Canada

With housing plans, feds to target needs, links to immigration, Hussen says

OTTAWA - Canada's housing minister says federal funding to ramp up the pace of new builds will also look to target the kind of homes required to meet the changing needs of Canadians. Housing Minister ...

Apr 14, 2022

Canadian troops heading to Poland to help Ukrainian refugees

OTTAWA - Members of the Canadian Armed Forces will depart from an Ontario military base in the coming days to help with the care, co-ordination and resettlement of Ukrainian refugees in Poland, includ...

Apr 14, 2022

Top commander warns Canadian military 'stretched thin' amid growing threats

OTTAWA - Canada's top military commander says his force is "stretched thin" as demands for its assistance continue to grow at home and abroad. Defence chief Gen. Wayne Eyre says many Canadian Armed Fo...

Apr 14, 2022

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh demands Indian PM Modi stop stoking anti-Muslim hate

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is demanding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government stop stoking anti-Muslim sentiment in India. In an outspoken intervention into Indian politics, Singh says...

Apr 14, 2022

Mountie recalls killer looked at him as he aimed pistol to end N.S. rampage

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia Mountie has testified that a single glance from the bloodied driver of a Mazda hatchback was the final confirmation that he had a mass killer lined up in his pistol sights. Con...

Apr 14, 2022

Confirmed case of avian flu at British Columbia poultry farm in north Okanagan

VICTORIA - A positive case of avian influenza has been confirmed on a British Columbia farm in the north Okanagan region. Agriculture and Food Minister Lana Popham says in a statement the Canadian Foo...

Apr 14, 2022

Supreme Court affirms drug, firearm convictions despite police officer's mistake

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a man's convictions on firearm and drug charges even though his arrest in Calgary six years ago violated his charter rights. In a ruling today, the high...

Apr 14, 2022

New poll suggests most Canadians think the government is spending enough on defence

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests most Canadians think the federal government is already spending enough on the military, despite the push for a massive hike in defence funding. It's been a contentious iss...

Apr 14, 2022

Biggest emitters paying smallest price on pollution, critics say

OTTAWA - Big industrial plants in provinces covered by the national carbon pricing system paid more than $161 million for their greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, but some critics say the system is des...

Apr 14, 2022

B.C. communities struck by wildfires and floods brace for spring thaw

MERRITT, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Alanna Cowan has watched the Nicola River in British Columbia's Interior turn the colour of chocolate milk and rise every spring, as warm weather melts snow from the surrou...

Apr 14, 2022