Canada

Nunavut premier expects support from caucus to remove minister from cabinet

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's premier says he believes his motion to remove a member of his cabinet over a social media post will pass when it is voted on later this week. Premier Joe Savikataaq stripp...

Oct 21, 2020

Infrastructure in Nunavut far behind that in most of Canada: report

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Health care, housing and internet access for Inuit in Nunavut all lag far behind what a majority of Canadians expect for themselves, says a new report. The 300-page document was com...

Oct 21, 2020

Mike Duffy appeals to Supreme Court in bid to sue Senate

OTTAWA - Sen. Mike Duffy is filing an appeal to the country's top court in the hopes the Supreme Court of Canada will let him sue the Senate from a years-old spending scandal. Duffy is seeking $7.8 mi...

Oct 21, 2020

Quebec Human Rights Commission urges government to move on racism, racial profiling

MONTREAL - Quebec's Human Rights Commission is urging the province to act against systemic racism and says the majority of recommendations it made in a 2011 report have never been implemented. That re...

Oct 21, 2020

Joe Biden's debate-rematch quandary: How do you solve a problem like The Donald?

WASHINGTON, Wash. - Viewers might be watching television through their fingers Thursday night - not the latest gory Halloween thriller, but the two men vying to be the next president of the United Sta...

Oct 21, 2020

Feds say 100,000 rapid COVID-19 tests have arrived, being distributed to provinces

OTTAWA - Procurement Minister Anita Anand says the first shipment of rapid tests for COVID-19 has arrived in Canada but their eventual destinations remain shrouded in mystery. Canada signed a deal wit...

Oct 21, 2020

Canada receives shipment of 100,000 COVID-19 rapid tests: procurement minister

Procurement Minister Anita Anand says Canada has received a first shipment of 100,000 rapid tests for COVID-19. Anand confirmed the delivery of the ID Now kit, which can provide results in as l...

Oct 21, 2020

Montreal-based company launches global map of methane concentrations

MONTREAL - A Montreal company has unveiled what it boasts is the most accurate map of global methane concentrations ever made. On Wednesday, GHGSat unveiled Pulse, an interactive map available for fre...

Oct 21, 2020

Sister of accused N.B. shooter testifies that he spoke of hoaxes prior to murders

FREDERICTON - The sister of the man charged with four murders in Fredericton two years ago says she began seeing changes in her brother in early 2017. Matthew Raymond, 50, is charged with first-degree...

Oct 21, 2020

Canada jumps closer to military-spending target thanks to COVID-19's economic damage

OTTAWA - New figures from the NATO military alliance have revealed the tiniest of silver linings as COVID-19 wreaks havoc with Canada's economy. That's because the pandemic has helped Canada take a gi...

Oct 21, 2020