Canada

Canadian citizens will be able to sponsor fleeing North Koreans for the first time

OTTAWA - A human rights organization says Canadians will be able to sponsor people fleeing North Korea under a new program to help refugees escaping Kim Jong Un's authoritarian regime. HanVoice says a...

Oct 26, 2021

Fires in cargo ship off B.C. coast may take days to put out: coast guard

VICTORIA - The Canadian Coast Guard says it may be several days before fires can be put out inside containers on a cargo ship anchored off the Victoria coast. The agency says in a statement that time ...

Oct 26, 2021

Albertans vote in favour of removing equalization from Constitution

EDMONTON - The final results from Alberta's equalization referendum show almost 62 per cent of those who voted want to see the principle of equalization removed from the Constitution. A second referen...

Oct 26, 2021

Jim Carr out of cabinet, no more special envoy to Prairies for Liberal government

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has left his special representative for the Prairies out of cabinet, appearing to signal a departure from trying to quiet tensions in the West. Manitoba Liberal ...

Oct 26, 2021

Environment, energy files get new ministers in cabinet shakeup ahead of COP26 summit

OTTAWA - Environmental groups say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is sending a signal that combating climate change will fall to more than just one department in his government. Jonathan Wilkinson is be...

Oct 26, 2021

Visitors to national parks can now take 'coasties' to track coastal erosion

Visitors to some Parks Canada locations can now be a part of the organization's research into coastal erosion by taking a so-called coastie. The agency recently launched a citizen science program call...

Oct 26, 2021

Business, labour groups urge new cabinet to get to work on priority issues

OTTAWA - Business and labour groups are urging the new federal cabinet to get to work on priority economic issues like the skilled labour shortage, supply chain issues, fixing employment insurance and...

Oct 26, 2021

Boissonnault, Fraser, Ien among nine new faces in Trudeau's cabinet

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has chosen nine new ministers for his 39-member cabinet. Here's a look at the new faces joining the lineup: Randy Boissonnault, minister of tourism and associate...

Oct 26, 2021

Federal Court rejects Manitoba's argument against carbon price backstop

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has lost a two-year-long court battle against the federal government's carbon pricing plan. A Federal Court judge has rejected Manitoba's argument that Ottawa should...

Oct 26, 2021

Nunavut elects 11 new members amid low voter turnout in territorial election

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut residents have elected 11 new members to the territory's legislative assembly, but voter turnout was low. Elections Nunavut says voter turnout was a 49.9 per cent - down fro...

Oct 26, 2021