Canada

Canadian peacekeeping levels hit lowest level in more than 60 years

OTTAWA - Canada's contributions to peacekeeping have reached what is believed to be an all-time low even as the Liberal government makes its final push for a United Nations Security Council seat. UN f...

May 22, 2020

Conservatives disqualify Karahalios from leadership race a second time

OTTAWA - Jim Karahalios won't be allowed to run for the federal Conservative party's leadership, despite a court ruling that reopened the door to his candidacy. Party spokesperson Cory Hann says the l...

May 21, 2020

Canada's UN envoy mounts final push for Security Council seat amid pandemic

OTTAWA - In Friday morning's early darkness, Marc-Andre Blanchard will catch his first new glimpse of New York City's sparkling skyline from behind the wheel of a modestly priced rental car. For Canad...

May 21, 2020

Local legion honours victim, survivor of Snowbirds crash in Kamloops, B.C.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Thousands of people tuned in online Thursday to hear the sombre sound of a bugle playing the Last Post and to take a moment of pause in remembrance of the victim of a Snowbirds p...

May 21, 2020

CERB-like mechanism could help country respond to future economic shocks: Poloz

OTTAWA - Canada's top central banker says adding an income-support measure like the Canada Emergency Response Benefit to the government's tool kit could help the country ...

May 21, 2020

B.C. Supreme Court to rule in Huawei executive's extradition case on Wednesday

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court will release a key decision next week in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. The court says Justice Heather Holmes...

May 21, 2020

Alberta to change restrictions on foothills coal mining to ease development

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is changing coal policies to make it easier to develop open-pit mines in one of the province's most sensitive areas. Alberta says it will abolish land use zones in it...

May 21, 2020

Twenty-eight soldiers test positive for COVID-19 after working in care homes

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces says 28 military members have tested positive for COVID-19 after being deployed to help at long-term care facilities in Ontario and Quebec. That represents a dramati...

May 21, 2020

Trudeau pledges help to increase COVID-19 testing in Ontario and Quebec

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will be speaking with the premiers today about how Ottawa can help provinces massively scale up their COVID-19 testing capacity to fend off a p...

May 21, 2020

Trudeau promises $75M more for off-reserve Indigenous services in pandemic

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is sending $75 million to organizations that help Indigenous people living in urban areas and off reserves through the COVID-19 pande...

May 21, 2020