Canada

Ottawa pledges to spend $15 million to restore Ontario's tree-planting program

OTTAWA - The federal government is promising to spend $15 million to save a tree-planting program in Ontario. Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government cancelled the 50 million tree...

Jun 05, 2019

'Heartland' actress Amber Marshall to lead Calgary Stampede parade

CALGARY - Canadian actress Amber Marshall has been chosen to lead the Calgary Stampede parade this year. Marshall, 31, is best known for starring as horse-whisperer Amy Fleming, whose family...

Jun 05, 2019

RCMP, CBSA say they never searched Meng Wanzhou's phones or electronic devices

VANCOUVER - Lawyers for the RCMP and Canadian Border Services Agency deny allegations their officers searched Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's phones and electronic devices after a borde...

Jun 05, 2019

Northern Alberta residents start returning home after evacuation due to fires

Some residents in northern Alberta have started to return home after wildfires forced them to leave their communities two weeks ago. An evacuation order was lifted for residents of High Level, the sur...

Jun 05, 2019

Oil lobby group calls for parties to campaign on regulatory help for pipelines

OTTAWA - The country's largest oil-and-gas lobby group is urging political parties to ensure their campaign platforms include support for major pipeline and LNG projects and a regulatory regime that w...

Jun 05, 2019

MPs across party lines call for new housing subsidy to help homeless veterans

OTTAWA - A cross-party group of MPs is asking the federal Liberals to create a new housing stipend to help thousands of this country's veterans get off the streets. The motion from Ontario Liberal MP ...

Jun 05, 2019

Liberals merge youth employment programs in revamped jobs strategy

OTTAWA - Myriad federal programs aimed at helping young people get and keep jobs are being merged as part of a revamped youth employment strategy. The changes the Liberal government unveiled Monday ar...

Jun 05, 2019

China-Canada differences go beyond Beijing's critical, outgoing envoy: Carr

OTTAWA - Canada's trade minister is downplaying the forthcoming departure of China's outspoken envoy to Ottawa, saying differences between the countries stretch beyond the amb...

Jun 05, 2019

Canada's emergency alert system can't measure how many phones get the notices

OTTAWA - The federal government says it can't measure how many people actually receive emergency-alert messages on their phones. A spokesman for Public Safety Canada says the most recen...

Jun 05, 2019

Senate committee says oil tanker ban off B.C. targets Alberta, divides country

OTTAWA - A Senate committee says the Trudeau government's bill to ban oil tanker traffic off British Columbia's northern coast will divide the country, inflame separatist sentiment...

Jun 05, 2019