Canada

McKinsey doesn't meet criteria for banning company from federal contracts: bureaucrat

OTTAWA - The deputy minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada says the federal government's ethics rules do not disqualify consulting firm McKinsey & Company from doing business with the ...

Feb 06, 2023

Alberta law society upholds requirement for members to take Indigenous course

EDMONTON - The Law Society of Alberta has voted by a three-to-one margin in favour of keeping a requirement for its members to complete a course on Indigenous history and culture. Almost 3,500 lawyers...

Feb 06, 2023

B.C. fire tanker crashes in Australia, both on board safe: owner

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - A Boeing 737 air tanker owned by a British Columbia company has crashed in western Australia while on deployment to a fire. Coulson Aviation, based in Port Alberni on Vancouver Is...

Feb 06, 2023

Quebec minister 'surprised' asylum seekers given free bus tickets from New York City

MONTREAL - Quebec's immigration minister says she was "surprised" to learn the City of New York is helping to provide free bus tickets to migrants heading north to claim asylum in Canada. Christine Fr...

Feb 06, 2023

Federal government not protecting Parliament Hill interpreters: tribunal

OTTAWA - The federal government has been found in breach of the labour code for failing to protect Parliament Hill interpreters from workplace injuries. A tribunal known as the Labour Program has rule...

Feb 06, 2023

Opposition parties demand answers as Liberals say little about Chinese balloon

OTTAWA - Opposition parties say the public deserves answers about a Chinese balloon's incursion over Canadian territory. The federal government is offering few details about the balloon's flight over ...

Feb 06, 2023

Canadian government announces $46.5 million for deep-sea research

VANCOUVER - The federal government is investing more than $46 million over the next five years to see what's under Canada's oceans and then protect it. Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray says understandi...

Feb 06, 2023

Strike, lockout notices loom over negotiations between City of Yellowknife, union

YELLOWKNIFE - Unionized staff with the City of Yellowknife are gearing up for a strike and the city is preparing to lock out employees as the two sides try to reach a new collective agreement. The cit...

Feb 06, 2023

Former health minister says new health deal won't succeed without specific targets

OTTAWA - Former health minister Jane Philpott says the targeted funding agreements Ottawa signed with the provinces six years ago have not transformed health care in this country like many hoped they ...

Feb 06, 2023

Crown wants sex assault case of fashion mogul Peter Nygard to move more quickly

MONTREAL - The Crown says it wants the Quebec sexual assault case involving Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard to proceed more quickly. Nygard's case has been put off for months because he faces char...

Feb 06, 2023