Canada

Quebec begins releasing data on COVID-19 levels in wastewater

MONTREAL - Quebec's Health Department has begun releasing data on the presence of COVID-19 in wastewater. The government says the data can provide early warning of new pandemic waves or the emergence ...

Jun 22, 2022

Brown campaign manager joins Michelle Rempel Garner for possible UCP leadership bid

OTTAWA - Patrick Brown's campaign manager has left to help Michelle Rempel Garner with her possible bid for the United Conservative Party leadership in Alberta. Brown's federal leadership campaign say...

Jun 22, 2022

MPs meet soldier charged with criticizing vaccine requirements while in uniform

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament are meeting today with James Topp, a Canadian soldier charged in May for speaking out against vaccine requirements while in uniform. The meetings come as Topp and his su...

Jun 22, 2022

CRTC renews CBC licensing for another five years, tweaks its mandate

OTTAWA - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is renewing CBC's licensing, with tweaks to its mandate that will require it to spend money on programming produced by people w...

Jun 22, 2022

Parliamentary committee proposes government make strategy to address financial abuse

OTTAWA - A parliamentary report recommends the government develop a comprehensive strategy to address financial and economic abuse as a way to prevent intimate partner violence. The recent report by t...

Jun 22, 2022

Almost 100,000 mail ballots in federal election not counted, most arrived late

OTTAWA - A report published today by Elections Canada says almost 100,000 mail-in ballots were not counted in the federal election, most because they arrived after the deadline. The body that administ...

Jun 22, 2022

Quebec judge dismisses defamation suit against comedian Mike Ward regarding joke

MONTREAL - A Quebec comedian who won a high-profile Supreme Court of Canada human rights case last year has logged another legal victory against one of his accusers. A Quebec court judge has dismissed...

Jun 22, 2022

Blair 'very, very confident' he didn't interfere in RCMP mass shooting investigation

OTTAWA - Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki never promised him the Mounties would release details on the guns used in the mass shooting in Nova Scotia to su...

Jun 22, 2022

Canadians more trusting of U.S. as ally, but less so of Biden, Pew poll suggests

WASHINGTON - Canadians are growing more confident in the United States as a trusted and reliable international ally, but losing faith in the man who's currently running the country, a new poll suggest...

Jun 22, 2022

Canadians more trusting of U.S. as ally, but less so of Biden, Pew poll suggests

WASHINGTON - A new poll suggests Canadians are growing more bullish on the United States as a trusted global partner - but losing faith in the man who's currently running the country. In the Pew Resea...

Jun 22, 2022