Canada

Canada looks to retool EV rebate program to include more expensive SUVs, pickups

OTTAWA - The federal government wants to overhaul the rebate program for electric vehicles so that it more closely aligns with the kinds of cars Canadians want to buy, says Transport Minister Omar Alg...

Dec 11, 2021

B.C. businessman Frank Giustra's lawsuit against Twitter can proceed, court rules

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's highest court has upheld a lower-court ruling allowing a prominent businessman and philanthropist's defamation lawsuit against Twitter Inc. to proceed in the province. T...

Dec 10, 2021

Iqaluit residents can drink city water again after 60-day health order

IQALUIT - People in Iqaluit can drink the city's tap water again after 60 days of living under a do-not-consume notice. The notice was lifted Friday by Nunavut's Health Department. Residents of the te...

Dec 10, 2021

16-year-old charged with attempted murder after teacher stabbed in Montreal classroom

MONTREAL - A 16-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after a teacher was stabbed in a Montreal high school classroom Thursday. The provincial prosecution service said the teenager, who ...

Dec 10, 2021

Canada to U.S. on EV tax credits: 'No choice but to forcefully respond' if passed

WASHINGTON - Canada is threatening a retaliatory barrage of punitive tariffs and to reverse a number of dairy-related trade concessions if the United States goes through with its controversial plan to...

Dec 10, 2021

Health workers say existing law against intimidation isn't strong enough: Lametti

OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti says a new law to single out health care workers for special protection from intimidation and threats at work is a response to a need identified by the workers ...

Dec 10, 2021

Quebec board wrong to hire teacher who wore hijab given secularism law: Legault

MONTREAL - Premier Franois Legault says a school board in western Quebec should not have hired a teacher who wore a hijab. Legault told reporters today in Quebec City the province's secularism law, kn...

Dec 10, 2021

Father of man imprisoned in Syria says there's no evidence 'he's done anything wrong'

OTTAWA - John Letts says he's on a mission to save his son Jack's life, but also to change the way people think about him. Letts, who lives in England, is in Ottawa this week to press federal official...

Dec 10, 2021

Minister Marci Ien self-isolating after potential COVID-19 exposure

OTTAWA - Marci Ien, minister for women and gender equality and youth, has gone into self-isolation after attending an in-person event where she may have come in contact with several COVID-19 cases. Jo...

Dec 10, 2021

China envoy says Kovrig, Spavor confessed to crimes, warns against rejecting Huawei

OTTAWA - China's ambassador to Canada says Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor confessed to crimes before their release from his country's prisons this past September. Envoy Cong Peiwu also says Canada ...

Dec 10, 2021