Canada

Quebecer hopes act of 'horticultural disobedience' will urge others to rethink lawns

MONTREAL - This year, Dany Baillargeon is committing what he describes as "horticultural disobedience" by letting his front yard grow naturally - despite the risk of running afoul of local bylaws. The...

Jul 25, 2021

RCMP spied on Canadian nationalist committee as it pushed pro-independence agenda

OTTAWA - Canada's spy service closely monitored the burgeoning nationalist movement in the 1960s and '70s, poring over pamphlets, collecting reports from confidential sources and warily watching for s...

Jul 25, 2021

Nova Scotia New Democrats promise to ban street checks if elected next month

LOON LAKE, N.S. - Nova Scotia's NDP Leader Gary Burrill spent Saturday campaigning in the largely African Nova Scotian riding of Preston where he promised, if elected next month, an end to street chec...

Jul 24, 2021

International passengers at Pearson airport may have to line up by vaccination status

TORONTO - International travellers arriving at Canada's largest airport may now be funnelled into different customs lines based on their vaccination status. Toronto's Pearson International Airport say...

Jul 24, 2021

Number of active wildfires in B.C. drops, one evacuation order lifted

VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says there are 258 wildfires currently burning in the province. That's down from 275 fires reported in its last update Friday, and down from about 300 earlier in th...

Jul 24, 2021

Man arrested after pickup truck crashes into Montreal business, police say

MONTREAL - A man was arrested for possible drunk driving after his vehicle crashed into a store in Montreal. An emergency call was placed at about 2:30 a.m., indicating that a pickup truck smashed int...

Jul 24, 2021

Three refugee athletes competing in Tokyo heading to Ontario college

TORONTO - Three refugees from South Sudan competing at the Olympics will be heading to a Canadian college this fall under a program that gives students displaced by conflict a chance to pursue their a...

Jul 24, 2021

A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country

As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...

Jul 24, 2021

Wildfire report author says heat dome highlights need for new plans in wildfire fight

One of the authors of a report examining what went wrong during British Columbia's extraordinary wildfire season in 2017 says this year's unprecedented heat dome demands new ways of approaching extrem...

Jul 24, 2021

Canada, U.S. working together is no guarantee of border symmetry, ambassador says

WASHINGTON - Canada's envoy to the U.S. says just because the two countries have been working together to manage their shared border doesn't mean they were always going to be moving in perfect symmetr...

Jul 23, 2021