Canada

Canada and allies on high alert for Russian disinformation, interference: minister

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says Canada is on high alert for Russian disinformation campaigns designed to confuse and deceive people. Mendicino says Canada is using all the tools a...

Apr 13, 2022

Successful amendment: Canadian Pacific will have to pay taxes in Saskatchewan

REGINA - The Constitution is to be amended as it relates to the Saskatchewan Act so as to remove a section that exempts Canadian Pacific Railway from paying taxes in the province. The proposed amendme...

Apr 13, 2022

Human Rights Commission joins call for public inquiry on sexual violence in prisons

OTTAWA - The Canadian Human Rights Commission says Canada needs an independent public inquiry to address serious issues of sexual violence and coercion in federal prisons for women. The commission is ...

Apr 13, 2022

Bank of Canada raises key interest rate by 0.5%, will further ease pandemic stimulus

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is raising its key interest rate by the highest amount in more than 20 years in the face of rising inflation.The central bank is increasing its policy rate by half a percen...

Apr 13, 2022

Bail review begins for Pat King, a key figure in convoy protest

OTTAWA - Ontario Superior Court began hearing arguments to release Ottawa convoy organizer Pat King on bail after his lawyer requested a review of the initial decision to keep him in jail until his tr...

Apr 13, 2022

N.S. mass killer shot himself in head as police were opening fire at gas station

HALIFAX - A public inquiry heard evidence today that the Nova Scotia gunman who murdered 22 people in 2020 likely shot himself in the head within seconds of two officers firing on him. Dr. Matthew Bow...

Apr 13, 2022

Trudeau says budget measures will help Canadians weather Bank of Canada rate hike

LAVAL, Que. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government's new budget will help Canadians weather the Bank of Canada's new interest rate hike, its highest in more than 20 years. Trudeau told re...

Apr 13, 2022

Trudeau welcomes talk of Russia's action in Ukraine as genocide

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau says it is "absolutely right" that people are describing Russia's actions in Ukraine as genocide. The prime minister says there are official, legal procedures for determining w...

Apr 13, 2022

COVID-19 vaccines in national stockpile starting to expire as uptake slows

OTTAWA - Health Canada says almost 1.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines held in a national inventory have expired since January. That includes more than 420,000 doses of Moderna's vaccine that expir...

Apr 13, 2022

Quebec Halloween night sword attack trial suspended because of COVID-19 outbreak

QUEBEC - The trial of a man charged in Quebec's Halloween night sword attack has been postponed until next week after a second juror tested positive for COVID-19. Carl Girouard, 26, is charged with tw...

Apr 13, 2022