Canada

Leaders fan out across the country for seventh day of federal election campaign

TORONTO - The main party leaders are fanned out across the country as the federal election campaign enters its seventh day. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is on the East Coast, with stops scheduled in ...

Aug 22, 2021

Ministers defend evacuation efforts in Afghanistan amid dire security challenges

OTTAWA - Canada airlifted another 121 people from strife-ridden Afghanistan on Saturday, including Canadian citizens and family members as well as Afghan nationals accepted for resettlement by Ottawa ...

Aug 22, 2021

Record-breaking heat wave hits Quebec for the second time in August

MONTREAL - A heat wave that has broken temperature records in parts of Quebec over the weekend is expected to reach some new historic highs today. Environment Canada has issued another heat warning, s...

Aug 22, 2021

Three federal parties on offensive despite Trudeau sitting out 6th day of campaign

The three main federal parties lobbed attacks at each other Saturday, undaunted by the absence of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau on the sixth day of the federal campaign. While it is not unusual for pa...

Aug 21, 2021

Military called in to help N.W.T. as territory sees surge of COVID-19 cases

Public Safety Canada says it has approved a request for help from the Northwest Territories as the territory deals with a surge in COVID-19 cases. The territory says there are 198 active cases, with t...

Aug 21, 2021

Second Canadian flight leaves chaotic Kabul on Friday with 106 Afghans on board

OTTAWA - Canadian officials say a C-17 Globemaster transport plane evacuated 106 more Afghans from the chaotic Kabul airport on Friday and brought them to a safe third country. The senior Canadian gov...

Aug 21, 2021

Even from within: Manitoba premier faces opposition to completing his agenda

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister's decades-long career in politics is not ending quietly. Low opinion polls and opposition within his own caucus as he heads toward retirement have raised do...

Aug 21, 2021

B.C. may not move to Step 4 by Sept. 7 as COVID-19 case counts increase: top doctor

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's top doctor says the province may not advance as expected to the next step in its COVID-19 restart plan as case counts surge in the Interior Health region. As provincial ...

Aug 20, 2021

Yukon sets out its path from pandemic to endemic for COVID-19 infections

WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government has set out its framework for moving from the pandemic to an endemic approach, treating COVID-19 much like the flu. Premier Sandy Silver says the territory is schedul...

Aug 20, 2021

Quebec man charged with attempted murder after police officer shot at traffic stop

SAINTE-MARIE-DE-BEAUCE, Que. - A 54-year-old Quebec man has been charged with attempted murder after a provincial police officer was shot and wounded during a traffic stop south of Quebec City earlier...

Aug 20, 2021