Canada

Montreal biodiversity conference to discuss role of financial sector in conservation

MONTREAL - The role of private money and industry in preserving enough natural ecosystems to keep the planet functioning will be the focus of talks Wednesday at an international conference on biodiver...

Dec 14, 2022

Transport Canada must be 'more vigilant,' relatives say two years after N.S. sinking

MILTON, N.S. - Geno Francis loved most things about fishing on the high seas, but his son says that in his final year, fear overshadowed that passion. "My father said, 'After this trip, this was it,' ...

Dec 14, 2022

Supply-chain turbulence is here to stay, so what is Canada doing about it?

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has lots of reasons to be losing sleep. Soaring living costs have Canadians lined up at food banks. The federal Liberals are anticipating a possible recessi...

Dec 14, 2022

Inside SickKids: As the operating room sits quiet, staff worry about growing backlog

TORONTO - Three large television screens in the nerve centre of the operating room at Canada's largest pediatric hospital display a list of its surgical spaces, showing which ones have children underg...

Dec 14, 2022

Several provinces to be hit by 'widespread' winter storm system moving up from U.S.

A strong and widespread air pressure system coming from the U.S. will bring snowfall, wind, and icy conditions to several Canadian provinces this week, an Environment Canada meteorologist said Tuesday...

Dec 13, 2022

Timeline of investigation into slayings of four women in Winnipeg

Winnipeg police have charged Jeremy Skibicki, 35, with first-degree murder in the deaths of four women. Investigators believe the killings of Rebecca Contois, 24; Morgan Beatrice Harris, 39; Marcedes ...

Dec 13, 2022

First Nations groups determining next steps in landfill search, consulting experts

WINNIPEG - Indigenous groups are considering their own study into a potential search of a landfill outside Winnipeg for the remains of two women believed to be the victims of an alleged serial killer ...

Dec 13, 2022

What a Liberal win in an Ontario byelection might mean for the Tories and the NDP

OTTAWA - A Liberal win in a federal byelection in Ontario before the holidays has some Conservatives feeling a little blue - and a little worried about what happened to the New Democrats. Former provi...

Dec 13, 2022

Defence lawyer in trial of escaped B.C. inmate says Crown did not prove guilt

VANCOUVER - The defence lawyer in the B.C. Supreme Court murder trial of an escaped inmate says the jury must acquit his client because the evidence doesn't align with the prosecution's theory of even...

Dec 13, 2022

Trudeau says he's not willing to kick health-care reform down the road any longer

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's not willing to kick health-care reform down the road any farther, with governments appearing to have reached a stalemate in health-care funding negotia...

Dec 13, 2022