Canada

NDP says carbon price is not 'be-all, end-all' of climate policy, backs Tory motion

OTTAWA - The New Democrats say they will support a Conservative motion that calls on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to defend his carbon pricing policy in a televised "emergency meeting" with the count...

Apr 10, 2024

New security plan for Montreal metro amid rise in mental health and addictions issues

Montreal's transit corporation is concentrating security personnel in certain metro stations amid what officials say has been a rise in the number of people with mental health or addiction issues in t...

Apr 10, 2024

Quebec tables bill that includes fines of up to $1,500 for threatening politicians

QUEBEC - People who harass or threaten Quebec politicians could soon be hit with a court injunction or a fine of up to $1,500. Municipal Affairs Minister Andre Laforest tabled a bill today that aims t...

Apr 10, 2024

Police question man, considered person of interest, in woman's death near Montreal

CANDIAC, Que. - Quebec provincial police say they are becoming increasingly convinced that a woman in her late 20s found dead in an apartment southwest of Montreal was a homicide victim. Spokesman Lou...

Apr 10, 2024

Drought, heat raise risk of repeat of last summer's record-breaking wildfires

OTTAWA - Persistent drought and months of above-average temperatures have raised the risk of a repeat of last year's record-breaking wildfires. Federal officials say conditions are already ripe for an...

Apr 10, 2024

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to testify at foreign interference inquiry

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to testify today at an inquiry into foreign meddling in Canada's last two elections. The inquiry has already heard that China and other state actors ...

Apr 10, 2024

B.C. doesn't know where all its groundwater is going. Experts worry as drought looms

VANCOUVER - Growing up on a ranch in the Columbia River Valley, water has always been part of Kat Hartwig's life, and over the years, she's noticed changes. Marshy areas her family used for irrigation...

Apr 10, 2024

Time ticks down for stranded orca calf as rescue efforts ramp up, but no set date

ZEBALLOS, B.C. - The British Columbia First Nation at the centre of a complex attempt to rescue a young killer whale stranded in a tidal lagoon near the Vancouver Island village of Zeballos says it is...

Apr 10, 2024

Stranded B.C. calf's calls 'make you almost weep,' says Ehattesaht First Nation

ZEBALLOS, B.C. - A Vancouver Island First Nation that has adopted a young killer whale as its newest family member says concern rises about its ordeal with each day that passes, but strong hope for a ...

Apr 09, 2024

Six children of Canadian mother to be repatriated from Syrian detention camp

OTTAWA - Six children, but not their Canadian mother, will be repatriated to Canada from a detention camp in Syria. Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon, who represents the mother, says Global Affairs Canada is ...

Apr 09, 2024