Canada

Iran terror designation up to national security agencies, not MPs, Liberals say

OTTAWA - The Liberals say it's up to national security agencies to decide whether Canada extends its terrorism list to include a branch of Iran's military. MPs passed a motion in 2018 to designate the...

Sep 28, 2022

Poilievre demands end to military vaccine mandate, but some say it's more complex

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is demanding an end to the vaccine mandate for military members, but some in his own party admit the situation is more nuanced. Poilievre's tweet yesterda...

Sep 28, 2022

Navy commander defends need for 15 new warships as Ottawa reassesses costs

OTTAWA - The head of the Royal Canadian Navy is admitting to some worries that the military's ability to operate with only 12 frigates in recent years could be used as a way to justify permanently shr...

Sep 28, 2022

Quebec election: Legault says accepting more than 50,000 immigrants a year 'suicidal'

MONTREAL - Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault says it would be "suicidal" for the Quebec nation if more than 50,000 immigrants arrive in the province per year. Legault made the statement du...

Sep 28, 2022

Fiona fallout: Nova Scotia premier blasts cellphone companies for poor service

HALIFAX - The premier of Nova Scotia has issued a stinging rebuke to the telecommunications companies that serve the province, saying too many residents are still without cellphone service four days a...

Sep 28, 2022

A look at the contamination and cleanup of N.W.T.'s Giant Mine

YELLOWKNIFE - Cleanup on one of the biggest environmental messes in Canadian history is underway at the Giant Mine in the Northwest Territories. Here are some facts about the gold mine and efforts to ...

Sep 28, 2022

'Every one of us was a Mahsa': Iranians in Canada cut hair at women's rights rallies

OTTAWA - Azin Rezaeian kneels on the ground and screams "Say her name" each time she snips off a chunk of her long black hair. A crowd around her shouts back "Mahsa Amini," the 22-year-old woman whose...

Sep 28, 2022

'Contaminated': $1-billion cleanup underway at notorious N.W.T. gold mine

YELLOWKNIFE - Just outside this northern capital, on a small hill within eyeshot of its skyline, sit 365 sea cans sealed off behind a high wire fence, the surrounding roads regularly watered to settle...

Sep 28, 2022

Gold, arsenic and murder: A look at the complex history of N.W.T.'s Giant Mine

YELLOWKNIFE - A team working to address environmental and health effects from a former gold mine outside Yellowknife has provided an update on the effort to clean up one of the most contaminated place...

Sep 28, 2022

Big numbers: Remediation of Giant Mine a cleanup on a vast scale

YELLOWKNIFE - The scale of the cleanup required at the Giant Mine almost beggars belief. Eight open mine pits. Six tailings ponds. About 100 buildings, many laced with asbestos. Untold tonnes of rusti...

Sep 28, 2022