Canada

Polls say question in Quebec election is not who will win, but who will come second

MONTREAL - With the Coalition Avenir Qubec party dominating the polls at the start of the provincial election campaign, the most pressing question of the race may not be who wins, but who comes in sec...

Aug 30, 2022

Pete the peacock remains on the lam about two months after escape from N.B. garden

FREDERICTON - Pete the peacock flew the coop on his first night in Kingsbrae Garden, on the southern shores of New Brunswick. That was about two months ago - and it's been a wild goose chase ever sinc...

Aug 30, 2022

Quebec election: CAQ heads into territory strongly contested by upstart Conservatives

QUEBEC - Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault is holding a news conference this morning in a riding strongly contested by the upstart Conservative Party of Quebec. Beauce-Sud, south of Quebec...

Aug 30, 2022

Canada formally initiates challenge of 'unfair' U.S. duties on softwood lumber

OTTAWA - International Trade Minister Mary Ng says Canada is formally initiating a challenge of "unwarranted and unfair" U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber. The Canadian government filed notice o...

Aug 29, 2022

Use of facial recognition as security tool on Parliament Hill would pose risks: study

OTTAWA - The use of facial recognition technology as a security tool on Parliament Hill would pose substantial legal, privacy and human rights risks - and might even be unlawful, says a study prepared...

Aug 29, 2022

'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