Canada

Liberal convention 'essential' to help send optimistic message to Canadians: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Federal Liberals are billing their party convention this week as a chance to contrast what they say is their more positive vision for Canada with the "politics of anger" being stoked by their...

May 04, 2023

B.C. flooding, mudslides prompt evacuation orders, highway closures in the Interior

CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The first spell of summer-like weather in British Columbia has accelerated Mountain snowmelt, causing flooding and mudslides that have prompted evacuation orders and highway closur...

May 04, 2023

Attorney general alerts online companies to B.C.'s new image-sharing law

VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general has sent a letter to technology companies warning they could face orders to stop the distribution of intimate images of B.C. residents that have been sha...

May 04, 2023

'Hissy fit' fallout: trade minister speaks with U.S. envoy over tax-credit comment

WASHINGTON - International Trade Minister Mary Ng has talked to the U.S. envoy to Ottawa after he accused Canada of having a "hissy fit" about about electric vehicle tax credits. David Cohen made the ...

May 04, 2023

Environment Canada opens Fisheries Act investigation into Kearl tailings releases

EDMONTON - Environment Canada is opening an investigation into whether Imperial Oil broke federal laws with two releases of tailings from its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta. The federal agenc...

May 04, 2023

As cities recover from flooding, Quebec premier warns not enough money to go around

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says the province doesn't have enough money to satisfy all the demands from cities for climate change-related projects. Legault made the comments today as cit...

May 04, 2023

Canadian Indigenous leaders meet with King Charles in London ahead of coronation

A delegation of Indigenous leaders from Canada has met with King Charles ahead of Saturday's coronation. Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President ...

May 04, 2023

Quebec rights body opens investigation after young girl's clitoris allegedly removed

MONTREAL - Quebec's human rights commission is investigating reports that the province's youth protection services failed to act on a suspected case of child genital mutilation. The commission says in...

May 04, 2023

Supreme Court of Canada won't hear man's appeal in alleged wrongful conviction case

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeal of a Quebec man seeking compensation over imprisonment for murders he says he did not commit. Yves Plamondon spent almost 28 years behind ...

May 04, 2023

"Canada in my blood': Charles's coronation follows half century of Canadian visits

LONDON - Last year, while still Prince of Wales, King Charles III opened a meeting of Commonwealth heads of government in Rwanda's capital of Kigali and pitched Canada as an example for the world to f...

May 04, 2023