Canada

Ottawa to sign MOUs with Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen on materials for electric vehicles

TORONTO - Ottawa is expected to sign separate agreements with Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz on Tuesday that will see the two German auto manufacturers secure access to Canadian raw materials for batter...

Aug 23, 2022

Feds cut funding for anti-racism project over 'reprehensible and vile' tweets

OTTAWA - Diversity Minister Ahmed Hussen has ordered the government to cut funding to an anti-racism initiative over "reprehensible and vile" tweets by a senior consultant on the project. Hussen annou...

Aug 22, 2022

Famous Yousuf Karsh portrait of Sir Winston Churchill stolen from Château Laurier

It sounds like a caper from a movie: a thief has swapped out the famous portrait of a scowling Sir Winston Churchill, photographed by Yousuf Karsh in 1941, with an unsigned copy. A staff member at Ott...

Aug 22, 2022

Ontario, Maritimes premiers meet to talk health care but offer no details, solutions

MONCTON, N.B. - The premiers of the Maritimes and of Ontario say they need a "Team Canada" approach to fixing the country's health-care problems, but none of the leaders is offering any specifics or s...

Aug 22, 2022

Nova Scotia RCMP 'dysfunctions,' labour shortages predated 2020 mass shootings

HALIFAX - Most of Nova Scotia's senior RCMP staff believed there were "dysfunctions" at their division prior to the 2020 mass shootings and felt abandoned by their superiors in the aftermath, accordin...

Aug 22, 2022

Canada buys up millions more doses of Moderna's bivalent COVID-19 vaccine

OTTAWA - Moderna says the federal government has purchased a total of 12 million doses of the company's bivalent vaccine that targets both the original strain of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant. Cana...

Aug 22, 2022

Quebec allowing four people per room in care homes, against coroner's recommendations

MONTREAL - Quebec's Health Department is allowing long-term care centres to house up to four residents in the same room - a new directive that runs against recommendations by the coroner. Jean-Charles...

Aug 22, 2022

U.S. lawmakers, advocates pushing Ottawa to eliminate ArriveCan, open Nexus offices

WASHINGTON - Lawmakers and advocates in the United States are ramping up the pressure on the federal government to ease travel delays between the U.S. and Canada. The Canadian American Business Counci...

Aug 22, 2022

N.S. shooting inquiry: Senior RCMP member learned of killer's replica car in the news

HALIFAX - The former RCMP commanding officer in Nova Scotia has told the inquiry into the April 2020 mass shooting that she first saw the killer's replica police cruiser in a news report before she we...

Aug 22, 2022

Quebec making progress to protect caribou after warnings from federal government

MONTREAL - The governments of Canada and Quebec say they are confident they can reach a deal to protect endangered caribou populations in the province. The two governments said today in a joint news r...

Aug 22, 2022