Canada

Liberal MPs defer call for immediate blockade debate at committee

OTTAWA - Liberal MPs have temporarily thwarted an attempt by a Bloc Quebecois MP to immediately debate the "Indigenous crisis" involving rail and road blockades across the country at a Commons co...

Feb 25, 2020

Manitoba premier hints at possible carbon tax deal with federal government

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is hinting at a potential breakthrough with the federal government on a carbon tax. Pallister says federal and provincial senior officials have been in cons...

Feb 25, 2020

Private clinics would harm 'ordinary' people using public system in B.C.: lawyer

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for the British Columbia government says private clinics would increase wait lists for "ordinary" people in the public system and especially harm those who are...

Feb 25, 2020

Sen. Lynn Beyak apologizes for racist letters, says she'll obey ethics report

OTTAWA - Sen. Lynn Beyak sought to stave off suspension from the upper chamber today, apologizing unreservedly for posting offensive letters online and pledging to do more to show her contrition. Beya...

Feb 25, 2020

3 courts, 3 rulings: Carbon tax seen differently in different courts

EDMONTON - Legal experts say rulings from provincial Appeal Courts on the federal carbon tax aren't about the tax itself, but rather the government's legal grounds for it.The Alberta Court ruled on Mo...

Feb 25, 2020

Vets with PTSD treated like 'lepers,' doctor tells Desmond fatality inquiry

GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A New Brunswick doctor who specializes in treating veterans with PTSD apologized today for comments he made about the Department of Veterans Affairs during testimony before a fatal...

Feb 25, 2020

Violent ends to past Indigenous protests haunt Trudeau government

OTTAWA - The ghosts of Indigenous protests past have hovered over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as his government struggles to bring a peaceful end to blockades that have disrupted traffic o...

Feb 25, 2020

N.S. Liberal budget opens spending taps as province faces flattening economy

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Liberal government is opening the spending taps on infrastructure in its fifth consecutive balanced budget, as economic growth is expected to drop sharply this year. The 2020-2...

Feb 25, 2020

World isn't ready for coronavirus outbreak, says Canadian WHO expert

OTTAWA - A renowned Canadian epidemiologist who led a team of experts to China to study the novel coronavirus on behalf of the World Health Organization says other countries are not ready fo...

Feb 25, 2020

Canada's quest to buy new fighter jets delayed another three months

OTTAWA - Canada's long-running effort to buy new fighter jets is facing another delay. The federal government says today it is giving fighter-jet makers another three months to submit their propo...

Feb 25, 2020