Canada

Victoria council committee supports voluntary reconciliation fund; final vote April 7

Victoria has moved a step closer to introducing a voluntary reconciliation fund that will give homeowners the option of contributing financially to local Indigenous nations later this year. A majority...

Mar 24, 2022

Supreme Court of Canada hears appeal of sentence for Quebec City mosque shooter

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is considering whether the gunman who killed six men in a rampage at a Quebec City mosque in 2017 can be sentenced to more than 25 years in prison without the chan...

Mar 24, 2022

Feds table bill to protect the number of Quebec seats

OTTAWA - The federal government is proposing legislation to ensure Quebec does not lose a seat when Canada's electoral map is redrawn. Pablo Rodriguez tabled a bill today to protect Quebec's voice in ...

Mar 24, 2022

Canada to hike oil, gas output 300,000 barrels a day to help displace Russian fuel

OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says Canada can produce and export another 300,000 barrels of oil and natural gas per day as part of a global effort to displace Russian fossil f...

Mar 24, 2022

Jagmeet Singh expects federal dental plan to remain faithful to NDP campaign promise

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he expects the federal government's new dental plan will reflect his party's original vision for oral health care in Canada. The Liberals promised the NDP they w...

Mar 24, 2022

Two of Alberta Premier's caucus members urge him to quit to renew party

EDMONTON - Two of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's backbenchers have broken ranks, calling the United Conservative Party's revamped leadership review a sham and saying it's time for Premier Jason Kenney...

Mar 24, 2022

CP NewsAlert: Canada to resume exports of P.E.I. potatoes to United States

WASHINGTON - Exports of potatoes from Prince Edward Island will soon be able to resume to the United States, months after Canada suspended shipments because of the detection of potato wart in fields o...

Mar 24, 2022

Leadership rivals shouldn't be calling each other 'not Conservative', says Bergen

OTTAWA - Conservative interim leader Candice Bergen says leadership contenders should avoid calling those they disagree with on policy "not Conservative." Bergen, who has led the party since early Feb...

Mar 24, 2022

Design for national LGBTQ2+ monument inspired by thundercloud and disco balls

OTTAWA - A national LGBTQ2+ monument - inspired by a dramatic thundercloud - is to be built in Ottawa by 2025. The winning design, featuring a silver mirrored mosaic interior influenced by a thunderhe...

Mar 24, 2022

Federal NDP says N.L. offshore oil project hard to justify; energy minister unfazed

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador's Energy Minister says he's unfazed by comments from the federal New Democrats saying the Liberal government will have a tough time justifying an approval ...

Mar 24, 2022