Canada

Ottawa must hold resource companies accountable to keep Indigenous women safe: report

OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee says resource companies should be held "accountable" for the effect their projects have on the safety of Indigenous women and girls. Members of Parliament on the Sta...

Dec 14, 2022

Liberals may take a year to clear Afghanistan aid blockade as senators urge speed

OTTAWA - A Senate committee is urging the federal government to amend anti-terror laws that are blocking humanitarians from responding to growing desperation in Afghanistan. But the Liberals say they ...

Dec 14, 2022

Liberals want to expand Parliament Hill after post-convoy security report

OTTAWA - Liberal MPs on a House of Commons committee that studied parliamentary security after the "Freedom Convoy" say Parliamentary Hill should expand to include nearby streets. The Liberals say a l...

Dec 14, 2022

Alberta premier apologizes, tries to clarifies comment about First Nations

EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith says she is sorry if anyone misinterpreted her remarks this week to conclude she was equating Ottawa's treatment of Alberta to the systemic and horrific abuse of Cana...

Dec 14, 2022

Canada revoking sanctions exemptions for Nord Stream turbines

OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says Canada is revoking the exemptions to sanctions that allowed a Montreal company to repair turbines for a natural gas pipeline operated by Rus...

Dec 14, 2022

Winnipeg police commit to working with First Nations groups on landfill search

WINNIPEG - Police are to be part of a committee led by First Nations groups to determine the feasibility of recovering the remains of two Indigenous women believed to at a landfill outside Winnipeg. F...

Dec 14, 2022

Health ministers agree on improving health care, but premiers holding out: Duclos

OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and his provincial counterparts agree privately on what needs to be done to improve health care, the federal minister said Wednesday, but he argues "the ball ...

Dec 14, 2022

Liberal bill requiring tech giants to pay for news content passes in House of Commons

OTTAWA - A Liberal government bill designed to require web giants to compensate journalism outfits for reposting their content has passed a final vote in the House of Commons today. The House of Commo...

Dec 14, 2022

Ottawa aims to reduce size of salmon fishing industry by buying licences

VANCOUVER - The federal government is offering to buy Pacific salmon commercial fishing licences from those looking to get out of the declining industry as it tries to protect the fish that remain. Fi...

Dec 14, 2022

Fusion breakthrough a 'marvel' of global scientific collaboration, including Canada

WASHINGTON - The fusion ignition breakthrough that has experts hailing a new dawn in the search for clean energy took a lot of help from around the world - including Canada. Researchers at the Univers...

Dec 14, 2022