Canada

AFN chief urges leaders to ensure passage of key bills for Indigenous Peoples

OTTAWA - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde is calling on all party leaders to make sure three pieces of legislation he says are of "fundamental importance" to Indigenous P...

Jun 14, 2019

Feds cut heavy-icebreaker order from Vancouver shipyard

OTTAWA - The federal government has quietly taken construction of the coast guard's next heavy icebreaker away from Vancouver shipyard Seaspan, the latest in a string of upheavals in Canada's multibil...

Jun 14, 2019

Premiers' demands on environment bills an 'unhelpful' threat to unity: Morneau

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals say it's conservative premiers who are putting Canada at risk in a fight over oil and the environment. Finance Minister Bill Morneau says in a letter...

Jun 14, 2019

Legault government trying to adopt secularism bill ahead of summer break

MONTREAL - The Coalition Avenir Quebec government is running out of time and into a battle over what constitutes a religious symbol as it pushes to adopt the secularism bill promised in...

Jun 14, 2019

Liberals push end of Mali peacekeeping mission to August

OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces' peacekeeping mission in Mali is going to last a little longer than previously planned - but not as long as the United Nations hoped. Canada's operations in the African na...

Jun 14, 2019

Fans eager to secure Toronto Raptors gear to commemorate historic win

TORONTO - Fans basking in the glory of the Toronto Raptors' historic NBA championship win are lining up to get their hands on team merchandise. People waited to get into several stores ...

Jun 14, 2019

Quebec Premier apologizes to agronomist who blew whistle on pesticide study

Quebec Premier Francois Legault today apologized to a whistleblower who was fired after going public with concerns about the pesticide industry's influence on public research. Legault s...

Jun 14, 2019

Senate Arctic committee calls recommendations in report a 'wake-up call'

OTTAWA - We the North? Canada's Senate is skeptical. The marketing slogan for Toronto's NBA team may be everywhere these days. But for Sen. Dennis Patterson, who helped write a new report on the Arcti...

Jun 14, 2019

'We're deeply sorry:' Husky fined $3.8M for leak into North Saskatchewan River

LLOYDMINSTER, Sask. - Husky Energy was fined $3.8 million Wednesday for a pipeline oil leak that fouled a major river, harmed fish and wildlife and tainted the ...

Jun 14, 2019

MPs face summer recall for new NAFTA approval if no U.S. progress next week

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is prepared to recall Parliament this summer to ratify the new North American trade agreement, The Canadian Press has learned. As much as the government wants to move "...

Jun 14, 2019