Canada

'Still a good day for Canada' despite delay of Artemis moon rocket launch: minister

OTTAWA - Innovation Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says today was "still a good day for Canada" even though the test launch of NASA's new moon rocket was postponed this morning. Champagne, who is...

Aug 29, 2022

Ottawa invokes 1977 pipeline treaty in separate Line 5 dispute, this one in Wisconsin

WASHINGTON - For the second time in a year, the federal government is invoking a little-known 1977 energy treaty between Canada and the United States to defend the Line 5 pipeline. This time, it's in ...

Aug 29, 2022

Air Force delays installation of base commander amid investigation into pilot meeting

OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Air Force is delaying plans to install a new commander at one of the country's two CF-18 fighter jet bases due to a military police investigation. A ceremony was planned fo...

Aug 29, 2022

'Heartbreaking loss': B.C. agency looks into ambulance call after infant death report

BARRIRE, B.C. - British Columbia's emergency health service says it is reviewing the circumstances of the reported death of an infant last week while waiting for an ambulance in a small community in t...

Aug 29, 2022

Flag raised on Parliament Hill to honour residential school survivors

OTTAWA - The federal government raised the Survivors' Flag on Parliament Hill today as a way to honour Indigenous Peoples forced to attend residential schools. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was joined...

Aug 29, 2022

Passengers stranded on cruise ship in Vancouver after tugboat workers strike

VANCOUVER - Passengers on an Alaska cruise ship are stranded aboard the vessel in Vancouver, with the cruise line blaming job action by British Columbia tugboat workers. Celebrity Cruises says the Cel...

Aug 29, 2022

Public safety minister adds new rules on prison 'dry cells' for suspected contraband

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino issued new directives today on the use of "dry cells" to keep inmates from bringing contraband into federal prisons. Prisoners who are suspected of conc...

Aug 29, 2022

Federal ministers say hiring spree helping with visa, immigration delays

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government says hundreds of additional staff have been added in recent months to address long wait times and backlogs at Canadian airports as well as visa and immigration ...

Aug 29, 2022

A look at Quebec Liberal Party Leader Dominique Anglade

Quebec's general election campaign has begun, and voters head to the polls on Oct. 3. Here's a look at Dominique Anglade, leader of the Quebec Liberal Party and the official Opposition. Born: Jan. 31,...

Aug 29, 2022

A look at Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault

Quebec's general election campaign has begun, and voters head to the polls on Oct. 3. Here's a look at Franois Legault, the premier and leader of the Coalition Avenir Qubec. Born: May 26, 1957, in Ste...

Aug 29, 2022