Canada

Liberals say Canadians want more help with the cost-of-living crisis

SAINT ANDREWS, N.B. - The federal Liberals say they are determined to do more to help Canadians feeling the pinch from inflation. The caucus is meeting in St. Andrews, N.B., this week for a retreat wh...

Sep 12, 2022

Film tells story of Sister Dorothy Moore, Mi'kmaw educator who fought for her people

HALIFAX - As a girl growing up in the Mi'kmaw community of Membertou, Sister Dorothy Moore came to know what it meant to lose one's path and then find the way back through human kindness. The 89-year-...

Sep 11, 2022

Flamingoes, sandwiches among unusual items left at Queen tribute site in London

LONDON - A pink papier mach flamingo, a marmalade sandwich and a Queen-shaped rubber duck are among the items being left among the cards and flowers at a tribute site to the late Queen Elizabeth II in...

Sep 11, 2022

Woman recalls meeting future queen as eight-year-old in small-town Ontario

Eliette Levesque was just eight-years-old when she had her first brush with royalty, never realizing she had just met a future queen. In the fall of 1951, the then Princess Elizabeth and her husband P...

Sep 11, 2022

In Quebec, the Queen's death raises questions about future of the monarchy in Canada

MONTREAL - The mixed reactions in Quebec to the death of Queen Elizabeth II highlight the province's complex relationship with the monarchy. In the days after the Queen's death, incumbent Premier Fran...

Sep 11, 2022

Military ombudsman reports 10 vaccine-related complaints, no plans to probe mandate

OTTAWA - Canada's military ombudsman says his office has received fewer than a dozen complaints from service members about the Armed Forces' vaccine requirement, and that he has not found any issues w...

Sep 11, 2022

Fatigue, burnout hit spiritual leaders on the front lines of faith during pandemic

On Christmas Eve 2020, Rev. John Lemire got ready for work: two funerals and three masses. The Catholic priest in Timmins, Ont., felt "somewhat exhausted" after presiding at back-to-back funeral servi...

Sep 11, 2022

River mystery: what is killing the giant sturgeon of B.C.'s Nechako River?

VANCOUVER - Fisheries scientists in British Columbia have recovered the bodies, but have few other clues and no prime suspect. So what is killing the giant sturgeon of the Nechako River? Government sc...

Sep 11, 2022

Quebec election: Legault heads to CAQ stronghold as Anglade visits Laval

MONTREAL - Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault will be campaigning in the Centre-du-Qubec region one day after his party released its costed platform. The incumbent premier is scheduled to h...

Sep 11, 2022

First the win, now the work: What Pierre Poilievre has to do next as new Tory leader

OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre is waking up today as the new leader of the Conservative party, coming off a landslide win. Before he can take time to enjoy the victory, he has a list of things to do. The H...

Sep 11, 2022