Canada

Voting in Nunavut challenging with nine communities without advance polls

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nearly 5.8 million Canadians voted in advance polls, says Elections Canada, but residents of nine communities in Nunavut will have to wait until Monday to cast their ballots. And fo...

Sep 18, 2021

Three main federal party leaders on final campaign blitz

There will be no let up in campaigning today as the main party leaders count down the remaining hours and minutes to Monday's federal election. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is scheduled to make an an...

Sep 18, 2021

Fortin's lawsuit over removal from vaccine post now pointless, federal lawyers argue

OTTAWA - Federal lawyers argue Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin's lawsuit over his removal as head of Canada's vaccine distribution campaign is now moot because the job no longer exists. In a newly filed Federal...

Sep 17, 2021

Tenacious Belgium immigrant pioneered Canada's mussel industry in the 1970s

CHARLOTTETOWN - When Joe Van Den Bremt first floated the idea of producing cultured mussels on P.E.I. in the 1970s, the local fishermen laughed at him. "They were all telling me, 'We use that stuff fo...

Sep 17, 2021

RCMP seeks search, access powers at Fairy Creek to safely execute expiring injunction

NANAIMO, B.C. - The RCMP says it needs more powers to search and exclude people at an old-growth logging protest area on Vancouver Island where about 1,000 arrests have already been made. A federal go...

Sep 17, 2021

Improving Quebec's relations with Indigenous people will take a long time: minister

Quebec's Indigenous Affairs Minister Ian Lafrenire says the provincial government is working to improve services for Indigenous people, but he concedes it will take a long time. Lafrenire made the com...

Sep 17, 2021

Former defence chief Jonathan Vance's case adjourned to October

OTTAWA - Former defence chief Jonathan Vance's obstruction of justice case has been adjourned till next month after its first, brief, virtual courtroom proceeding. Military police charged the former C...

Sep 17, 2021

Trudeau links global campaign on arbitrary detention declaration to China

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada spearheaded an international declaration denouncing state-sponsored arbitrary detentions because of China's decision to imprison Michael Kovrig and M...

Sep 17, 2021

Schools closed in Arviat, Nunavut, after presumptive case of COVID-19 in student

ARVIAT, Nunavut - Schools were closed Friday in Arviat, Nunavut, after a presumptive case of COVID-19 was reported in a school-aged student in the community. Nunavut's chief public officer wouldn't sa...

Sep 17, 2021

'Here we go again:' Albertans react to latest slate of COVID-19 health rules

CALGARY - As an emergency alert blared across the province notifying Albertans of another round of public health restrictions, some felt a range of emotions: anger, confusion, exhaustion. Edmonton mot...

Sep 17, 2021