Canada

Going once, going twice: Calgary Stampede canvas auction returns after pandemic delay

CALGARY - The return of the Calgary Stampede's canvas auction Tuesday night mirrored much of the economic uncertainty coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event is typically considered a bellwethe...

Apr 12, 2022

Looming Prairie blizzard prompts school closures, cancelled flights, NHL game

WINNIPEG - School, flights and even an NHL hockey game have been cancelled in part of the Prairies as people prepare for a storm that Environment Canada says could be the "worst blizzard in decades." ...

Apr 12, 2022

Shelters for abuse victims report effects of COVID-19 on operations to StatCan

VANCOUVER - A new report from Statistics Canada says one in three shelters for people fleeing abuse reported they were greatly affected in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report used data...

Apr 12, 2022

Quebec coroner calls for better communication after father kills children, self

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner's report into the 2019 deaths of a Montreal father and his two young children is calling for more communication between public health authorities to monitor the risk of dom...

Apr 12, 2022

Quebec premier warns Ottawa against unilateral action to protect province's caribou

Quebec Premier Franois Legault says an ultimatum from federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault on caribou protection is interference in an area of provincial jurisdiction. In April 8 to Quebec's...

Apr 12, 2022

Manitoba budget highlights: Tax rebates and credits, more intensive care capacity

WINNIPEG - Highlights of Tuesday's Manitoba budget: - The education tax rebate for residential and farm properties is to rise to 37.5 per cent from 25 per cent, which would saving the average homeowne...

Apr 12, 2022

Charest, Brown both promise to honour federal child-care agreements with provinces

OTTAWA - At least two of the candidates running for leadership of the Conservative party say they would honour child-care agreements signed between the federal Liberal government and provinces. Those ...

Apr 12, 2022

Nunavut offers fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to people 50 and up

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut residents age 50 years and up can now get a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The territory announced Tuesday that eligible people who have had their third dose at least ...

Apr 12, 2022

Foreign minister Joly begins Asia tour in Indonesia and Vietnam with call to Beijing

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada and China disagree on many things but Beijing's buy-in is essential on one key issue - helping end the Russian war on Ukraine. Joly tells The ...

Apr 12, 2022

Chelsea Manning barred from Canada due to prior convictions: Immigration tribunal

OTTAWA - Famed whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been barred from Canada by the Immigration and Refugee Board. Manning was an intelligence analyst in the United States military when she leaked hundred...

Apr 12, 2022