Canada

PQ leader's allusion to deportations, executions a threat to social cohesion: MP

OTTAWA - Quebec Liberal MP Pablo Rodriguez says he deplores the tone taken by the leader of the Parti Qubcois, who referenced dark moments in Canadian history to justify the party's push for independe...

Apr 17, 2024

Elephant seal Emerson is back in Victoria, defying relocation by swimming 200 km

VICTORIA - Emerson the elephant seal is back in Victoria after defying attempts to relocate him and swimming more than 200 kilometres to return to his preferred urban habitat to moult. The Fisheries D...

Apr 17, 2024

What measures were missing from the 2024 federal budget

TORONTO - The federal budget tabled on Tuesday introduced $53 billion in new spending, but not everyone got what they were looking for. Here's a look at some of the measures not included in the Libera...

Apr 17, 2024

Health minister pitches dental-care changes to get dentists onside

OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland is announcing tweaks to Ottawa's new dental-care plan in a bid to get more dentists, hygienists and oral-health care providers to participate. Dental and hygienis...

Apr 17, 2024

'Heart breaks': Advocates say new disability benefit still leaves people in poverty

Advocates say a disability benefit that was supposed to be a historic move to lift people out of poverty turned out to be a disappointment in the federal budget. The new Canada Disability Benefit will...

Apr 17, 2024

Officer in charge tells inquest everything possible was done to save B.C. hostage

BURNABY, B.C. - The officer in charge when police in Surrey, B.C., killed a hostage taker and the woman he was holding says he believes he did everything possible to save her. RCMP Insp. Blair White t...

Apr 17, 2024

Too early for conclusions on integrity of last two elections, MP Chong tells inquiry

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Michael Chong is urging a federal inquiry to refrain from making final conclusions about the integrity of the last two general elections, saying it is too early to do so. The ...

Apr 17, 2024

All federal ministers will participate in process to find 5,000 jobs to cut: Anand

OTTAWA - Treasury Board President Anita Anand says no government ministry and agency will be left out of the process of cutting 5,000 public-service positions. Anand, who is responsible for much of th...

Apr 17, 2024

Capital gains are going to be taxed more, and these economists say it's a good thing

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is going to change how capital gains are taxed in Canada, which will affect corporations and the country's wealthiest individuals. The federal budget presented Tuesday ...

Apr 17, 2024

Ottawa must revisit assisted dying for Alzheimer's, dementia patients: advocates

OTTAWA - Now is the time to urge Ottawa that people with disorders such as Alzheimer's and dementia should be able to request medical assistance in dying before their cognitive decline, says the CEO o...

Apr 17, 2024