Canada

Monday will be a federal holiday to mark Queen's state funeral: What does this mean?

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has declared Sept. 19 a federal holiday to mourn Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her state funeral in London. Some provinces are closing schools and select workplaces, w...

Sep 18, 2022

'Grandmother for the world': Calgary police officer goes to London for royal funeral

Tad Milmine felt a surge of emotion when he saw Queen Elizabeth's coffin, aglow in a golden light, as it was carried into Buckingham Palace as part of the monarch's final journey. The Calgary resident...

Sep 18, 2022

Migrants across Canada call on Ottawa for action on regularization, permanent status

TORONTO - Rallies are planned in cities across Canada today to call on Ottawa to extend permanent status to undocumented migrants. Migrants and advocacy groups will also be calling on the government t...

Sep 18, 2022

Elections Quebec takes to TikTok, hoping quirky campaign inspires turnout

MONTREAL - Elections Quebec is flipping their usual campaign advertising script in hopes that some fresh messaging will propel more voters out to the polls next month. The province's elections organiz...

Sep 18, 2022

Trudeau meets UK Prime Minister Liz Truss, other world leaders in London

LONDON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with his British counterpart Sunday as world leaders converged on London for Queen Elizabeth's funeral. Trudeau was at 10 Downing Street early in the afterno...

Sep 18, 2022

Advocates of windfall tax on oil and gas sector can now point to EU for inspiration

OTTAWA - Proponents of imposing a windfall tax on the Canadian oil and gas industry now have another global power setting precedent for the policy. On Wednesday, the European Commission proposed levyi...

Sep 18, 2022

Queen's death leaves questions about vacated military patronage posts

OTTAWA - Queen Elizabeth's death has left more than a dozen Canadian Armed Forces units without a patron, and prompted one expert to question how such appointments will be filled going forward. The De...

Sep 18, 2022

Quebec election: 880 candidates in the running for Oct. 3 election

MONTREAL - Quebec party leaders are fanned out across the province on Day 22 of the election campaign. Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault will be in the Quebec City-area riding of Portneuf,...

Sep 18, 2022

Restoring the culinary and cultural bounty of ancient Indigenous sea gardens in B.C.

SALT SPRING ISLAND, B.C. - A family of sea otters emerges from the ocean and rambles up the rocky shoreline, while a great blue heron in search of a meal pokes at a wall of rocks. Fountains of water s...

Sep 18, 2022

Trudeau and ministers to attend next week's 77th Session of the U.N. General Assembly

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to New York next week to attend the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly from Sept. 20-22. Trudeau's office issued a statement on Satu...

Sep 17, 2022