Canada

'Like being in prison': Via Rail passenger says people stranded without food, water

OTTAWA - A tourist visiting Canada is questioning the safety of Via Rail after he says his phone was snatched from him by an employee when he was documenting a train delay that left passengers strande...

Sep 03, 2024

Move quickly on gun regulations, directives to stem domestic violence, Ottawa urged

OTTAWA - Several civil society organizations, including women's advocates, are calling on the Liberal government to swiftly flesh out firearm legislation passed last year by enacting crucial regulatio...

Sep 03, 2024

The ups and downs (but mostly ups) of federal health transfers

OTTAWA - The message Canada's premiers sent to Ottawa last year was unanimous: the federal government needed to pay its fair share to contain the ballooning cost of health care. Before Prime Minister ...

Sep 02, 2024

Quebec labour tribunal orders McGill to stop obstructing union of law professors

MONTREAL - Quebec's labour tribunal has ordered McGill University to stop obstructing and interfering with a union representing full-time law professors. The tribunal found the university appears to h...

Sep 02, 2024

In dueling TV ads, NDP and Conservatives try to define Poilievre to union voters

OTTAWA - New Democrats and Conservatives have both launched television ads that attempt to define Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre to union voters, a group politicians see as having increased power in the...

Sep 02, 2024

By-the-numbers: How federal and provincial health funding stack up

OTTAWA - A look at provincial health spending and federal health transfers between 2005 and 2023. The figures have not been adjusted for inflation. Total provincial spending on health care: 2004-05: $...

Sep 02, 2024

Federal health spending has outpaced provinces, analysis shows

OTTAWA - Despite castigation from provincial premiers over lagging federal contributions to health spending, an analysis of 20 years of health funding data shows that federal transfers have mostly out...

Sep 02, 2024

Investigative journalist Stevie Cameron dies at home in Toronto, age 80

TORONTO - An investigative journalist who authored books that tackled topics ranging from a prime minister's involvement in jet purchases to the murders of women on a British Columbia pig farm has die...

Sep 01, 2024

Canada's transport minister to meet with Via Rail after passengers stranded 10 hours

OTTAWA - Canada's transport minister said he is determined to get to the bottom of a recent train delay that left Via Rail passengers stranded for about 10 hours in Quebec over the long weekend. Pablo...

Sep 01, 2024

Mild earthquake rattles three Quebec cities, no damage reported

MONTREAL - A 4.6 magnitude earthquake rumbled through parts of Quebec early Sunday morning. Natural Resources Canada says the quake struck at 5:43 a.m, and was "lightly felt" in Drummondville, Trois-R...

Sep 01, 2024