Canada

'Perfect storm' of inflation, high prices driving more into homelessness: advocates

CALGARY - Social agencies and advocates say rising interest rates and high inflation are pushing more Canadians into homelessness. Chaz Smith, who was once homeless himself, said some of the clients o...

Dec 19, 2022

Air Force to add oversight after officers lose pay over 'egregious' pilot call sign

OTTAWA - While the Royal Canadian Air Force plans to add more control over how fighter pilots get their call signs, a senior officer says there are no plans to abolish the nicknames - or the social ga...

Dec 19, 2022

'Glaciers can't get a break': How climate change is affecting Canada's icy landscape

VANCOUVER - On a mountain high above the residents of Metro Vancouver, tucked inside a north-facing gully, the region's last remaining glacier is vanishing fast. The Coquitlam Glacier has survived 4,0...

Dec 19, 2022

Negotiators look to finalize nature deal at final day of COP15 convention

MONTREAL - Negotiators in Montreal are looking to finalize an agreement to halt and reverse the destruction of nature by 2030, as the COP15 talks enter their final official day. The draft agreement pr...

Dec 19, 2022

Shooting at condo building in Vaughan, Ont., leaves six dead including gunman: police

VAUGHAN, Ont. - Police north of Toronto say six people are dead after a shooting inside a condo building in Vaughan, Ont. York Regional Police Chief Jim MacSween says officers were called to the build...

Dec 18, 2022

Four cows have been captured in a small Quebec town after months on the loose

QUEBEC - After several months on the run, four cows from a herd of runaway cattle were captured on Saturday night in St-Svre, Que. The regional chapter of the Union des producteurs agricoles says the ...

Dec 18, 2022

Argentina fans delighted over thrilling World Cup win against France

TORONTO - Canadian soccer fans stood in chilly pre-dawn lineups, painted their faces and ultimately wound up on a wild ride on Sunday as they packed bars to take in a particularly tense World Cup fina...

Dec 18, 2022

'One side or the other': Coutts, Alta. still a village divided after convoy blockade

COUTTS, Alta. - The sound of blaring horns that echoed through this village 10 months ago has been replaced by the steady hum of semi-trailer trucks filing through the border crossing between Alberta ...

Dec 18, 2022

'Hallowed space': Divers pull 275 artifacts from 2022 excavation of Franklin ship

Eleven metres below the surface of the Northwest Passage, deep within the wreck of one of Capt. John Franklin's doomed ships, something caught the eye of diver Ryan Harris. Harris was in the middle of...

Dec 18, 2022

Pierre Poilievre thinks he can win over new Canadians. Here's how he plans to do it.

OTTAWA - A young Pierre Poilievre sits in front of a room of Conservative faithful and explains their party's strategy for winning a majority mandate. That hasn't happened yet. It's 2009 and while the...

Dec 18, 2022