Canada

Indigenous festival back in Montreal, a year after being delayed due to COVID-19

MONTREAL - The Montreal First Peoples' Festival is back until Aug. 11 at the Place des Festivals and other locations in the city, a year after most Indigenous events such as powwows were put off due t...

Aug 07, 2021

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole announces first promise in Quebec

MONTREAL - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he wants to financially support the creation of a Quebec research and development centre on food self-sufficiency in Sainte-Hyacinthe, southeast of Mon...

Aug 07, 2021

Male southern resident killer whale possibly dead from cancer, says expert

VANCOUVER - The endangered southern resident killer whale population may have suffered more loss with one of the orcas presumed dead, says an expert. The orca, K-21, was seen in the last week of July ...

Aug 07, 2021

Feds reach tentative deal with striking border guards days before restrictions ease

WASHINGTON - Canada's border agents reached a new tentative agreement with the federal government late Friday after a daylong work-to-rule campaign left long lines of semi-trailers and passenger vehic...

Aug 06, 2021

Federal government says proposed coal mine in southwestern Alberta can't proceed

OTTAWA - The federal government says the proposed Grassy Mountain coal project in southwestern Alberta cannot proceed. Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson made the announcement ...

Aug 06, 2021

More restrictions as COVID-19 cases spike in B.C.'s Okanagan: top doctor

VANCOUVER - British Columbia health officials announced circuit-breaker restrictions in the central Okanagan region amid a surge of COVID-19 cases driven by the highly infections Delta variant. Provin...

Aug 06, 2021

No charges against top military officer McDonald after misconduct investigation

OTTAWA - A six-month investigation into the conduct of Canada's top military officer Admiral Art McDonald has ended without any charges. Provost Marshal Brig.-Gen. Simon Trudeau announced the developm...

Aug 06, 2021

Quebec signs deal with Ottawa to allow more temporary foreign workers in province

MONTREAL - Quebec has reached a deal with Ottawa that will allow up to 20 per cent more temporary foreign workers in the province to work in low-wage jobs. The federal government announced the pilot p...

Aug 06, 2021

Pfizer vaccine label amended in Canada to list Bell's Palsy as possible side-effect

OTTAWA - Health Canada has added the facial paralysis condition known as Bell's Palsy as a potentially rare side-effect after getting the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The condition is a usually temporary ...

Aug 06, 2021

Alberta Premier says he won't 'take a lecture' from federal health minister on COVID

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he won't "take a lecture" from federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu on how to handle COVID-19. Hajdu earlier penned a letter to her Alberta counterpart sayin...

Aug 06, 2021