Canada

Green party execs cancel non-confidence vote against leader Annamie Paul: sources

OTTAWA - Green party executives have called off a planned non-confidence vote this week that could have led to leader Annamie Paul's ouster. Two senior party sources, who were granted anonymity becaus...

Jul 18, 2021

B.C. says accommodations for wildfire evacuees are filling up as evacuations continue

VICTORIA - British Columbia's government says accommodations for wildfire evacuees are filling up as the flames and smoke from numerous blazes spread, forcing more people from their homes and contribu...

Jul 18, 2021

Star-studded event to mark what would have been Jack Layton's 71st birthday

TORONTO - Family and friends of former federal NDP leader Jack Layton will host a virtual event next month to mark what would have been his 71st birthday. The event will involve a concert on Aug. 22 w...

Jul 18, 2021

'I have to do my part': Canadians across the country walking for a cause and to heal

By putting one foot in front of the other, sometimes slowly and sometimes with quicker strides, Bilal Malik says he desperately hopes the government will listen to what he has to say. The 36-year-old ...

Jul 18, 2021

Harvard student, Queen's prof, collaborating to rapidly identify Lyme-infected ticks

OTTAWA - Harvard University microbiology student Indumathi Prakash was just seven years old when a tick bite near her home in Massachusetts gave her Lyme disease and left her to spend most of her chil...

Jul 18, 2021

Fire experts prescribe Indigenous cultural burns to reduce wildfire risk in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Wildfire experts say British Columbia must spark far more prescribed burns, akin to how Indigenous communities have managed forests, to mitigate the risk of huge blazes. "We're not burning...

Jul 18, 2021

Three Innu First Nations say they are ready to take measures to stop Quebec pipeline

MONTREAL - There won't be any more negotiations over a proposed natural gas pipeline crossing Indigenous lands in northern Quebec, say Innu leaders who oppose it. The Innu First Nations of Mashteuiats...

Jul 17, 2021

Quick facts about the three Nova Scotia party leaders ahead of Aug. 17 election

HALIFAX - Here are a few quick facts about the three Nova Scotia party leaders ahead of the Aug. 17provincial election. At dissolution, the Liberals had 24 seats in the legislature while the Progressi...

Jul 17, 2021

Ground-penetrating radar search for graves begins in Delmas, Saskatchewan

DELMAS, SASKATCHEWAN - A group of Saskatchewan First Nations is beginning their search for unmarked graves at the grounds of the former Delmas/Thunderchild Indian Residential School. The Battlefords A...

Jul 17, 2021

'We're back': Montreal festival promoters happy to return but looking to next year

MONTREAL - In downtown Montreal, it's festival season. In the city's entertainment district, a musical act was conducting a sound check on stage Friday evening - the second day of the French-language ...

Jul 17, 2021