Canada

Mandate to enforce EV sales quotas needed by end of next year: Guilbeault

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says he wants a national mandate that would force auto dealers to sell a certain number of electric vehicles to be in place by the end of next year. Roa...

Dec 10, 2021

Syrian refugees who now call Canada home look to help Afghan newcomers

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - The living room at Zoheir and Nadia Darrouba's home is a hive of activity in the late afternoon - their older children, just back from school, are taking turns carrying around the...

Dec 10, 2021

'We're going to fight this': Deportation of Inupiaq man living in Canada deferred

Herman Oyagak first travelled to Aklavik, N.W.T., from his home in Alaska by snowmobile in 2018, a trip that takes about 18 hours. It's a journey he does regularly now with his wife Carol, who grew up...

Dec 10, 2021

Bill to legally recognize Senate's evolution runs into unforeseen hurdle with Speaker

OTTAWA - The federal government plans to reintroduce a bill in the House of Commons identical to one already passed unanimously by the Senate to legally recognize the evolution of the upper house into...

Dec 09, 2021

Former Yukon health minister ordered to pay successor following failed legal bid

WHITEHORSE - Yukon's former health minister has been ordered to pay more than $8,000 after a judge sided with her successor in an effort to have the election result overturned. Liberal Pauline Frost c...

Dec 09, 2021

Work is ongoing to end remaining long-term drinking water advisories: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his Liberal government remains committed to ending all long-term drinking water advisories that exist on First Nations, despite not setting a new date to do...

Dec 09, 2021

Order to produce docs on fired scientists ended with dissolution of Parliament: Rota

OTTAWA - The Conservatives have lost their bid to resurrect a House of Commons order demanding the release of secret documents related to the firing of two scientists at Canada's highest security labo...

Dec 09, 2021

Rapid tests advised by Ontario experts in COVID fight, Quebec sending them for kids

TORONTO - Rapid COVID-19 tests can help stop transmission and could be valuable tools in workplaces and schools, Ontario experts said Thursday, while Quebec announced test kits for kids amid calls for...

Dec 09, 2021

Planned body to review wrongful convictions must be forward-looking, report says

OTTAWA - Two former judges who led consultations on creation of an independent commission to review possible wrongful convictions for criminal offences say the new body must be proactive and not simpl...

Dec 09, 2021

First Nations call for better alert system, more funding after slow flood response

VANCOUVER - The executive director of the First Nations Emergency Management Society is calling for a more integrated alert system and funding after it took days to co-ordinate and reach remote Indige...

Dec 09, 2021