Canada

ATCO Electric agrees to $31 million penalty following regulator's investigation

EDMONTON - Regulated utility ATCO Electric has agreed to pay a $31 million administrative penalty after an Alberta Utilities Commission investigation found it deliberately overpaid a First Nation grou...

Apr 18, 2022

Albatross came back to Vancouver Island to feed over hundreds of generations: study

VANCOUVER - The short-tailed albatross were creatures of habit, according to a new study that found they returned to Vancouver Island to feed for generations over a 4,200-year period before being driv...

Apr 18, 2022

An inside look at Patrick Brown's pitch for selling Conservative party memberships

OTTAWA - An apology to the Tamil community, improving cricket infrastructure, and putting a visa office in Kathmandu are just some of the promises Patrick Brown has made in hopes of becoming the next ...

Apr 18, 2022

Ottawa's ultimatum to Quebec on caribou is a warning to other provinces, experts say

MONTREAL - Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault's ultimatum to the Quebec government on caribou protection is a sign Ottawa is losing patience with provinces that aren't upholding their resp...

Apr 17, 2022

Pleas from small businesses for debt help pepper Freeland's post-budget tour

OTTAWA - Small business owners have made a plea to the federal finance minister to consider more help paying off their pandemic-related debts as the sixth wave of COVID-19 causes customers to stay hom...

Apr 15, 2022

B.C. flood survivor warns others to check insurance amid rising climate disasters

MERRITT, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A survivor of British Columbia's catastrophic floods last year is warning others to check their insurance policies after she said she received a payout of only $30,000 when...

Apr 15, 2022

Canada to seek justice for sexual violence victims in Ukraine: Freeland

CALGARY - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is committed to seeking justice for Ukrainian women and children as allegations mount of sexual violence by Russian soldiers. Speaking in ...

Apr 14, 2022

Canada's emissions plummet during first year of COVID-19 pandemic

OTTAWA - Canada's greenhouse gas emissions plummeted to their lowest level in almost three decades in 2020 as pandemic restrictions kept cars off the road and left airplanes grounded on tarmacs. The l...

Apr 14, 2022

Make access to COVID-19 booster shots ‘ultraconvenient,’ experts say

Easier access to COVID-19 vaccine boosters could be a way of addressing the plateauing rates of Canadians getting the shot, public health and immunology experts say. Matthew Miller, professor at McMas...

Apr 14, 2022

Court rules New Brunswick lieutenant-governor must be bilingual

FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick judge says the appointment of a unilingual anglophone to the post of lieutenant-governor in the province was unconstitutional, but that striking down the appointment woul...

Apr 14, 2022