Canada

B.C. Indigenous leaders call for closure of all Fraser River sockeye fisheries

VANCOUVER - First Nations groups in British Columbia are calling on the federal fisheries minister to issue an emergency order to close all sockeye fisheries on the Fraser River. A joint news rel...

Aug 18, 2020

Some quotes on the Liberal cabinet shuffle and prorogation of Parliament

OTTAWA - "This is our chance to build a more resilient Canada, a Canada that is healthier and safer, greener and more competitive, a Canada that is more welcoming and more fair. This is our moment to ...

Aug 18, 2020

Cabinet glass ceiling shattered as Chrystia Freeland named finance minister

OTTAWA - Chrystia Freeland shattered a glass ceiling Tuesday, becoming the first woman to be sworn in as Canada's finance minister. The gravitas of the moment was not lost on the former journalist and...

Aug 18, 2020

Prorogation of Parliament: what does it mean and what happens next?

OTTAWA - Parliament has been prorogued until Sept. 23, when there will be a speech from the throne. Here is what that means and what could come next. Word - The term comes through Middle English and O...

Aug 18, 2020

Longtime Conservative MP Diane Finley says she won't run in next election

OTTAWA - Longtime Conservative MP Diane Finley says she's not running in the next election. Finley says she's had a "heck of a ride" but it's time to move forward. She's represented the Ontario riding...

Aug 18, 2020

Nisga'a Chief who led nation to landmark treaty, Joe Gosnell, dies of cancer

NEW AIYANSH, B.C. - Joe Gosnell, a renowned treaty negotiator, politician and leader of the Nisga'a Nation, has died at the age of 85. A statement from the Nisga'a Lisims government of northwestern Br...

Aug 18, 2020

Sentencing hearing for father of toddler found dead outside Edmonton church

EDMONTON - A sentencing hearing is being held today for a man who was convicted of manslaughter in his young son's death. Joey Crier and his then-girlfriend, Tasha-Lee Doreen Mack, were each char...

Aug 18, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 18

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. on Aug. 18, 2020: There are 122,872 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 61,206 confirmed (including 5,721 deaths, 53,930 res...

Aug 18, 2020

Parties urged to agree on safe way to hold possible election in pandemic

OTTAWA - What happens if Canada's minority Liberal government is defeated this fall and Elections Canada concludes it can't safely conduct an election because a second wave of the deadly coronavirus i...

Aug 18, 2020

Bill Morneau leaves cabinet, federal politics, as suddenly as he arrived

OTTAWA - William Francis Morneau leaves federal politics as suddenly as he burst onto the Ottawa scene less than five years ago. In November 2015, the newly elected Liberal member for Toronto Cen...

Aug 18, 2020