Canada

Alberta regulator confirms Kearl oilsands toxins in small fish-bearing waterbody

Alberta's energy regulator is confirming that hazardous chemicals are present in a small waterbody after two releases of tailings-contaminated wastewater from Imperial Oil's Kearl oilsands mine. In an...

Apr 05, 2023

Scientists confirm first Canadian fossil of Ice Age predator the dire wolf

Canada now has its first dire wolf. For the first time, a Canadian fossil has been confirmed as coming from the Ice Age predator featured in the TV series "Game of Thrones." The specimen, from near Me...

Apr 05, 2023

Small businesses not getting what they were promised in aid to offset carbon price

OTTAWA - Small businesses in Canada have received less than 10 per cent of the financial aid they were promised to help them offset the costs of the national price on carbon emissions. The Liberals pr...

Apr 05, 2023

Vancouver police deployed to end tent encampment in Downtown Eastside

Vancouver police have dispatched officers to a tent encampment on the city's Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers. The City of Vancouver says it has asked police to help...

Apr 05, 2023

Indigenous child-welfare settlement heading back to Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

OTTAWA - A multibillion-dollar settlement for children and families harmed by Ottawa's underfunding of on-reserve services will be presented to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for approval after be...

Apr 05, 2023

Feds' draft plan to enshrine UN's Indigenous rights declaration 'not perfect' Lametti

OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti says he knows the government's draft action plan for implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is not perfect. Lametti mad...

Apr 05, 2023

Indian man extradited from Canada to U.S., charged with human smuggling in Akwesasne

MONTREAL - Federal prosecutors in the United States say an Indian man living in Canada was paid thousands of dollars to smuggle other Indian nationals into the United States through the Akwesasne Moha...

Apr 05, 2023

Minister praises 'vigilance' of Winnipeg landfill staff after woman's body found

OTTAWA - The federal minister responsible for Crown-Indigenous relations is praising workers at a Winnipeg landfill for their "heightened vigilance" after the remains of an Indigenous woman were disco...

Apr 05, 2023

Liberal MP slams own government's 'bland statements' on Israel's far-right crackdown

OTTAWA - Liberal MP Salma Zahid is criticizing her own government's response to Israel's administration amid police violence in Jerusalem. The Toronto MP says Foreign Minister Mlanie Joly needs to go ...

Apr 05, 2023

Quebec ordered to pay ex-premier Charest $385K because of corruption probe leaks

MONTREAL - The Quebec Superior Court has ordered the provincial government to pay ex-premier Jean Charest $385,000 because information about a corruption investigation targeting the Liberals was leake...

Apr 05, 2023