Canada

Aircraft carrier visit to Halifax shows "how tight" U.S. is with allies: commander

HALIFAX - A senior officer on the newest and most advanced aircraft carrier in the U.S. navy's fleet says the ship's stop in Canada is a time to remember the value of working closely with allies in oc...

Oct 29, 2022

Search continues for one-month-old child missing in Laval, Que. river since Friday

MONTREAL - Searchers resumed their efforts to find a missing one-month-old child on Saturday, a day after the vehicle in which the infant was travelling drove into a river in Laval, Que. City police s...

Oct 29, 2022

Guilbeault slams oilpatch for raking in cash and sitting idle on climate action

OTTAWA - The federal environment minister is calling out Canada's oil companies for failing to put cash behind their promises to tackle climate change. Steven Guilbeault says the country's major oil p...

Oct 29, 2022

Hong Kongers returning to Vancouver after years of population decline, census shows

VANCOUVER - Ken Tung says he recently helped a new arrival from Hong Kong find a basement unit in Metro Vancouver for only $500 rent per month, thanks to a discount by a sympathetic landlord. "It's a ...

Oct 29, 2022

Canada Soccer addresses issue of workers’ rights, Inclusivity in World Cup host Qatar

Canada Soccer added its voice Friday to the push for greater workers' rights and inclusivity in Qatar as the country prepares to host next month's FIFA World Cup. The gas-rich emirate has come under f...

Oct 28, 2022

Quebec judge grants interim injunction stopping McGill project over Mohawk concerns

MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has ordered a temporary halt to excavation work on a major McGill University project after an Indigenous group raised concerns about possible unmarked graves. ...

Oct 28, 2022

Explorer's cameras recovered after 85 years on Yukon glacier

KLUANE NATIONAL PARK AND RESERVE - A cache of equipment belonging to explorer Bradford Washburn, including three of his cameras, has been retrieved from a Yukon glacier after 85 years. Now conservatio...

Oct 28, 2022

Montreal police open murder investigation after woman, 81, found dead in seniors home

Montreal police say they've opened a homicide investigation into the death last week of an 81-year-old-woman at a senior's residence. Police spokesman Const. Julien Lvesque says paramedics notified po...

Oct 28, 2022

A timeline of events before and after the Liberals invoked the Emergencies Act

OTTAWA - The Public Order Emergency Commission is tasked with understanding what led the Liberal government to invoke the Emergencies Act to clear protests against COVID-19 mandates and Prime Minister...

Oct 28, 2022

'It was historic': Motion to call residential schools genocide backed unanimously

OTTAWA - A New Democrat member of Parliament says she will be holding the government accountable after her motion calling on the federal government to recognize Canada's residential schools as genocid...

Oct 28, 2022