Canada

Kenney more confident in his leadership following United Conservative Party meeting

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he is more confident in his leadership after a three-day annual general meeting of the United Conservative Party than he has felt in a "very long time." The...

Nov 21, 2021

Canada set to receive first shipment of COVID-19 pediatric vaccines

As Canada prepares to receive its first shipment of the children's COVID-19 vaccine today, many jurisdictions say they're ready to start the next phase of the country's immunization drive but are awai...

Nov 21, 2021

Tory vaccination status in spotlight after MP tests positive on eve of new Parliament

OTTAWA - A new session of Parliament opens Monday with questions continuing to swirl over the vaccination status of Conservative MPs. Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole has said he and all his 118 MPs w...

Nov 21, 2021

Top Ukrainian official says more support needed as Russia masses troops near border

HALIFAX - A senior Ukrainian government official is urging Canada to bolster its support for the eastern European country as it faces a renewed threat from Russian forces along its border. Oleksiy Dan...

Nov 21, 2021

'We lost everything': Many residents in Princeton, B.C. still digging out from flood

PRINCETON, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Mario Loutef had little sleep the four days leading up to Saturday, when he piled his ruined belongings in the street outside his home in Princeton, B.C. A vast swath of ...

Nov 21, 2021

Belarus pro-democracy advocate praises Canada's anti-authoritarian stand

OTTAWA - From the safe confines of Washington, D.C. and his comfortable World Bank job, Valery Kavaleuski was powerless to resist the riptide of democratic reform washing over his homeland of Belarus ...

Nov 21, 2021

Decades worth of festering moose jawbones have much to say about N.L. ecology

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Fifty years of flesh-specked, festering jawbones pried out of moose by hunters and dropped in bins all over Newfoundland and Labrador have led to what biologist Don Keefe says is am...

Nov 21, 2021

Anti-hate groups fear wording problems may delay a new law tackling vitriol online

OTTAWA - A coalition of advocacy groups is urging the federal government to stick with its promise to take immediate action on online hate speech and to include steps to tackle the issue in Tuesday's ...

Nov 21, 2021

B.C. officials warn of storm expected to hit the province

VICTORIA - Environment Canada is warning that another rain storm is headed for British Columbia's North Coast. The national forecaster says a second atmospheric river will bring heavy rains to the pro...

Nov 21, 2021

Conservative MP Richard Lehoux tests positive for COVID-19, party says

OTTAWA - The Conservative party says a Quebec member of Parliament has tested positive for COVID-19. Conservative Whip Blake Richards says Richard Lehoux, who represents Beauce in the House of Commons...

Nov 20, 2021