Canada

Uproar from students after Quebec restricts access to fast-track immigration

QUEBEC - In a rare show of solidarity, all of Quebec's opposition parties gathered Tuesday with a group of foreign students to denounce the government's latest immigration reforms, which they describe...

Nov 07, 2019

Liberal winners, losers gather in Ottawa after disappointing election result

OTTAWA - Re-elected, newly elected and defeated Liberal MPs are gathering on Parliament Hill to mull over the disappointing results of the Oct. 21 election and contemplate the best way forwa...

Nov 07, 2019

Small aircraft operators making 'gradual drift' toward unsafe flying, says TSB

OTTAWA - Small aircraft operators in Canada have fallen into a trap of accepting too many safety risks - and it has to stop before more people are killed or injured, the Transportation Safety Board wa...

Nov 07, 2019

Quebec offers more for families in economic update, will end year with $1.4B surplus

Quebec's fall economic update is offering more money for families, a reduction in hospital parking fees and a return to a single rate for the province's subsidized daycar...

Nov 07, 2019

Sale of $1 housing lots spells success for New Brunswick village in decline

MCADAM, N.B. - A year after a tiny village in New Brunswick announced it would sell 16 housing lots for one dollar apiece, the mayor says the novel bid to attract newcomers to...

Nov 07, 2019

Ex-SNC-Lavalin exec's trial hears of $10 million offer to witness for testimony

MONTREAL - A former SNC-Lavalin executive on trial for fraud and corruption tried to pay $10 million to have a key Crown witness change his story about the company's dealings in Libya, the star&n...

Nov 07, 2019

Quebec politician denied access to legislature over hoodie in latest fashion spat

QUEBEC - The provincial legislature today refused access to Quebec solidaire member Catherine Dorion after she showed up for work wearing a hoodie. The legislature's deputy speaker, Chantal Soucy, let...

Nov 07, 2019

China cancels ban on shipments of pork, beef products from Canada

OTTAWA - The Chinese government has removed a months-long ban on Canadian pork and beef products that hit farmers hard when it arrived in the midst of a broader diplomatic feud between the t...

Nov 07, 2019

Liberals' 35 Quebec seats remain unchanged after Bloc concedes in recount

OTTAWA - The Bloc Quebecois has conceded defeat in a Quebec City riding it had hoped to snatch from the Liberals in an official recount. Families Minister Jean-Yves Duclos will keep the riding of Queb...

Nov 07, 2019

Food vouchers replace cheques as computer woes continue for Nunavut government

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The government of Nunavut is still dealing with its computer systems after a cyber attack paralyzed its entire network. All government computers in the territorial capital...

Nov 07, 2019