Canada

Alberta announces five-member coal consultation committee, online survey

EDMONTON - Alberta is asking a five-member committee to assess how people in the province feel about coal mining in the Rocky Mountains.Energy Minister Sonya Savage says the group is to report to her ...

Mar 29, 2021

Diversity of background on committee tapping into views on Alberta coal mining

EDMONTON - The Alberta government has tasked a five-member committee with finding out how people feel about open-pit coal mining in the Rocky Mountains and their eastern slopes. Here's a description o...

Mar 29, 2021

U.S. case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou breaks international law: defence

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou says the United States is violating international law by bringing fraud charges against her that have no connection to the country.Gib van Ert to...

Mar 29, 2021

Restrictions imposed to curb COVID-19 in B.C. as new cases strain the system

VICTORIA - British Columbia has taken a step backwards in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing the province to impose circuit breaker measures for the next three weeks to slow the rapid sp...

Mar 29, 2021

Quebec coroner's inquest begins into deaths at long-term care homes during first wave

JOLIETTE, Que. - A coroner's inquest into long-term care deaths in Quebec during the COVID-19 pandemic's first wave opened today with testimony describing staff shortages and employees moving from one...

Mar 29, 2021

Apology issued after newspaper editorial compares COVID restrictions to Holocaust

MOOSE JAW, Sask. - The owner of a newspaper in Saskatchewan has apologized for an editorial that compared COVID-19 restrictions to the Holocaust. Glacier Media says in a statement that the March 24 ed...

Mar 29, 2021

Opposition blasts Liberals for sending House leader instead of PM staff to talk WE

OTTAWA - Federal opposition parties are expressing frustration and anger after the Liberal government sent its House leader to answer a parliamentary committee's questions today on a now-dead WE Chari...

Mar 29, 2021

Canada should be ready to weather any export issues to deal with China: O'Toole

WINNIPEG - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says Canada has to work closely with its allies to counterbalance China's actions while recognizing that could mean risks to Canadian exports. O'Toole was s...

Mar 29, 2021

Denis Coderre says he's running again against Valerie Plante for mayor of Montreal

MONTREAL - Denis Coderre says he's running again against the woman who made him a one-term mayor in 2017. Coderre announced his run Sunday on the popular talk show "Tout le monde en parle," where he i...

Mar 29, 2021

Facebook Canada head rejects idea of Australia-style news payment rules

OTTAWA - The head of Facebook Canada says rules requiring it to pay publishers for news content linked on its site would be a worst-case scenario for the social media behemoth. At a parliamentary comm...

Mar 29, 2021