Canada

Safety board to release report on B.C. tug sinking that claimed two lives

VANCOUVER - A report into a deadly tug boat sinking off British Columbia's north coast will be released today. Transportation Safety Board chair Kathy Fox and Clifford Harvey, the director of marine i...

Mar 08, 2023

Closing arguments in Winnipeg trial of retired priest charged with indecent assault

WINNIPEG - Closing arguments in the trial of a retired priest accused of assaulting a First Nations woman while she was a student at a former residential school are expected to begin this morning in W...

Mar 08, 2023

Grocery store CEOs will face questions on food prices at Commons committee today

OTTAWA - The CEOs of Canada's largest grocery store chains will be before a parliamentary committee today to answer questions about the rapid rise in food prices. The CEOs and presidents of Loblaw Cos...

Mar 08, 2023

Ontario mayors seek help, clarity from Ottawa to support Roxham Road asylum seekers

The mayors of three Ontario cities are calling on the federal government to help them support asylum seekers being transferred to their communities after entering the country through an unofficial bor...

Mar 08, 2023

Chinese Canadians walk tightrope in political arena amid foreign interference debate

Mark Lee, a professional translator and former council candidate in Richmond, B.C., says he knows what it's like to walk the fine line faced by fellow Chinese Canadians entering the political arena am...

Mar 08, 2023

Indigenous leaders stress need for consultation on federal firearms legislation

OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee studying Liberal efforts to outlaw assault-style firearms is hearing criticism, as well as some measured support, from Indigenous leaders. Chief Jessica Lazare of...

Mar 07, 2023

Eby: Federal government needs to reform bail system 'now' to target repeat offenders

British Columbia Premier David Eby says the federal government needs to reform Canada's bail system now instead of simply talking about it. His comments come after federal Justice Minister David Lamet...

Mar 07, 2023

Unpaid oilpatch taxes rise again despite industry boom, say rural municipalities

Rural Municipalities of Alberta says the total of unpaid taxes from the oilpatch keeps rising despite the industry's boom. In a release, the group says energy companies owe towns and villages in which...

Mar 07, 2023

No indication objects downed over Yukon, Lake Huron operated by foreign state: Anand

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Anita Anand says there is no indication the flying objects shot down over Yukon and Lake Huron last month were affiliated with a foreign country. But Anand says she won't oth...

Mar 07, 2023

A look at the players involved in federal efforts to address foreign interference

OTTAWA - Canada's major political parties have accepted the results of the 2019 and 2021 election and a panel of bureaucrats has determined both elections remained free and fair, an assessment that na...

Mar 07, 2023