Canada

More than 200 cabinet-appointed positions empty: Memo

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been warned that more than 200 senior jobs need filling across the federal government, including dozens in key leadership and oversight roles. In a memo...

Jan 28, 2020

More than 98,000 still owe money after Phoenix overpaid them, says MacKinnon

OTTAWA - More than 98,000 civil servants may still owe the federal government money from being overpaid through the disastrous Phoenix pay system. The government revealed the estimate this week in a w...

Jan 28, 2020

Indigenous group seeks big funding boost for guardians to help protect lands

An Indigenous organization is asking for a big funding boost from the federal government to put more people on the land who observe and report on changes to the environment. The Indigenous Guardians p...

Jan 28, 2020

Quebec police find bodies of two of four missing French snowmobilers

ST-HENRI-DE-TAILLON, Que. - A Quebec provincial police search-and-rescue team retrieved the bodies of two more French snowmobilers who plunged into the water last Tuesday...

Jan 28, 2020

Tories seek auditor general review of Liberal infrastructure plan

OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives are hoping to use their newfound sway in a minority Parliament to force an audit of the Liberals' infrastructure program. The Tories have heavily criticized ...

Jan 28, 2020

Following UK on Huawei an 'easy out' for Canada, says ex-China envoy

OTTAWA - A former Canadian envoy to China says Britain's decision today to grant Huawei partial access to its next-generation 5G network gives the Trudeau government an "easy out" to make the same cho...

Jan 28, 2020

Officials track passengers on flight with coronavirus patient

Public health officials were working Sunday to track down some of the passengers of a China Southern Airlines flight to Toronto this week after learning that the patient diagnosed with Canada's f...

Jan 28, 2020

Wolf safely relocated after wandering through Victoria near B.C. legislature

VICTORIA - A lone male wolf that spent last weekend sniffing out a busy urban neighbourhood in Victoria, just steps from British Columbia's legislature, has been safely relocated to a new te...

Jan 28, 2020

Canadian teacher in Wuhan thinks it's best to hunker down, stay put

A Canadian teacher who lives in the Chinese city that is the epicentre of a coronavirus outbreak says he has no plans to leave. Wayne Duplessis says he and his family are hun...

Jan 28, 2020

Ont. school board warns that coronavirus concerns veer into anti-Chinese racism

An Ontario school board is urging parents to not make assumptions about the new coronavirus that could stoke xenophobia and racism against the Chinese community. Officials with the York...

Jan 28, 2020