Canada

Definition of 'inefficient fossil fuel subsidy' still elusive in Canada

OTTAWA - Canada is still working on defining an "inefficient" fossil fuel subsidy, some 13 years after it signed an international agreement to eliminate them and four years since launching a peer revi...

May 06, 2022

Still 'non-negotiable:' Canada's natural resources minister redraws line on Line 5

WASHINGTON - Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is doubling down on Canada's assertion that the continuing operation of the Line 5 pipeline is "non-negotiable." Wilkinson made the comments ...

May 06, 2022

Quebec police watchdog opens probe after suspect arrested, released before stabbing

Quebec's police watchdog is investigating after a suspect alleged to have stabbed his spouse on Thursday was arrested and released hours earlier by Quebec City police. The Bureau des enqutes indpendan...

May 06, 2022

Public health agency trying to find out how many Canadians struggling with long COVID

OTTAWA - Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says the government is trying to find out how many Canadians are suffering from long COVID as researchers work to learn more about the prolonged ef...

May 06, 2022

Canada makes US$99M payment as part of deal to foot more of bill for developing F-35

Ottawa has made a multimillion-dollar payment as part of a renegotiated deal that is expected to see Canada foot more of the bill for developing the F-35 than in previous years. The US$99-million paym...

May 06, 2022

Bergen says Conservatives won't attract disaffected Liberals by being 'Liberal-lite'

OTTAWA - Interim federal Conservative leader Candice Bergen says the party will not attract disaffected Liberals into the fold by being a "Liberal-lite" version of their main rivals. "We don't give th...

May 06, 2022

Canada's Supreme Court rules court delays don't carry over from one trial to the next

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a defendant cannot use court delays in one trial as justification for a stay of proceedings if they are ordered to stand trial a second time. Canada's highest...

May 06, 2022

Statistics Canada to release April jobs report this morning

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will release its latest reading on the job market this morning with its labour force survey for April. Economists at Royal Bank expect the report to show tighter labour mark...

May 06, 2022

Close loopholes in ban on assault-style firearms, gun-control advocates urge MPs

OTTAWA - Advocates who led the push to ban an array of assault-style firearms are telling federal lawmakers that government regulations prohibiting these guns are being circumvented by Canadian manufa...

May 06, 2022

Complainant to continue testimony at sex assault trial of Hedley singer Jacob Hoggard

TORONTO - A young woman alleged to have been sexually assaulted by Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard when she was a teenager is expected to continue her testimony at his trial today. The woman, who firs...

May 06, 2022