...

Feb 14, 2023

Federal committee will probe contracts with other consulting firms, not just McKinsey

OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee probing federal contracts awarded to McKinsey & Company will now look into other consulting firms' relationships with Ottawa. New Democrat MP Gord Johns brought ...

Feb 14, 2023

Advocates, MPs call on feds to expand access to psychedelic treatment

OTTAWA - Green Party Leader Elizabeth May wants Canada to consider expanding access to psychedelics as medical treatments. May was among the MPs who joined a delegation of patients and health-care pra...

Feb 14, 2023

Canadian woman's body found in building that collapsed during earthquake in Turkey

HALIFAX - The body of a Canadian woman who was visiting Turkey has been found in the rubble of a building that collapsed on Feb. 6. during the devastating earthquake that has killed thousands. Saad Zo...

Feb 14, 2023