Canada

Anniversary of Emergencies Act invocation brings modest convoy protest to Ottawa

OTTAWA - Protesters returned to Ottawa in significantly smaller numbers today to mark the one-year anniversary of the Liberal government's invocation of the Emergencies Act. City officials said more p...

Feb 14, 2023

Latest British Columbia avalanche claims two backcountry skiers

REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Two backcountry skiers are dead after being caught in an avalanche in south central British Columbia. A report from Avalanche Canada says the skiers were on a slope called Potato Pe...

Feb 14, 2023

'Everything to make them smile:' Montreal Canadiens host Ukrainian peewee team

MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens gave the Ukraine Selects peewee team a chance to momentarily forget about the atrocities of the Russian invasion on Tuesday. The Ukraine Selects defeated Team Romania...

Feb 14, 2023

Early results of search for possible graves at Vancouver Island school to be released

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - A First Nation on Vancouver Island says it is ready to release the results of its preliminary investigation into possible unmarked graves on the grounds of a former residential sc...

Feb 14, 2023

Federal committee will probe contracts with other consulting firms, not just McKinsey

OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee probing federal contracts awarded to McKinsey & Company will now look into other consulting firms' relationships with Ottawa. New Democrat MP Gord Johns brought ...

Feb 14, 2023

Advocates, MPs call on feds to expand access to psychedelic treatment

OTTAWA - Green Party Leader Elizabeth May wants Canada to consider expanding access to psychedelics as medical treatments. May was among the MPs who joined a delegation of patients and health-care pra...

Feb 14, 2023

Canadian woman's body found in building that collapsed during earthquake in Turkey

HALIFAX - The body of a Canadian woman who was visiting Turkey has been found in the rubble of a building that collapsed on Feb. 6. during the devastating earthquake that has killed thousands. Saad Zo...

Feb 14, 2023

MPs want Canada to match more charities for Turkey and Syria earthquake donations

OTTAWA - A cross-section of MPs say Ottawa should cost-match donations to more organizations who are responding to devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Officials from Global Affairs are testif...

Feb 14, 2023

Father seemed agitated ahead of girls' murders, grandmother tells Quebec inquiry

QUEBEC - The maternal grandmother of two young Quebec girls killed by their father in July 2020 says he seemed agitated and nervous in the lead up to the murders. Gatane Tremblay testified today at a ...

Feb 14, 2023

Liberal MP Greg Fergus breached Conflict of Interest Act with letter, watchdog rules

OTTAWA - The federal ethics commissioner says Liberal MP Greg Fergus breached the Conflict of Interest Act by writing a letter to Canada's broadcast regulator to support a television channel's applica...

Feb 14, 2023