Canada

MPs re-elect Liberal Anthony Rota to be House of Commons Speaker

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament have re-elected veteran Liberal Anthony Rota as Speaker of the House of Commons. His re-election Monday to a second term as Speaker was no surprise as he had been widely...

Nov 22, 2021

Tories, NDP call for House of Commons to have emergency debate on B.C. floods

OTTAWA - The Conservatives and the NDP want an emergency debate in the House of Commons this week on the floods wreaking havoc in British Columbia. B.C. is bracing for more extreme weather a week afte...

Nov 22, 2021

Toronto MP Kevin Vuong says social media, 'political operatives' want him to fail

OTTAWA - A Toronto MP dumped by the Liberals for not disclosing a withdrawn sexual assault charge says he believes people want to see him in Parliament and blamed political operatives and a social med...

Nov 22, 2021

Promoting French and preserving Indigenous languages a priority: Petitpas Taylor

OTTAWA - New Official Languages Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor says protecting Indigenous languages to make sure they are taught to future generations is a priority for the Liberal government, along...

Nov 22, 2021

Canada aims to keep COVID-19 vaccine waste below five per cent: PHAC

OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says it hopes to keep the number of wasted doses of COVID-19 vaccines in Canada under five per cent. That would amount to 3.7 million of the 73.7 million va...

Nov 22, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine plans for children roll out across the country

Parents across the country are learning how soon their children can get a COVID-19 vaccine appointment now that the pediatric Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been approved by Health Canada. Ontario parent...

Nov 22, 2021

New Parliament opens looking a lot like the old one, facing same issues

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament return to the House of Commons today for the first time in five months. It's a new Parliament that looks almost identical to the old one, after an election Sept. 20 that...

Nov 22, 2021

B.C. mudslide victim identified as rugby player originally from Calgary

CALGARY - Last Monday, as flooding and mudslides ravaged British Columbia, Dean Hopkins got a distraught call from his close friend's wife, saying her husband was missing. That phone call kicked off s...

Nov 22, 2021

British Columbia officials to provide update on flooding situation

VICTORIA - British Columbia officials are set to provide an update on flooding in the province today, as a rain storm in the north is set to move south. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth, along wi...

Nov 22, 2021

'Particularly dark': Kamloops, B.C. pastor urges parishioners to help those in need

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A pastor in Kamloops, B.C. urged his followers Sunday to fight against the darkness by doing good for those individuals in the province suffering as a result of widespread flooding. K...

Nov 21, 2021