Canada

Traveller confusion reigns amid shifting advice and variants

Confusion is now the defining state for many Canadians considering travel this month amid shifting advice, COVID-19 variants and layers of testing and quarantine rules. Marty Firestone, who heads a tr...

Dec 11, 2021

'Scope' and cost of software fix to naval helicopters expected in spring 2022

HALIFAX - The scope and cost of changes needed to remedy a software issue that was a cause of a naval helicopter crash off Greece resulting in six deaths won't be known until next spring. A Defence De...

Dec 11, 2021

'It's like Christmas': Companies, environmentalists eager to open coal mining reports

This year, Albertans won't find out if there's coal in their stockings until after Christmas. Sometime early in 2022 - the government won't say exactly when - Energy Minister Sonya Savage is to releas...

Dec 11, 2021

Canada looks to retool EV rebate program to include more expensive SUVs, pickups

OTTAWA - The federal government wants to overhaul the rebate program for electric vehicles so that it more closely aligns with the kinds of cars Canadians want to buy, says Transport Minister Omar Alg...

Dec 11, 2021

B.C. businessman Frank Giustra's lawsuit against Twitter can proceed, court rules

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's highest court has upheld a lower-court ruling allowing a prominent businessman and philanthropist's defamation lawsuit against Twitter Inc. to proceed in the province. T...

Dec 10, 2021

Iqaluit residents can drink city water again after 60-day health order

IQALUIT - People in Iqaluit can drink the city's tap water again after 60 days of living under a do-not-consume notice. The notice was lifted Friday by Nunavut's Health Department. Residents of the te...

Dec 10, 2021

16-year-old charged with attempted murder after teacher stabbed in Montreal classroom

MONTREAL - A 16-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after a teacher was stabbed in a Montreal high school classroom Thursday. The provincial prosecution service said the teenager, who ...

Dec 10, 2021

Canada to U.S. on EV tax credits: 'No choice but to forcefully respond' if passed

WASHINGTON - Canada is threatening a retaliatory barrage of punitive tariffs and to reverse a number of dairy-related trade concessions if the United States goes through with its controversial plan to...

Dec 10, 2021

Health workers say existing law against intimidation isn't strong enough: Lametti

OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti says a new law to single out health care workers for special protection from intimidation and threats at work is a response to a need identified by the workers ...

Dec 10, 2021

Quebec board wrong to hire teacher who wore hijab given secularism law: Legault

MONTREAL - Premier Franois Legault says a school board in western Quebec should not have hired a teacher who wore a hijab. Legault told reporters today in Quebec City the province's secularism law, kn...

Dec 10, 2021