Canada

Five things to know about Canada's electricity overhaul as budget spurs clean tech

OTTAWA - Clean electricity was one of the stars of Tuesday's federal budget, with almost $1 in every $8 of new spending the budget anticipates in the next five years targeting Canada's electricity dre...

Mar 29, 2023

'Leave this with me': Alberta premier heard on call with COVID-19 protester

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, in a leaked cellphone call, commiserated with a COVID-19 protester about his trial while divulging to him there was an internal dispute over how Crown prosec...

Mar 29, 2023

Fatal stabbing casts a pall over downtown Vancouver neighbourhood as court date set

VANCOUVER - The fatal stabbing of a 37-year-old father outside a downtown Vancouver Starbucks is casting a pall over the normally bustling block. Passersby have been pausing to pay their respects to P...

Mar 29, 2023

Federal budget attracts mixed reactions

PRINCE GEORGE - Yesterday, the federal government released the 2023 federal budget and so far there has been lots of attention on its contents.Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Fr...

Mar 29, 2023

N.W.T. releases strategy to reduce alcohol-related harms

YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories government has released its first strategy aimed at reducing alcohol-related harms. It details 15 actions the territory plans to take by the end of March 2028 t...

Mar 29, 2023

Canadian supporters of missing Chinese human-rights defender want more information

OTTAWA - Canadian supporters of Dong Guangping, a missing Chinese human-rights defender, are disappointed with what they call a disingenuous response from Vietnamese officials to the United Nations. T...

Mar 29, 2023

Clock ticks on Liberal-NDP deal as budget omits pharmacare bill promised in 2023

OTTAWA - One of the Liberals' outstanding promises for 2023 in their deal with the NDP was conspicuously absent from the federal budget. The confidence-and-supply agreement requires the government to ...

Mar 29, 2023

Move toward 'economic reconciliation' must also come with healing: AFN national chief

OTTAWA - Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald says advancing "economic reconciliation" must go hand in hand with helping communities heal from intergenerational trauma. She says...

Mar 29, 2023

Alleged Quebec cop killer was on probation, had history of mental health problems

MONTREAL - A Quebec man accused of killing a provincial police officer had a history of mental health issues and had been found not criminally responsible at least five times for past offences. Isaac ...

Mar 29, 2023

Fight against toxic mining runoff from Canada persists, say U.S. Indigenous leaders

WASHINGTON - U.S. Indigenous leaders say they aren't about to stop pushing Canada to agree to a bilateral investigation into toxic mining runoff from British Columbia. Representatives from several Ind...

Mar 29, 2023