Canada

Sex assault trial of ex-PQ member Harold LeBel begins

QUEBEC - The sex assault trial involving former Quebec politician Harold LeBel is underway at the courthouse in Rimouski, Que. LeBel, a former Parti Qubcois member of the legislature, has pleaded not ...

Nov 08, 2022

New Alberta energy minister to keep coal moratorium, consider well clean-up breaks

EDMONTON - Alberta's new energy minister says that for now, he will maintain an order protecting the Rocky Mountains from coal development. But Peter Guthrie says his department is already working on ...

Nov 08, 2022

Alberta Court of Appeal dismisses unvaccinated woman's case for organ donation

EDMONTON - Alberta's Court of Appeal has dismissed the case of a woman who was unable to get an organ transplant because she refused to take a COVID-19 vaccine. Annette Lewis was diagnosed with a term...

Nov 08, 2022

Alberta Opposition demands Smith revoke call for advice from COVID 'bioweapon' doc

EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition says Premier Danielle Smith must cancel the invitation for advice from Dr. Paul Alexander, a high-profile critic of mainstream COVID-19 science who has referred to the ...

Nov 08, 2022

Nunavut politicians admonish ministers for not providing clear, prompt answers

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok says it's clear better communication and partnership is needed after members of the legislature chastised territorial ministers for failing to provide ...

Nov 08, 2022

Trudeau announces half a billion dollars more for rural high-speed internet access

OROMOCTO, N.B. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is announcing an extra $475 million to the federal government's fund for delivering high-speed internet to rural homes across the country. Trudeau made t...

Nov 08, 2022

Quebec coroner says delays in getting to hospital 'very likely' led to baby's death

MONTREAL - A seven-month-old baby from a northern First Nations community who died of meningitis in April might have survived if it hadn't taken so long to get her to hospital, a Quebec coroner has co...

Nov 08, 2022

Taxing corporate share buybacks unlikely to boost investment in operations: experts

OTTAWA - Experts say the federal government's proposed corporate share buyback tax is unlikely to encourage companies to spend more on growing their operations. In last week's mid-year budget update, ...

Nov 08, 2022

Reconciliation a 'call to action to all of us,' Jody Wilson-Raybould says in new book

OTTAWA - Jody Wilson-Raybould says she wants people to see reconciliation as "a call to action to all of us." The former Independent member of Parliament and justice minister explores the topic in a n...

Nov 08, 2022

Parliamentary budget officer says climate change already costing economy billions

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says climate change is already hurting the Canadian economy. A new analysis released today shows that in 2021, Canada's GDP was 0.8 per cent lower than what i...

Nov 08, 2022