Canada

Canada announces grants to help companies use satellite data

The federal government says it's granting $8 million to companies to help them take advantage of satellite data. The 21 grants are to support projects from crop surveillance on the Prairies to sea ice...

Jan 20, 2022

O'Toole's boycott leaves security panel of parliamentarians with no Conservative MPs

OTTAWA - There are no Conservative MPs among the newly named slate of parliamentarians to oversee the security-and-intelligence community following the party's decision to boycott the body. The govern...

Jan 20, 2022

Canadian-led battlegroup in Latvia at 'high readiness' amid NATO-Russia tensions

OTTAWA - The Canadian commander of a NATO battlegroup in Latvia says his troops are at a state of "high readiness," as tensions between the military alliance and Russia continue to escalate. In an int...

Jan 20, 2022

Spike in deaths causes Yukon to declare overdose emergency

WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government has declared a substance-use health emergency after toxic drugs pushed overdose deaths to new peaks. Health Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee said Thursday the drugs are kil...

Jan 20, 2022

Canada Post rethinking mask policy forbidding workers to use their own N95s

OTTAWA - Canada Post says it is seeking "clarification" from the federal government about face masks after drawing criticism for refusing to let employees bring their own N95 masks to work. The Crown ...

Jan 20, 2022

Four people including baby found dead in Manitoba near U.S. border

WINNIPEG - Mounties in Manitoba say they have found the bodies of four people - including an infant and a teen - near the United States border. They say the four died from exposure during a blizzard a...

Jan 20, 2022

Nunavut health minister wants to see more people vaccinated against COVID-19

IQALUIT - Nunavut's health minister says he's concerned too many residents are either not vaccinated or not fully vaccinated against COVID-19. John Main says he wants people to encourage their friends...

Jan 20, 2022

Housing ministers meet as MPs ready to for more hearings on pace of price gains

OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives say they plan to recommend a change in how home prices are captured in headline inflation figures, arguing the current readings underestimate the impact. The part...

Jan 20, 2022

Ottawa inks agreement to share more residential schools records to Winnipeg centre

OTTAWA - Canada's Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says Ottawa has reached an agreement with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to hand over more records on residential sc...

Jan 20, 2022

NDP must decide if it wants to be Parliament's conscience or win: polling analyst

OTTAWA - A polling and political analyst says the New Democrats need to decide whether they want to be the "conscience of Parliament" or win an election. Philippe Fournier of 338Canada.com says polls ...

Jan 20, 2022