Canada

Federal department questioned quality of 2021 Indigenous census data, documents show

OTTAWA - Federal officials questioned the quality of the 2021 census data for Indigenous communities after collection efforts were hampered by factors including the discovery of unmarked residential s...

Apr 12, 2022

'Blood sport:' Observers say purported emails suggest decline of Alberta politics

EDMONTON - Observers say emails suggesting a former Alberta justice minister hired a political fixer to obtain a reporter's phone logs show how the province's politics have deteriorated. The Canadian ...

Apr 12, 2022

Most of those injured in fire that destroyed building in Vancouver out of hospital

VANCOUVER - Efforts are underway to find housing for displaced residents of a rooming hotel that has been reduced to a shell by fire in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood. Flames broke out in the 110-y...

Apr 12, 2022

Federal housing budget a good start, more targeted support needed: Housing advocates

OTTAWA - Advocates say while the federal government's focus on housing affordability in the budget is promising, its measures could go further to help people in the most dire housing need. Emilie Coyl...

Apr 12, 2022

Jurors shown surveillance video montage of 2020 Quebec City Halloween stabbings

QUEBEC - Jurors in the trial of the man accused of using a sword to murder two people in Quebec City on Halloween night in 2020 are viewing video surveillance footage from the scene. Quebec City polic...

Apr 12, 2022

Unions look for details on federal budget pledge to ease access to training funding

OTTAWA - The head of the Canadian Labour Congress says she's worried that labour groups will be left out of talks over a federal pledge to let workers access skills training programs before they becom...

Apr 12, 2022

Film industry declined by 5 per cent in pandemic, Hollywood productions grew: report

OTTAWA - Canada's film and TV industry remained afloat at the height of the pandemic, experiencing only a five per cent slump in the number of productions between April 2020 and March last year. A new...

Apr 12, 2022

Governing Coalition Avenir Québec wins Montreal-area byelection, Liberals take fifth

MONTREAL - The leader of Quebec's official Opposition says she's disappointed her party finished fifth in a Montreal-area byelection on Monday. Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade told reporters today th...

Apr 12, 2022

Multiple-property holders own upwards of 41% of housing in some provinces: StatCan

New data from Statistics Canada shows multiple-property owners held between 29 and 41 per cent of the housing stock in Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in 2019 and 2020. The da...

Apr 12, 2022

Treat our families as well as Ukrainian refugees: Afghan interpreters

OTTAWA - Afghan interpreters who have made it to Canada say they want the same treatment for family members fleeing the Taliban as Ukrainians escaping from Russian troops. They are accusing Immigratio...

Apr 12, 2022