Canada

Deep freeze, power crisis enveloping Texas sparks fresh climate-change falsehoods

WASHINGTON - The catastrophic cold snap that paralyzed the electrical grid in Texas has opened up a new front in the age-old battle between green-energy champions and their fossil-fuel rivals. One sid...

Feb 20, 2021

Federal plans to close fish farms stir emotions on Vancouver Island

VICTORIA - As a commercial fisherman and salmon farmer, James Walkus says he sees the merits of both industries and he's convinced the two can coexist. The 81-year-old Indigenous leader and entreprene...

Feb 20, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 47,850 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,402,139...

Feb 19, 2021

Canada-US border closed to non-essential travel until at least March 21

OTTAWA - The border between Canada and the United States will remain closed to non-essential travel for at least another month.Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced late Friday that the closure ...

Feb 19, 2021

Tory MP Cheryl Gallant accused of peddling 'deranged conspiracy theories' by Liberals

OTTAWA - Federal Liberals are accusing a Conservative MP of promoting "deranged conspiracy theories" akin to those promulgated by supporters of former U.S. president Donald Trump.They've pounced on vi...

Feb 19, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday, Feb. 19, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021.There are 840,586 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 840,586 confirmed cases (32,241 active, 786,7...

Feb 19, 2021

Liberals using interpreter shortage to dodge accountability, Conservatives allege

OTTAWA - Federal Conservatives say the Liberals are using a pandemic-induced shortage of translators to shut down House of Commons committees when they raise issues that cause the government discomfor...

Feb 19, 2021

Survivors say Pornhub's indifference to exploitive videos traumatized them

OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee is hearing from women who say they were traumatized when Pornhub refused to act on exploitive videos posted to its website. Three witnesses before the House of Commo...

Feb 19, 2021

Feds seek fourth extension to update assisted-dying law

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is seeking a fourth extension to the court-imposed deadline for expanding access to medical assistance in dying. Justice Minister David Lametti is asking the court to g...

Feb 19, 2021

Businesses that opened during pandemic lament lack of access to government aid

OTTAWA - The sounds of baseballs hitting bats and gloves are fewer these days at Robert Johnston's training centre in Toronto because of public health restrictions. Since last March, the federal gover...

Feb 19, 2021