Canada

O'Toole likely to move quickly to put stamp on federal Conservative party

OTTAWA - Erin O'Toole begins a new political life as the leader of the federal Conservative party. O'Toole was declared the winner of the leadership race early Monday morning after technical...

Aug 24, 2020

Gun-control reforms passed last year might not be fully in place until 2022: memo

OTTAWA - An internal government note says several federal gun-control measures that received royal assent over a year ago, including expanded background checks, might not come into effect before ...

Aug 24, 2020

Bank of Canada looks for broader input in updating inflation-target framework

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is turning to the public for input on its inflation-rate target that underlies any changes to the central bank's trend-setting interest rate. The bank had already planned o...

Aug 24, 2020

Evacuation alert lifted for Penticton, B.C., wildfire threat has 'subsided'

PENTICTON, B.C. - An evacuation alert has been lifted for nearly 3,700 properties in the path of a wildfire in British Columbia's south Okanagan region, while hundreds of others forced out of their ho...

Aug 24, 2020

Military lifts order grounding Snowbirds team, some restrictions still in place

OTTAWA - The Snowbirds are allowed back in the air after a deadly crash this spring saw the aerobatic team's iconic jets grounded in British Columbia for more than three months. The Royal Canadian Air...

Aug 24, 2020

Canadians join lawsuit to overturn opening Alaska wilderness to energy drilling

Canadian First Nations and environmentalists have joined a U.S. lawsuit aimed at overturning a decision that opens an Alaska wilderness to oil and gas exploration. The Gwich'In Tribal Council, which r...

Aug 24, 2020

Bernier says O'Toole not a real conservative, unlike his People's Party

OTTAWA - People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier launched a full-throated attack on Erin O'Toole Monday, accusing the newly minted Conservative leader of wearing a "true blue" mask during the leadership ...

Aug 24, 2020

U.S. trade office rejects WTO panel decision on Canadian softwood lumber

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade representative is taking issue with the latest decision from the World Trade Organization on Canada's long-standing dispute with its largest trading partner over exports of...

Aug 24, 2020

Halifax-area firm ready to roll out drug-dispensing machines to fight opioid crisis

HALIFAX - A Halifax-area company is rolling out five automated drug-dispensing devices across Canada this week that it says will help battle the country's opioid crisis. Dispension Industries Inc...

Aug 24, 2020

Climate change rears ugly head as Republicans rally re-election effort

WASHINGTON - Climate change, an issue all but forgotten in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, is roaring back to the forefront just as Donald Trump's Republicans begin their sprint to the No...

Aug 24, 2020