Canada

Key interest rate could soon go up another half percentage point, central bank says

OTTAWA - The governor of the Bank of Canada is signalling Canada's key interest rate could go up another half percentage point in June to help wrestle inflation under control. Tick Macklem is appearin...

Apr 25, 2022

Many knew of N.S. killer's replica RCMP patrol car but didn't report to police

HALIFAX - A public inquiry heard today that many people knew about a replica patrol car owned by the gunman in Nova Scotia's mass shooting, but they didn't inform police of his activities. The killer ...

Apr 25, 2022

Canadian military not doing enough to detect, prevent extremism in the ranks: Report

OTTAWA - A scathing new report on racism in the Canadian Armed Forces says the military is not doing enough to detect and prevent white supremacists and other extremists from infiltrating its ranks. T...

Apr 25, 2022

Upcoming census release to show how country is aging, detail gender for first time

OTTAWA - To Parminder Raina, age is really just a number - scientifically speaking. Raina, the scientific director of the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, points to the difference between com...

Apr 25, 2022

Public inquiry into Nova Scotia mass shooting resumes with focus on replica RCMP car

HALIFAX - A public inquiry investigating the mass shooting in Nova Scotia is scheduled to resume today in Halifax with a focus on the replica RCMP police car the killer drove and the police gear he ac...

Apr 25, 2022

Government must call inquiry into use of Emergencies Act today

OTTAWA - The federal government has until the end of the day to call an inquiry into its use of the Emergencies Act during the blockades at Canadian border crossings and in Ottawa earlier this year. M...

Apr 25, 2022

B.C. man hospitalized on 24th day of hunger strike to protest old-growth logging

NANAIMO, B.C. - A group protesting old-growth logging in British Columbia says one of its members has been hospitalized on the 24th day of a hunger strike. Save Old Growth says Howard Breen's "death-w...

Apr 24, 2022

Russian sanctions prove Canadian military mission in Ukraine had impact: Commander

OTTAWA - The most recent commander of Canada's military training mission in Ukraine says the fact Russia has sanctioned him and several of his predecessors is proof of the mission's impact. Lt.-Col. L...

Apr 24, 2022

Stoney Nakoda Nation says traditional knowledge key to success for Banff bison

An Indigenous-led report says relying on traditional knowledge could help to ensure the success of bison that have been reintroduced in Banff National Park. In 2017, Parks Canada released 16 bison in ...

Apr 24, 2022

With sovereignty off the table, Quebec Liberals struggling to connect with voters

MONTREAL - Quebec's next provincial election is still more than five months away, but Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade is already on the campaign trail. On Thursday, the official Opposition leader was...

Apr 24, 2022