Canada

'Get a hobby,' B.C. premier tells those considering protesting COVID-19 mandates

VICTORIA - A protest planned for around the British Columbia legislature over COVID-19 mandates has drawn sharp criticism from the province's premier. Video posted on social media says a convoy of veh...

Mar 11, 2022

Cyberspace making Canadian secrets more vulnerable, spy service official warns

OTTAWA - A senior official at Canada's spy service says the expansion of cyberspace is making it easier for foreign adversaries to pilfer secrets. Cherie Henderson, an interim assistant director with ...

Mar 11, 2022

Russians targeting Ukrainian food supply, including grain silos and ports: minister

OTTAWA - Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says Russian forces are targeting Ukrainians' food supply, including their stores of grain. Bibeau, who today attended an emergency meeting of G7 agri...

Mar 11, 2022

No victims, no foul: Alberta premier files defence in defamation suit

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has filed his defence in a defamation lawsuit brought against him over his remarks on the release of the Inquiry into supposed misinformation about the province...

Mar 11, 2022

Man behind 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia came from dysfunctional family: uncle

HALIFAX - A close relative of the man who disguised himself as a Mountie and fatally shot 22 people in Nova Scotia says the killer was a lifelong scammer and opportunist raised in a deeply dysfunction...

Mar 11, 2022

Amid energy crisis, Ottawa urges Michigan to end crusade against Line 5 pipeline

WASHINGTON - The federal government is urging the state of Michigan to abandon efforts to shut down the controversial Line 5 cross-border pipeline. Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says t...

Mar 11, 2022

Blogger Raif Badawi freed from Saudi prison, Quebec-based wife says

MONTREAL - After a decade in a Saudi prison, blogger and activist Raif Badawi was released Friday, his Quebec-based wife confirmed. Ensaf Haidar, who lives with the couple's three children in Sherbroo...

Mar 11, 2022

Tory MP says carbon price rebate cheques could help ease pain of high gas prices

OTTAWA - New Brunswick Conservative MP John Williamson says his province should go back to using the federal carbon price because at least it comes with rebate cheques that could ease the current pain...

Mar 11, 2022

Ottawa businesses hurt by protest convoy can apply for $10K in funding: feds

OTTAWA - The federal government says businesses in Ottawa impacted by the weeks-long protest convoy can apply for up to $10,000 to offset their losses. Mona Fortier, MP for Ottawa-Vanier and president...

Mar 11, 2022

MP Kevin Vuong co-operating with Navy over charge; yet to decide on court martial

OTTAWA - Independent MP Kevin Vuong says he is co-operating fully with the Royal Canadian Navy, which has charged him for failing to disclose he was charged with sexual assault in 2019. The sexual ass...

Mar 11, 2022