Canada

Facebook has serious concerns over online news bill, looking at future response

OTTAWA - Digital giant Meta says it has serious concerns about the federal government's online news bill, which would force tech companies to compensate news groups for reusing work on their platforms...

Apr 26, 2022

Another new Quebec party launches, courting federalists, anglophones, minorities

MONTREAL - A second new political party courting Quebec anglophones, minorities and federalists has arrived on the scene in the province. The Canadian Party of Quebec describes itself as "a progressiv...

Apr 26, 2022

Giant 23,000-kilogram steel ring to be installed in Montreal as public art

MONTREAL - A giant steel ring weighing more than 23,000 kilograms will soon loom over downtown Montreal - all in the name of public art. Real estate company Ivanho Cambridge said today the 30-metre-ta...

Apr 26, 2022

Commissioner for Emergencies Act inquiry 'thoughtful' and 'decisive': colleagues

OTTAWA - The newly appointed inquiry commissioner set to probe the government's use of the Emergencies Act is described by colleagues as thoughtful and decisive in his approach to the law. Justice Pau...

Apr 26, 2022

Day 8 of search: Hope remains that missing Saskatchewan boy is still alive

RED EARTH CREE NATION - The search for a five-year-old Saskatchewan boy, missing in the province's north for more than a week, is still being treated as a rescue mission. Chief Fabian Head of the Red ...

Apr 26, 2022

Canadians bitten by travel bug but squeezed by delays at the passport office

OTTAWA - Canadians appear keen to venture to far shores for the first time since the pandemic began, but passport delays are keeping some on a short leash. Service Canada says it has seen a big boost ...

Apr 26, 2022

Lack of fairness, reasons prompts Federal Court to set aside B.C. fish farm phase-out

VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge has set aside a Department of Fisheries order that would have phased out fish farming in British Columbia's Discovery Islands. Federal Court Judge Elizabeth Heneghan ...

Apr 26, 2022

Tory MP calls study of link between resource development, violence 'disgraceful'

OTTAWA - A private email shows a Conservative MP from Alberta calling an NDP-initiated study into the relationship between resource development and increased violence against Indigenous women and girl...

Apr 26, 2022

Envoy Bob Rae condemns UN Security Council veto after historic General Assembly vote

OTTAWA - Bob Rae, the Canadian ambassador to the United Nations, denounced as undemocratic the Security Council's veto power as the General Assembly voted to subject the world's most powerful body to ...

Apr 26, 2022

'Competing interests': Liberals raise security concerns with Emergencies Act review

OTTAWA - A senior Liberal minister says the government has "two competing interests" when it comes to sharing information about its use of the Emergencies Act: transparency and protecting national sec...

Apr 26, 2022