Canada

Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador announcing energy deal, ending decades of strife

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The premiers of Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador are set to announce a resolution today to an energy issue that has driven a wedge between the provinces for decades. Quebec Prem...

Dec 12, 2024

Settlement reached in complaint over Canada Post layoffs as strike hits four weeks

The union representing Canada Post workers says an unfair labour practice complaint over the company's layoffs has been resolved. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers filed the complaint with the Cana...

Dec 12, 2024

New Brunswick's first female premier seeking to build province with compassion

FREDERICTON - Susan Holt was puzzled when an envelope with an orange U.S. stamp depicting an African daisy arrived in her mail last month. It was postmarked New York. The newly elected New Brunswick p...

Dec 12, 2024

Missing 'lost Canadians' deadline creates 'unknowable' number of new citizens: feds

OTTAWA - The federal government is asking an Ontario Superior Court for more time to pass citizenship legislation for the "lost Canadians," saying that without an extension an "unknowable" number of p...

Dec 12, 2024

Russian living in B.C. claims Scotiabank wrongfully withholding funds over sanctions

VANCOUVER - A Russian woman who has been living and working in Canada for the last eight years says her money is locked in limbo due to sanctions against Russia's largest bank, so she's taking Scotiab...

Dec 12, 2024

Year in review: A look at news events in January 2024

A look at news events in January 2024: 1 - Former world cycling champion Rohan Dennis is charged in connection with the death of his wife, 32-year-old Olympic cyclist Melissa Hoskins. She died late De...

Dec 12, 2024

Unfair labour practice complaint over Canada Post layoffs resolved

OTTAWA - An unfair labour practice complaint filed by the union representing Canada Post workers over layoffs has been resolved. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers filed the complaint with the Canad...

Dec 11, 2024

MAID cases rose to 15,000 in 2023, but growth of cases halved

OTTAWA - More than 15,000 people received medical assistance in dying in Canada in 2023, but federal statistics show the growth in cases has slowed significantly. Health Canada says in its fifth annua...

Dec 11, 2024

Elon Musk calls Trudeau 'insufferable' after remark on Kamala Harris defeat

OTTAWA - Billionaire Elon Musk called Canada's prime minister an "insufferable tool" on his social media platform today. Musk's comments were in response to Justin Trudeau likening Kamala Harris's def...

Dec 11, 2024

Public inquiry called into conduct of Vancouver police in Myles Gray's beating death

VICTORIA - A public hearing will be held to examine the conduct of seven Vancouver police officers in the beating death of Myles Gray, with Police Complaint Commissioner Prabhu Rajan saying there is "...

Dec 11, 2024