Canada

New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs expected to call provincial election today

FREDERICTON - A 33-day provincial election campaign is expected to officially get started today in New Brunswick. Progressive Conservative Premier Blaine Higgs has said he plans to visit Lt.-Gov. Bren...

Sep 19, 2024

Quebec won't fund graphite mine project tied to Pentagon; locals claim ‘victory’

MONTREAL - After years fighting against the opening of a mining project with ties to the Pentagon, Louis Saint-Hilaire is breathing a sigh of relief. That's because this week, the Quebec government re...

Sep 19, 2024

Federal foreign interference inquiry to hear from political party officials today

OTTAWA - A federal inquiry into foreign interference is scheduled to hear today from Bloc Qubcois, Green and New Democratic Party officials. The inquiry's latest hearings are focused on the capacity o...

Sep 19, 2024

NDP flips, BC United flops, B.C. Conservatives surge as election campaign approaches

VICTORIA - If the lead up to British Columbia's provincial election campaign is any indication of what's to come, voters should expect the unexpected. It could be a wild ride to voting day on Oct. 19....

Sep 19, 2024

Health Minister Mark Holland appeals to Senate not to amend pharmacare bill

OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland is urging senators not to tweak the pharmacare bill he carefully negotiated with the NDP earlier this year. The bill would underpin a national, single-payer pharm...

Sep 18, 2024

Canada's physicians formally apologize for harm to Indigenous communities

VICTORIA - The group representing Canada's physicians has formally apologized for the harm medical professionals caused to Indigenous Peoples, saying it is "deeply ashamed" and "owning its history" of...

Sep 18, 2024

New Brunswick Indigenous group says Tory position on treaty rights 'troublesome'

FREDERICTON - The six chiefs of the Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick have released results from a pre-election questionnaire sent to the province's political parties, saying they are "particularly d...

Sep 18, 2024

New federal legislation aims to transfer development and planning authority to Jasper

OTTAWA - New federal legislation introduced Wednesday aims to give the fire-ravaged Rocky Mountain town of Jasper, Alta., full authority over local land planning and development rather than Parks Cana...

Sep 18, 2024

Conservatives deny link to protesters that harassed Singh after Liberals blame them

OTTAWA - Conservatives are denying any association with protesters who harassed Jagmeet Singh, among others, outside of Parliament Hill this week after Liberal ministers accused them of lending their ...

Sep 18, 2024

RCMP feared they didn't have enough evidence to hold terror suspect sought by U.S.

MONTREAL - Court documents filed in the case of a Pakistani man arrested in Quebec for an alleged plot to kill Jews in New York City reveal the RCMP didn't have enough evidence to hold him in Canada. ...

Sep 18, 2024