Canada

Ottawa to close 60 per cent of commercial salmon fisheries to conserve stocks

VANCOUVER - The federal government says it will close several commercial Pacific salmon fisheries in British Columbia and Yukon beginning this season to conserve fish stocks that are on the "verge of ...

Jun 29, 2021

Third wave would have killed more people in Canada without vaccines: Tam

OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says without vaccines the third wave of COVID-19 in Canada would have been much deadlier. Dr. Theresa Tam says as vaccines began to roll out among the mos...

Jun 29, 2021

'The truth has been told': Indigenous leaders call for Canada Day reflection

It will be a muted Canada Day in many parts of the country as grief and anger over the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at former residential schools have made it hard for many Canadians to st...

Jun 29, 2021

Navy commander who golfed with Vance amid sexual misconduct probe to keep his job

OTTAWA - The commander of the Royal Canadian Navy will not lose his job after golfing with the former chief of the defence staff who is under military police investigation for sexual misconduct allega...

Jun 29, 2021

Montreal Canadiens ask Quebec government to increase arena capacity to 50 per cent

MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens say they're asking the province for permission to allow 10,500 fans to attend upcoming playoff games in Montreal, up from 3,500. France Margaret Blanger, the team's e...

Jun 29, 2021

Lawyer for trucker guilty in woman's hotel death in Edmonton wants shorter sentence

EDMONTON - The lawyer for an Ontario truck driver who killed a woman in his Edmonton hotel room a decade ago is asking that his client be sentenced to about half the time called for by the Crown. Dino...

Jun 29, 2021

Trudeau speaks with Palestinian president ahead of Garneau's visit to the Middle East

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is speaking with the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas today ahead of his foreign affairs minister's visit to Jordan, Israel and the West Bank later ...

Jun 29, 2021

Report calls for public takeover of old oil and gas wells to fund their cleanup

A new report by a group of independent researchers concludes that most of Alberta's energy wells no longer hold enough oil and gas to pay for their cleanup. The report by the Alberta Liabilities Discl...

Jun 29, 2021

Liberals say by 2035 all new cars, light-duty trucks sold in Canada will be electric

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is speeding up its goal for when it wants to see all light-duty vehicles sold in Canada to be electric. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced today that by 2035 al...

Jun 29, 2021

Ottawa adds another Alberta coal project to federal environmental assessment list

Environmental groups say they are pleased the federal government is adding another proposed coal mine in Alberta's Rocky Mountains to the list of projects it will review. Federal Environment Minister ...

Jun 29, 2021