Canada

Hate crimes jumped 51 per cent in part spurred by pandemic, Toronto police report

TORONTO - Hate crime complaints and arrests in the country's largest city jumped sharply last year, with Jewish and Black people the most common targets, according to an annual police report released ...

Apr 22, 2021

MPs adopt motion calling for flights from COVID-19 hot spots to stop

OTTAWA - MPs unanimously agreed Canada should suspend international flights from countries where COIVD-19 outbreaks are raging just a few hours before the federal government is expected to announce ne...

Apr 22, 2021

Health Canada proposes new restrictions on talc in some personal care products

OTTAWA - Health Canada is proposing expanded restrictions on the use of talc in some cosmetic and personal cleansing products due to the possibility of lung damage and cancer risk. The new restriction...

Apr 22, 2021

'Good chance' new Quebec language bill will include notwithstanding clause: Legault

Quebec's premier is hinting that upcoming legislation strengthening the province's language laws will include the notwithstanding clause to protect the bill from constitutional challenges. The notwith...

Apr 22, 2021

Waste not, want not: Montana tribe provides COVID-19 vaccinations at border crossing

CARWAY, Alta. - A long line of cars was backed up at the Carway border crossing in southern Alberta this week as First Nations members and others took advantage of free COVID-19 vaccinations from the ...

Apr 22, 2021

Ottawa, Mi'kmaq community on collision course over plan for second lobster season

HALIFAX - Ottawa and a small Mi'kmaq community appear to be headed toward renewed tensions on the waters off southwest Nova Scotia as the First Nation plans another self-regulated lobster season. The ...

Apr 22, 2021

Supreme Court won't hear appeal in case of novelist acquitted on child porn charge

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada declined on Thursday to hear an appeal in the case of a Quebec author acquitted of producing child pornography in connection with fictional scenes in a horror nove...

Apr 22, 2021

Risk experts say climate change to take big chunk of Canadian economy by 2050

One of the world's largest insurers says Canadians will be more than a $100 billion poorer by 2050 if the world doesn't work harder to fight climate change. Swiss Re, a multinational corporation that ...

Apr 22, 2021

Variants surge: Leaders urge Ottawa to beef up restrictions for travellers to Canada

Ontario's premier got emotional today as he apologized for a mistake and some leaders urged the federal government to tighten restrictions for travellers returning to Canada as rates of COVID-19 varia...

Apr 22, 2021

More supply needed to ease housing price crunch, but always more to do, Freeland says

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the country needs a boost in the supply of housing to help make prices more affordable, but suggests there may be other steps governments can take. Spe...

Apr 22, 2021