Canada

End of quantitative easing shadows Liberals' consultation on managing federal debt

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada's move to end its pandemic-driven purchases of government bonds to stimulate the economy, and warnings of rate hikes sooner than previously expected, has coloured federal e...

Oct 31, 2021

'You cannot just raise the flags and replace it with nothing': AFN national chief

OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says there needs to be another symbolic gesture made to recognize the genocide of Indigenous children if Canada wants to raise its flag. Ro...

Oct 31, 2021

Freeland downplays impact absence of leaders from China, Russia may have at G20 talks

ROME - Canada's deputy prime minister says the absence of leaders from China and Russia at the G20 summit in Italy this weekend isn't ideal, but isn't commenting on the impact that may have on tough c...

Oct 30, 2021

'Listening to Manitobans:' A profile of Manitoba's next premier Heather Stefanson

WINNIPEG - Heather Stefanson'ssuccessfulbid to lead the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives and take the premier's chair follows a lifetime in and around politics that started as a young girl. She was ...

Oct 30, 2021

Northern lights may be visible in much of the country this weekend after solar storm

MONTREAL - The northern lights may be visible Saturday and Sunday in parts of the country where they're rarely seen. The federally-funded AuroraMAX observatory in Yellowknife said in a post on social ...

Oct 30, 2021

Compensation for Indigenous children removed from homes not justice, says AFN chief

Assembly of First Nations Chief RoseAnne Archibald says any federal compensation paid to Indigenous children removed from their homes would be a recognition of the harms that were caused, but does not...

Oct 30, 2021

Nature Conservancy says some spooky species get unfair bad rap at Halloween time

FREDERICTON - Halloween weekend is traditionally rife with images of bats, owls, spiders and other animals that spark fear in many. But one national wildlife organization is urging Halloween celebrant...

Oct 30, 2021

Facts about Manitoba Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Heather Stefanson

WINNIPEG - Heather Stefanson is a veteran member of the Manitoba legislature and has been a cabinet minister for five years. She is one of two candidates for the Progressive Conservative party leaders...

Oct 30, 2021

Decorations get super-sized for second pandemic-era Halloween

An unfamiliar noise hums in the late-October air on evening strolls through some Canadian neighbourhoods. It's not the whooshing of witches on brooms overhead, the howling of werewolves or the lament ...

Oct 30, 2021

Manitoba's governing Tories pick new leader during controversy over ballots

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's governing Progressive Conservatives are to choose a new party leader today who will become the province's next premier. Party members are deciding between former health minister ...

Oct 30, 2021