Canada

Here's a look at Jean Charest, candidate to be the next Conservative party leader

OTTAWA - Former Quebec premier Jean Charest is running to be the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Here's a look at who he is: Age: 63 Family life: Charest is married to Michle Dionne. ...

Mar 10, 2022

Budget office says federal spending on health care going up faster than planned

OTTAWA - Federal spending on health care and elderly benefits are set to rise at a faster clip over the next 12 months than previously planned under forecasts the parliamentary budget officer warns do...

Mar 10, 2022

Scrap thresholds in requests to decriminalize simple drug possession: coalition

OTTAWA - More than 20 advocacy organizations are urging the federal minister of mental health and addictions to not require quantity limits from jurisdictions requesting to decriminalize simple drug p...

Mar 10, 2022

B.C. to ease COVID-19 restrictions on masks, long-term care visits, vaccine cards

VICTORIA - British Columbia will lift its mask mandate, restore long-term care visits and drop capacity limits on faith gatherings starting Friday. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said case...

Mar 10, 2022

Supreme Court agrees to examine constitutionality of Quebec cannabis law

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will weigh the constitutionality of a Quebec law that forbids the growing of cannabis for personal use. Four years ago the federal government legalized recreationa...

Mar 10, 2022

Who's in, who's out and who else may join the Conservative party leadership race

OTTAWA - With Sept. 10 picked as the date for when the Conservative Party of Canada will have a new leader, time is ticking for prospective candidates and their teams to get into place. Those running ...

Mar 10, 2022

Health workers prescribe radical changes to health care to treat pandemic burnout

OTTAWA - Canada's ailing health systems need some drastic intervention from federal and provincial governments if there is any hope of reviving them post-pandemic, an emergency summit of nearly 40 hea...

Mar 10, 2022

Trudeau travels to Poland to see Ukrainian refugees, meet with officials

WARSAW, Poland - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will come face to face with Europe's refugee crisis Thursday after arriving in Poland, where most of the estimated two million Ukrainians that have fled ...

Mar 10, 2022

Families of Montreal brainwashing experiment victims still fighting for justice

MONTREAL - As a young adult, Susan Lapp always wondered why she had virtually no childhood memories of her mother. Katherine Lapp had died in a car accident in 1972 when Susan was 15, and her father a...

Mar 10, 2022

Former Quebec premier Jean Charest in Calgary to launch his Tory leadership campaign

OTTAWA - Former Quebec premier Jean Charest is to appear in Calgary today to formally launch his campaign for the Conservative Party of Canada leadership. Charest's bid to lead the Tories means he's r...

Mar 10, 2022