Canada

Alberta legislature to resume with throne speech, tabling of blockade bill

EDMONTON - Alberta politicians are returning to the legislature with a promise of new legislation targeting protesters who set up blockades. Premier Jason Kenney says he plans to table ...

Feb 25, 2020

A look at carbon prices across the country

OTTAWA - As of Jan. 1, every Canadian and all Canadian businesses are paying a price on carbon. The federal Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act means provinces that do not have their own price on pol...

Feb 24, 2020

UN disarmament chief warns of 'dark side' of AI, as Liberals tout benefits

OTTAWA - The United Nations' top disarmament official says governments need to pay more attention to the "dark side" of artificial intelligence, including the implications of so-called killer robots t...

Feb 24, 2020

Trudeau says reconciliation requires a 'peaceful' end to rail blockades

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says reconciliation requires a "peaceful resolution" to the blockades that have kept rail traffic from operating across the country. In question period in the Ho...

Feb 24, 2020

Canadian organizations grapple with Jean Vanier's legacy after sex abuse report

Canadian schools and organizations associated with the late Jean Vanier are facing difficult decisions in the wake of a report that found the once-revered figure sexually abus...

Feb 24, 2020

Government urged to increase diversity at top of federal public service

OTTAWA - The federal government is being urged to increase diversity in the senior ranks of the public service. The call comes as black public servants gather in the national capital today to dis...

Feb 24, 2020

OD deaths decrease in B.C. but officials say safer drug supply needed

VICTORIA - Overdose deaths linked to illicit drugs dropped by 36 per cent last year in British Columbia compared with a year earlier, but the number of fatalities is about the same as when t...

Feb 24, 2020

Notley says Kenney's polarizing environmental approach killed Teck mine

EDMONTON - Alberta Opposition NDP Leader Rachel Notley says a decision by Teck Resources to abandon its oilsands mining project should be a wake-up call for Premier Jason Kenney.Notley says Kenney's d...

Feb 24, 2020

7th case of COVID-19 diagnosed in B.C., bringing number of cases to 11 in Canada

VICTORIA - A seventh case of the novel coronavirus has been diagnosed in British Columbia, bringing to 11 the number of cases in Canada. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Monda...

Feb 24, 2020

B.C. tells inquiry money laundering has warped economy, fuelled opioid crisis

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's government says money laundering has distorted the economy, fuelled the opioid crisis and overheated the real estate market as a provincial inquiry into the cr...

Feb 24, 2020