Canada

Old computer technology points the way to future of quantum computing

VANCOUVER - Researchers have made a breakthrough in quantum technology development that has the potential to leave today's supercomputers in the dust, opening the door to advances in fields including ...

Jul 14, 2022

Miners say baby woolly mammoth find in Yukon is biggest event in life so far

WHITEHORSE - Travis Delawski went out looking for gold but found something even more precious. The miner for Treadstone Gold got in his excavator on June 21 just before lunch and set out for the river...

Jul 13, 2022

Federal government to provide more than $35 million for supports during papal visit

OTTAWA - The federal government says it will provide more than $35 million during the papal visit to Canada to support Indigenous communities, organizations and residential schools survivors. Pope Fra...

Jul 13, 2022

Ex-Tory staffer faces mischief charge for alleged Zoom theft from O'Toole: sources

OTTAWA - The RCMP says former Conservative staffer Dion Ahwai has been charged with mischief to data, which sources say is related to an investigation of the alleged theft of materials from Erin O'Too...

Jul 13, 2022

Where do Canada's provinces and territories stand on COVID-19 fourth doses?

Canada's provinces are taking differing approaches to rolling out fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Some are offering the second boosters to all adults in response to the highly contagious BA.4 and B...

Jul 13, 2022

Spouse of Nova Scotia mass shooter reveals grim new details about their life together

HALIFAX - For 19 years, Lisa Banfield lived with a man described as a controlling, abusive psychopath who repeatedly beat her. This long-term pattern of gender-based violence is described in detail in...

Jul 13, 2022

Iconic Quebec City club accused of kicking out patrons for being 'too homosexual'

MONTREAL - One of Quebec City's iconic nightclubs is embroiled in a controversy over an alleged homophobic incident that pushed the club to fire an employee. A man says Le Dagobert nightclub kicked hi...

Jul 13, 2022

Here's what the 2021 census says about how many Canadians received COVID benefits

OTTAWA - New data released Wednesday provides the clearest snapshot yet of how many Canadians accessed the COVID-19 support programs the government hastily rolled out at the beginning of the pandemic....

Jul 13, 2022

Radio-Canada to appeal CRTC N-word decision and apologize to complainant

MONTREAL - Radio-Canada says it is appealing a CRTC decision ordering it to apologize over the on-air use of the N-word. The French arm of the CBC says the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunicat...

Jul 13, 2022

Ukrainian World Congress seeks judicial review of Canada's decision to send turbines

OTTAWA - The Ukrainian World Congress says it is seeking a judicial review of the Canadian government's decision to return six turbines for a pipeline that carries natural gas from Russia to Europe. T...

Jul 13, 2022