Canada

Federal deficit for previous fiscal year comes in lower than anticipated in budget

OTTAWA - Annual financial statements show the federal deficit for the previous fiscal year was $23.6 billion lower than the projected in the spring budget. According to public accounts documents relea...

Oct 27, 2022

Was the Emergencies Act needed to stop convoy blockades? What the inquiry has heard

OTTAWA - The public inquiry examining the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act to clear "Freedom Convoy" protesters from Ottawa streets and several border crossings in February is tasked wi...

Oct 27, 2022

OPP head defends comments that 'Freedom Convoy' was national security threat

OTTAWA - The head of the Ontario Provincial Police is defending comments he made about the "Freedom Convoy" posing a threat to Canada's national security. Thomas Carrique told members of Parliament in...

Oct 27, 2022

Democracy meets divinity in Savannah, where the word of God is a simple one: vote

SAVANNAH, Ga. - From the oldest African-American pulpit in the United States, Rev. Thurmond Neill Tillman's fiery Sunday sermon is as much about having faith in democracy as it is about spreading the ...

Oct 27, 2022

Police forces too thinly stretched to administer firearm buyback program, chiefs say

OTTAWA - Canadian police chiefs are urging the federal government not to rely on resource-strapped police forces to carry out a planned gun buyback. Two years ago, the government announced a ban on ov...

Oct 27, 2022

Union calling for prime minister to fire Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay

OTTAWA - A union representing thousands of Veterans Affairs Canada employees is asking the prime minister to replace Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay. In a letter to Prime Minister Justin T...

Oct 27, 2022

Saskatchewan legislature member says invite for killer to throne speech an 'error'

REGINA - A member of Saskatchewan's legislative assembly says it was a mistake for him to invite a notorious convicted killer to sit in on the provincial government's tough-on-crime throne speech. Lyl...

Oct 27, 2022

B.C.’s 'vulnerable' Fraser Valley needs flood control plan, Senate committee warns

OTTAWA - The Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry is calling for a comprehensive flood control plan for British Columbia's Fraser Valley following last year's catastrophic floods. Last Novembe...

Oct 27, 2022

Auditor general says $500M in overpayments to civil servants needs to be collected

OTTAWA - Up to a quarter of federal government employees are still experiencing problems with their pay because of the troubled Phoenix pay system, and the government might be running out of time to c...

Oct 27, 2022

Crown adjusts Hoggard charge in northeastern Ontario sex assault case

HAILEYBURY, Ont. - The Ontario Crown in northeastern Ontario is proceeding with a sexual assault charge against Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard. The Canadian musician was charged in March with sexual as...

Oct 27, 2022