Canada

Canada to apologize after labelling Dakota and Lakota as refugees

WHITECAP DAKOTA FIRST NATION, SASKATCHEWAN - Canada's Crown-Indigenous Relations minister is scheduled to deliver an apology today to nine First Nations in Manitoba and Saskatchewan following decades ...

Jul 15, 2024

July carbon rebates to be deposited, mailed today

OTTAWA - The second instalment of this year's national carbon price rebate will be deposited or mailed out to millions of households today. The Canada Carbon Rebate returns 90 per cent of the revenue ...

Jul 15, 2024

Trump shooting casts shadow on safety at Republican National Convention

MILWAUKEE - Thousands of Republicans have arrived in Milwaukee as an assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump brings a heightened sense of security to the Republican National Convention ...

Jul 15, 2024

Trump rally shooting casts shadow over Canadian political scene

OTTAWA - The shadow of violence in the United States will be hanging over Canada's political scene this week in the wake of an attempted assassination on former president Donald Trump. A shooting at a...

Jul 15, 2024

Trudeau says he spoke with Trump Sunday after shooting, condemned political violence

OTTAWA - The Prime Minister's office says Justin Trudeau spoke this afternoon with former president Donald Trump in the wake of a deadly shooting at one of his campaign rallies on Saturday. Trudeau's ...

Jul 14, 2024

Pre-alert lifted for northern Quebec town near Labrador forest fire

FERMONT, QUE. - Authorities in the northern Quebec town of Fermont have lifted an evacuation pre-alert as the risk from a forest fire on the other side of the provincial boundary with Newfoundland and...

Jul 14, 2024

'Fraying democracy:' Trump rally shooting highlights polarized political climate

WASHINGTON, D. C. - The image is a stark one: former U.S. president Donald Trump pumping his fist into the air with an American flag in the background as blood trickles down the side of his face follo...

Marty Hastings Jul 14, 2024

Canadian leaders say democracy must prevail following Trump rally shooting

WASHINGTON, D. C. - Canadian leaders are condemning a shooting at former President Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania, saying there's no place for violence in a democracy. Federal Conservative leade...

Marty Hastings Jul 13, 2024

Northern Quebec town preparing for possible evacuation as Labrador fire rages

FERMONT, QUEBEC - A northern Quebec town is facing a possible evacuation order as a forest fire rages nearby on the other side of the provincial boundary with Newfoundland and Labrador. The municipali...

Jul 13, 2024

Quebec town leaders, residents unite to decide fate of mine with ties to Pentagon

MONTREAL - Five Quebec municipalities located by a proposed site for a graphite mine with ties to the Pentagon have created an alliance to accelerate public consultations on the project and pressure t...

Jul 13, 2024