Canada

How an 'energizer bunny,' cheeseburgers and $14 billion helped Canada woo Volkswagen

The $14-billion deal that will see Volkswagen, the world's largest automaker, set up a manufacturing presence in Canada for the first time in history, took a year of negotiations on both sides of the ...

May 14, 2023

Pipeline plot twist: where Line 5 threatens nature, now nature is a threat to Line 5

WASHINGTON - The controversial Canada-U.S. oil and gas conduit known as Line 5 could be facing its toughest challenger yet: the very watershed the pipeline's detractors are trying to protect. Spring f...

May 14, 2023

A timeline of negotiations toward the Volkswagen battery plant in Canada

OTTAWA - March 15, 2021: Volkswagen AG announces its intention to build six new electric vehicle battery manufacturing plants by 2030. March 17, 2022: Industry Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne cold...

May 14, 2023

Smith says she'll consider changes amid concerns wildfires politicized in election

EDMONTON - United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith says she will consider making changes amid questions over whether she is politicizing Alberta's wildfire crisis by using party news conferences to ...

May 13, 2023

Alberta county warns of danger when residents fight wildfires themselves

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - As frustration mounts over the response to wildfires that have forced thousands of Albertans to flee their homes and rural properties, one county is warning its residents again...

May 13, 2023

Quebec premier says raising politicians salaries by $30K requires "courage"

SHERBROOKE, Que. - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says courage was necessary to propose raising the salaries of provincial politicians by $30,000. Legault made the comments today as the Coalition Aven...

May 13, 2023

Slain OPP officer's funeral set for Thursday at Ottawa hockey arena

The funeral for an officer shot and killed in eastern Ontario is set for next week. Ontario Provincial Police say Sgt. Eric Mueller will have a police funeral at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa on ...

May 13, 2023

Indian cops hunt suspects in illegal crossing deaths of family to U.S. from Akwesasne

Police in India say they are looking for three men in connection with the deaths of a family from Gujarat trying to cross into the United States by boat through Akwesasne, Que., in March. Indian polic...

May 13, 2023

Funerals to be held for Quebec firefighters killed during floods in Charlevoix region

SAINT-URBAIN, Que. - Funerals for two Quebec volunteer firefighters who died earlier this month during flash floods in the Charlevoix region will be private affairs. The municipality of St-Urbain, nor...

May 13, 2023

Windsor mayor calls out Ottawa after Stellantis accuses feds of failing on plant deal

The mayor of a southwestern Ontario city says he expects the federal government to live up to a deal that would se one of the world's biggest automakers build an electric vehicle battery plant in the ...

May 13, 2023