Canada

Budget 2023: What you missed, from phone chargers and concert fees to air travel

OTTAWA - For Canadians fed up with chargers that don't fit their cellphones, hidden fees, air-travel disruptions and cosmetic testing on animals, the Liberal government says help is on the way. Those ...

Mar 28, 2023

Budget 2023: Liberals follow through on big promises in deal with NDP

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has continued to fulfil its promises to the NDP within its second federal budget since the parties struck a confidence-and-supply agreement in March 2022. New Democrats...

Mar 28, 2023

Budget 2023: Liberals add foreign interference office, new money-laundering rules

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government plans to launch a National Counter-Foreign Interference Office, amid ongoing scrutiny of allegations that Beijing interfered in recent feder...

Mar 28, 2023

Budget 2023 belt-tightening: Liberals order federal spending review, cuts

OTTAWA - Federal departments and agencies are being told to start tightening their belts as the Trudeau government looks for ways to pay for its latest budget promises while easing recent criticism ov...

Mar 28, 2023

Federal budget 2023 includes $59.5 billion in new spending, looks to increase revenue

OTTAWA - The federal government announced $59.5 billion of new spending over the next five years as part of a narrowly focused budget that also promises to find savings in the public service and incre...

Mar 28, 2023

NewsAlert: $491B budget invests in clean electricity, health care

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's 2023 federal budget promises "transformative investments" in Canada's green economy and expanded dental care, all while claiming Ottawa can rein in the co...

Mar 28, 2023

'It's really sad': Neighbour describes chaotic scene after Calgary house explosion

CALGARY - Rima Rifai thought her furnace had exploded Monday when the house across the street burst into a ball of fire, sending 10 people to hospital with serious injuries. When she opened the front ...

Mar 28, 2023

Final two victims of Old Montreal fire identified, investigation to focus on cause

MONTREAL - Police say the final two victims of a March 16 fire in Old Montreal that killed seven people have been identified. Montreal police Insp. David Shane confirmed today that Charlie Lacroix and...

Mar 28, 2023

Health care professionals fight decision to reject access to psilocybin for training

Canada violated the rights of hundreds of patients awaiting access to psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy when it rejected applications from health-care professionals to consume the restricted drug for ...

Mar 28, 2023

Alberta Energy Regulator to launch third-party probe of Kearl oilsands tailings leak

The Alberta Energy Regulator says it will launch an independent investigation into the tailings leak at Imperial Oil's Kearl oilsands mine. The regulator says in a news release today it is looking for...

Mar 28, 2023