Canada

Quebec election: public transit and agriculture on the menu for Day 11 of campaign

On Day 11 of Quebec's election campaign one party leader is promising to support public transit in Montreal, while another leader is promising to cancel a tramway project in Quebec City. Qubec solidai...

Sep 07, 2022

Bank of Canada expected to raise key interest rate today

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is expected to announce it will be raising its key interest rate today, making it the fifth consecutive increase this year. Some Canadian banks are expecting the Bank of Ca...

Sep 07, 2022

Ex-Quebec City health centre employee charged in alleged vaccine passport scam

Quebec's anti-corruption unit says a former vaccination centre employee has been charged with fabricating information used to generate fake QR codes used for the province's vaccination passport. Autho...

Sep 06, 2022

Kenney says won't stay quiet as possible successor pitches separation plan

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says his party was founded on a strong Alberta within Confederation and he won't sit idly by while one of the candidates vying to replace him pitches a "risky, dangerou...

Sep 06, 2022

Saskatchewan stabbing spree highlights rural policing challenges, experts say

An ongoing manhunt for a suspect in a mass stabbing that shattered some small communities in Saskatchewan is raising fresh questions about rural policing in Canada. Police are continuing to search for...

Sep 06, 2022

Family of slain Calgary mother and daughter express fear, pain at sentencing hearing

CALGARY - Family members of a mother and her young daughter who were killed and buried in a shallow grave west of Calgary say they have struggled with fear and overwhelming pain since their deaths. Th...

Sep 06, 2022

Michigan signals intent to appeal decision keeping Line 5 dispute in federal court

WASHINGTON - Michigan's chief law enforcement officer wants to appeal a judge's decision to keep the Line 5 pipeline dispute in federal court. In court documents, Attorney General Dana Nessel suggests...

Sep 06, 2022

Conservative interim leader Candice Bergen won't be running in next election

OTTAWA - As the Conservative party prepares to welcome a new leader this week, its interim leader says she won't be running in the next federal election. Candice Bergen took over the role of interim o...

Sep 06, 2022

Liberal cabinet meeting in Vancouver, looks to regroup ahead of fall sitting

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet are in Vancouver today for the start of a three-day retreat as they prepare for a fall sitting of Parliament, facing yet another Conservative lea...

Sep 06, 2022

Ex-Mountie says hunt for stabbing suspect complicated by vast open space of Prairies

WELDON, Sask. - A former Mountie says the vast open spaces of the Prairies could complicate the manhunt for one of the suspects in Sunday's deadly stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan. "This is a huge are...

Sep 06, 2022