Canada

Feds, Alberta set to clash over cash for new rent supplement

OTTAWA - Alberta is pushing back against the Trudeau Liberals' expectation that provinces and territories pick up half the cost of a new rent supplement, asking instead to substitute federal fund...

Dec 26, 2019

Stand-alone northern minister says Arctic issues too many for him to stand alone

Canada's first stand-alone minister of northern affairs says he'll be doing anything but standing alone. "The way I look at it, my ministry is responsible for all of those issues - environment, transp...

Dec 26, 2019

Feds hurried to spend $50M social-finance cash, documents show

OTTAWA - Internal government documents show that federal officials moved quickly before the fall election campaign to dole out $50 million aimed at transforming the delivery of social services. T...

Dec 26, 2019

Company seeks injunction: Co-op, union in court over pickets at Regina refinery

REGINA - A nearly three-week labour dispute between a Saskatchewan petroleum refinery and hundreds of its workers moved from the picket line into the courtroom Monday, with the company seeking an inju...

Dec 25, 2019

Montreal police say man killed partner in alleged murder-suicide

MONTREAL - Police say a 60-year-old man shot his partner before killing himself in a downtown Montreal apartment on Christmas morning. Const. Caroline Chevrefils says the 48-year-old woman died i...

Dec 25, 2019

N.S. sawmills seeking new markets in wake of announced Northern Pulp closure

HALIFAX - The outlook for Nova Scotia sawmills after the closure of Northern Pulp is one of troubling uncertainty and, so far, few answers from the provincial government on ho...

Dec 25, 2019

Conservative party's fundraising boss takes over temporary helm of party

OTTAWA - The director of fundraising for the federal Conservatives has taken over as acting executive director of the party as it continues to grapple with the fallout from the resignation of leader A...

Dec 25, 2019

Former Conservative MP Lisa Raitt to help run race to replace Scheer

OTTAWA - A high-profile Conservative who lost her seat in the last election will help lead the effort to elect a replacement for party Leader Andrew Scheer. The Conservative Party has announced t...

Dec 25, 2019

'If we don't, who is?' Adventurers protect winter playground as climate changes

BANFF, Alta. - Professional adventurer Greg Hill was skiing in Pakistan five years ago, when he got caught in an avalanche and broke his leg. As he healed, he reflected on what legacy he would have le...

Dec 25, 2019

Senator caps lifelong fight by taking aim at Chateau Laurier addition

OTTAWA - A soon-to-be-retired senator has taken his decades-long fight to protect important heritage buildings to "the heart of the nation," where his final act before leaving the Red Chamber for...

Dec 25, 2019