Canada

From urinal mats to unicorns, cargo from 2021 spill still washes up on B.C. shores

When Jill Laviolette started picking debris off Cape Palmerston beach on Vancouver Island following the container spill from the MV Zim Kingston freighter, the inflatable dinosaur and unicorn toys she...

Dec 08, 2022

Military received 2,400 applications from permanent residents in November

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces says it has received hundreds of applications from permanent residents interested in joining the military, but getting those prospective recruits into uniform could ...

Dec 08, 2022

Financial institutions have a role to play in preserving biodiversity: COP negotiator

MONTREAL - Canada's negotiators at the COP15 conference say business groups and financial institutions have a role to play in preserving the planet's biodiversity. Basile van Havre, co-chair of one of...

Dec 08, 2022

Katrina Chen exits B.C. cabinet, citing 'long-standing trauma,' gender-based violence

VICTORIA - Former British Columbia cabinet member Katrina Chen says she took herself out of contention for a new ministerial position in order to deal with "long-standing trauma" suffered as a result ...

Dec 07, 2022

Advocate asks AFN chiefs to ensure $40B settlement deal leaves no child behind

OTTAWA - A First Nations child-welfare advocate says chiefs should ensure that "no child is left behind" in a landmark $40-billion settlement agreement with the federal government. Cindy Blackstock wa...

Dec 07, 2022

Alberta sovereignty bill close to finish line as government invokes debate time limit

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's sovereignty bill galloped toward the finish line Wednesday, with the government using debate time limits to rebut what it called Opposition delay tactics. O...

Dec 07, 2022

Trudeau says 120 countries are ready to agree to 30 by 30 framework at COP15

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he believes at least 120 countries are ready to sign on to a COP15 nature summit target to protect nearly one-third of land and marine coastlines by 2030. B...

Dec 07, 2022

Tens of thousands of families have applied for federal child dental benefit: Gould

OTTAWA - Social Development Minister Karina Gould says 35,000 people have applied for the new child dental benefit since the program opened a week ago. Gould was responding to an opposition question i...

Dec 07, 2022

Media shunning transparency law due to worsening delays, journalist says

OTTAWA - Veteran journalist Dean Beeby says reporters are abandoning the federal Access to Information Act as a research tool because turnaround times are terrible and getting worse. The access law al...

Dec 07, 2022

Quebec's auditor finds Education Department ill-prepared for pivot to online learning

Quebec's auditor general says the province's Education Department was ill-prepared when the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to shutter in March 2020 and it still does not have a complete picture of t...

Dec 07, 2022