Canada

AG warns infrastructure plan could miss target over lack of data, slow spending

OTTAWA - The federal auditor general says the government can't show that the Liberals' $188-billion infrastructure plan is meeting its lofty goals, and warns the spending may fall short of expectation...

Mar 25, 2021

Suspect caught in attack on Montreal police officer that led to wrongful arrest

Montreal police say a suspect is to appear in court Friday in connection with a January attack on one of their officers that saw a wrongfully accused Black man arrested and held for six days. Ali Ngar...

Mar 25, 2021

B.C. watchdog to investigate whether police broke the law in Glen Assoun case

HALIFAX - A police watchdog in British Columbia will investigate whether RCMP in Nova Scotia broke the law when evidence was destroyed in the case of Glen Assoun, who was wrongfully convicted of murde...

Mar 25, 2021

Five things to know about carbon pricing and the Supreme Court ruling

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada issued a 6-3 decision upholding the federal carbon price legislation Thursday. Here are five things to know about the decision and the carbon price. 1. What was th...

Mar 25, 2021

Withered public health agency forced to scramble on COVID-19, auditor general finds

OTTAWA - A withered Public Health Agency dithered on pandemic preparedness, the federal auditor general has concluded, leaving officials no choice but to scramble to respond to COVID-19. And if such a...

Mar 25, 2021

Crown says burden is on Meng's lawyers to prove device information was wrongly shared

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Canada's attorney general says there's no evidence that the RCMP shared serial numbers with U.S. investigators for the devices of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. John Gibb-Cars...

Mar 25, 2021

Highlights from Quebec's budget for 2021-22 fiscal year

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard tabled the 2021-22 provincial budget Thursday. Here are some highlights.- Operating deficit of $9.2 billion, which jumps to $12.3 billion after a deposit of $3.1 bi...

Mar 25, 2021

Vaccine distribution ramping up as 11 per cent of Canadians get first shots: Ottawa

The federal government says COVID-19 vaccine distribution will steadily increase in the coming weeks as Canada hit an important milestone in giving out shots. Deputy chief public health officer, Dr. H...

Mar 25, 2021

Indigenous people more likely to die in a fire than non-Indigenous: Statistics Canada

OTTAWA - A Statistics Canada study says Inuit are more than 17 times more likely to die in a fire than non-Indigenous people. The agency also says that, overall, Indigenous people are five times more ...

Mar 25, 2021

Forces ombud backs predecessor's handling of Vance allegation

OTTAWA - Military ombudsman Greg Lick is defending the way his predecessor Gary Walbourne handled an allegation of sexual misconduct involving former defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance, saying he would...

Mar 25, 2021