Canada

Alberta premier consulting with Trump adviser may affect health system, NDP warns

EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition leader says Premier Danielle Smith consulting a medical adviser of former U.S. president Donald Trump on COVID-19 who calls vaccines "bioweapons" exacerbates worries sh...

Nov 09, 2022

Canadian Air Force squadron commended for rescue of hundreds after B.C. landslide

LONDON - The Royal Canadian Air Force's 442 Squadron has been singled out for outstanding courage for a mass rescue of people trapped by landslides on a British Columbia highway last year. The Honoura...

Nov 09, 2022

Poilievre stands by 'Freedom Convoy' support, but will wait to weigh in on evidence

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he stands by his support of the "Freedom Convoy," but will wait until a public inquiry on the matter is over before weighing in on what it has heard....

Nov 09, 2022

Highway swept away in 2021 floods reopens between Merritt and Spences Bridge, B.C.

VICTORIA - A highway that washed out in more than two dozen places has reopened to the public a year after a series of atmospheric rivers stalled over southern British Columbia. Transportation Ministe...

Nov 09, 2022

Montreal unveils pollinator plan ahead of UN biodiversity conference

Montreal is promising more green space, less grass mowing and more bee-and-butterfly-friendly gardens as part of a multi-year plan to help pollinators and urban biodiversity. Mayor Valrie Plante said ...

Nov 09, 2022

Trudeau to miss national Remembrance Day ceremony due to summit in Cambodia

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to miss Friday's national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa. He will instead fly to Cambodia late Thursday to attend the ASEAN summit, which involve...

Nov 09, 2022

Bill 21 appeal: English school board says law is 'affront' to values of Quebec anglos

MONTREAL - A lawyer for Quebec's largest English-language school board says the province's secularism law is an affront to the dignity and values of the anglophone community. Perri Ravon, lawyer for t...

Nov 09, 2022

Ex-PQ member LeBel told accuser he didn't remember night of alleged sex assault

QUEBEC - A jury has heard that a former Quebec provincial politician on trial for sexual assault sent his accuser an email saying he had no memory of the alleged events because he had drunk too much. ...

Nov 09, 2022

Five reasons Windsor had success ending 'Freedom Convoy' blockade, but Ottawa didn't

OTTAWA - By the time protesters blockaded the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont., last winter, a separate protest was already fully entrenched in the downtown streets of Ottawa. The blockade at the bo...

Nov 09, 2022

Lawyer for former Surrey, B.C., mayor says Crown can't prove he lied

SURREY, B.C. - A defence lawyer for former Surrey, B.C., mayor Doug McCallum says his client should be acquitted of a public mischief charge because the Crown failed to prove he intended to mislead po...

Nov 09, 2022