Canada

Liberals to face pressure to move quickly on fiscal plan as fourth wave hits economy

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals may soon start feeling the pressure to move quickly on spending and tax plans, some of which the party's platform promised this fiscal year. The Liberals are expected to ...

Sep 22, 2021

Green Party in tatters, with glimmers of hope, after disappointing election finish

OTTAWA - A former top Green official says the party faces a self-reckoning after a federal election that dashed hopes of growth following a year marred by internal strife. The party now confronts alte...

Sep 22, 2021

Bloc leader calls on Trudeau to hold summit on health transfers with premiers

MONTREAL - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to convene a summit with his provincial and territorial counterparts to discuss federal health transfer...

Sep 22, 2021

Most postal votes to be counted by the end of today: Elections Canada

OTTAWA - A clutch of close-run ridings, including a nail-biting photo finish in Vancouver, Granville, are still waiting for mail ballots to be counted to determine the final result. But Elections Cana...

Sep 22, 2021

Conservative on national council says members should review O'Toole's leadership

OTTAWA - A Conservative who sits on the party's national council says Erin O'Toole should undergo a leadership review by members following his election loss, marking the first open challenge to him st...

Sep 22, 2021

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney battles COVID-19 hospital crisis, internal party revolt

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, facing a mushrooming COVID-19 hospital crisis that now threatens to topple him as leader, accepted the resignation of his health minister Tuesday. Kenney said ...

Sep 21, 2021

O'Toole triggers campaign review after loss, saying no one more disappointed than him

OTTAWA - The Conservatives will review their disappointing election loss, Erin O'Toole said Tuesday as he underscored his commitment to ensuring the party is battle-ready for the next campaign. "We've...

Sep 21, 2021

Three new Indigenous MPs secure ridings for NDP and Conservative parties

There are likely to be three new Indigenous members of Parliament in the House of Commons following a federal election that had a record number of First Nations, Mtis and Inuit candidates. Blake Desja...

Sep 21, 2021

Quebec coroner questions why more wasn't done for neglected Herron residents

MONTREAL - The Quebec coroner overseeing an inquiry into long-term care deaths is questioning why more wasn't done to help residents at a Montreal-area home where dozens died. Coroner Ghane Kamel has ...

Sep 21, 2021

Masks mandatory across Nunavut; new COVID-19 cases confirmed in two communities

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is reporting two new cases of COVID-19 two days after the territory reinstated its mask mandate. There is one new case in Kinngait on Baffin Island and one in Kugluktuk in t...

Sep 21, 2021