Canada

Manitoba presses federal government for more aid to help Ukrainians fleeing war

WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to speak in Winnipeg today to a national group that represents Canadian Ukrainians. He's also likely to hear a request from the Manitoba government for more...

Oct 28, 2022

New poppy campaign initiatives seek to modernize the tradition of remembrance

A shift towards environmentally friendly materials and new digital engagement strategies are among new initiatives the Royal Canadian Legion is hoping will breathe fresh life into the 2022 national po...

Oct 28, 2022

Deaths of two great whites off Maritimes within weeks 'highly unusual': researcher

FREDERICTON - The discovery of two dead great white sharks washed ashore in Atlantic Canada in less than two weeks is a mystery to researchers. Fred Whoriskey, executive director of the Ocean Tracking...

Oct 28, 2022

House fire in northern Manitoba leaves four children dead, RCMP say

THOMPSON, Man. - First Nations communities and leaders in northern Manitoba are in mourning after four children died in a house fire Wednesday night. Officers and emergency responders arrived to find ...

Oct 27, 2022

B.C. wife of ISIS fighter is released on bail, pending peace bond hearing

CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A British Columbia woman who was repatriated to Canada from a detention camp in Syria this week after marrying an ISIS fighter has been granted bail pending a peace bond hearing. Ki...

Oct 27, 2022

Federal dental care benefit gets go-ahead from House of Commons

OTTAWA - The House of Commons has voted to pass third reading of the Liberals' dental-care benefit bill, which will allow the government to send cheques to modest-income families to pay for their kids...

Oct 27, 2022

New B.C. premier David Eby to be sworn in Nov. 18

VICTORIA - David Eby will be sworn in as British Columbia's new premier by Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin on Nov. 18, the office of outgoing leader John Horgan has announced. The Office of the Premier says in ...

Oct 27, 2022

Quebec's shrunken Liberal caucus loses member less than a month after election

QUEBEC - The Quebec Liberal party's presence in the province's legislature, already diminished in the Oct. 3 election, has shrunk again. Caucus chair Enrico Ciccone said in a terse statement today tha...

Oct 27, 2022

Federal deficit for previous fiscal year comes in lower than anticipated in budget

OTTAWA - Annual financial statements show the federal deficit for the previous fiscal year was $23.6 billion lower than the projected in the spring budget. According to public accounts documents relea...

Oct 27, 2022

Was the Emergencies Act needed to stop convoy blockades? What the inquiry has heard

OTTAWA - The public inquiry examining the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act to clear "Freedom Convoy" protesters from Ottawa streets and several border crossings in February is tasked wi...

Oct 27, 2022