Canada

Study says rents in most cities are unaffordable for lower-income earners

OTTAWA - The federal government is facing new questions about how much its plans for a rent-supplement program for low-income households will help them afford high rents, detailed in a new s...

Jul 19, 2019

Alberta judge denies B.C.'s bid to block 'Turn Off the Taps' bill

CALGARY - A Calgary judge has denied British Columbia's attempt to block Alberta legislation that would allow that province to stop oil shipments to the coast. In a decision released Friday on th...

Jul 19, 2019

B.C., federal government working to save Fraser River stocks after rock slide

VICTORIA - The federal and British Columbia governments have made a joint commitment to do everything possible to make sure chinook, steelhead, coho and sockeye are able to reach their spawning g...

Jul 19, 2019

Two third-party groups disclose first ad spending in pre-election period

OTTAWA - Two third-party groups have started spending money on political advertising in the period leading up to the federal election, according to Elections Canada. Since the beginning of July, Canad...

Jul 19, 2019

Ethics czar erred in approving LeBlanc's use of Irving plane: Democracy Watch

OTTAWA - The House of Commons' ethics watchdog should never have approved a flight taken by Liberal cabinet minister Dominic LeBlanc on a private aircraft owned by J.D. Irving, says an organ...

Jul 19, 2019

Two more right whales found dead off east coast, bringing total to eight this year

MONCTON, N.B. - Federal officials say two more dead North Atlantic right whales have been spotted off the east coast, bringing to eight the number of the endangered whales to die this year in Can...

Jul 19, 2019

As busiest holiday season begins, Quebec provincial park employees could strike

MONTREAL - As Quebec's busiest summer holiday season kicks off, vacationers may have their holiday plans affected by the threat of a general strike looming among provincial park workers. Some 300...

Jul 19, 2019

Police chief shares frustration about addictions resources in letter to officers

Winnipeg's police chief sent a candid internal memo to officers expressing his dissatisfaction with a lack of addictions resources as the city deals with what he calls an epidemic of violence. "I am t...

Jul 19, 2019

Dennis Oland will take time to 'mentally regroup' after acquittal: lawyer

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Dennis Oland's acquittal in the 2011 murder of his father has left many questions about what comes next for the member of one of Atlantic Canada's most prominent families following ...

Jul 19, 2019

U.S. canoeists besieged by grizzly on Northwest Territories canoe trip rescued

YELLOWKNIFE - A pair of American tourists were pinned between rushing rapids and an aggressive grizzly bear when wildlife officers arrived to rescue them from the rugged tundra of the Northwest Territ...

Jul 19, 2019