Canada

B.C. city council will partially reimburse homeowner for tax sale, equity loss

PENTICTON, B.C. - The mayor and council of Penticton, B.C., offered an official apology and voted to reimburse a woman almost $141,000 after the city sold her home well below assessed value in order t...

Dec 14, 2021

Omicron rapid spread prompts Liberals to limit number of MPs in Commons

OTTAWA - The federal government is vastly reducing the number of Liberal MPs present in the House of Commons due to the lightning spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. In addition, government Hou...

Dec 14, 2021

Freeland asks provinces to use more rapid tests, says millions more tests are coming

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland pleaded with provinces to use the COVID-19 rapid tests they've already been sent as she promised Ottawa will spend another $1.7 billion to buy millions more...

Dec 14, 2021

Marineland Canada says site for planned whale refuge in Nova Scotia is too polluted

HALIFAX - A plan in Nova Scotia to build North America's first coastal refuge for whales formerly kept in marine parks has come under fire from Marineland Canada. The marine park in Niagara Falls, Ont...

Dec 14, 2021

Highlights from Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s fall economic statement

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland released a fall economic statement today that outlined a better-than-expected economic rebound, but also billions more in spending, including on the respons...

Dec 14, 2021

Watchdogs order Clearview AI to stop using facial recognition tool without consent

OTTAWA - Three provincial privacy watchdogs have ordered facial recognition company Clearview AI to stop collecting, using and disclosing images of people without consent. The privacy authorities of B...

Dec 14, 2021

A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada

A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Ontario is ramping up COVID-19 testing in long-term care homes and tightening restrictions on visitors and resident activities in an attempt to guard ag...

Dec 14, 2021

Military preparing to act quickly on Arbour's plan to fight sex misconduct: minister

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Anita Anand says she is preparing the military to act quickly on retired Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour's recommendations for eliminating sexual misconduct from the rank...

Dec 14, 2021

NDP leader would back federal intervention in court challenge to Quebec's Bill 21

OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh says he would support federal intervention in a court challenge to a Quebec law known as Bill 21, which bans teachers and some other public-sector workers from wearing religious...

Dec 14, 2021

Quebec university classrooms are not safe spaces, says academic freedom committee

MONTREAL - A committee mandated by the Quebec government to investigate academic freedom says university classrooms should not be considered safe spaces. The committee, headed by former Parti Qubcois ...

Dec 14, 2021