Canada

Next Bank of Canada governor would stay focused on fighting inflation: Poilievre

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his choice for Bank of Canada governor would be someone focused entirely on keeping annual inflation at its two per cent target. Poilievre is standin...

Dec 30, 2022

Researchers warn of bias as Montreal health network to use AI to reduce wait times

MONTREAL - Artificial intelligence researchers say a Montreal hospital's plan to reduce emergency room wait times with an AI algorithm is an appropriate use of the technology - if it's done carefully....

Dec 30, 2022

Pierre Poilievre doesn't like anti-Trudeau flags, but understands anger behind them

OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre says he doesn't like the expletive-laden flags some Canadians are using to denounce Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. But the federal Conservative leader also says he understand...

Dec 30, 2022

Four dead, including two kids, after Hamilton house fire sends six people to hospital

HAMILTON - Four people, including two kids, are dead after they were pulled from a house fire in Hamilton on Thursday night, the city's fire department said. The two adults and two children died in ho...

Dec 30, 2022

Man killed after being injured in Montreal jail was in 'illegal' detention

MONTREAL - Quebec's Public Security Department says a 21-year-old man who died after suffering injuries inside a Montreal jail was being illegally detained. Department spokeswoman Marie-Jose Montminy ...

Dec 30, 2022

Influenza, RSV and COVID-19 on the decline across Quebec

MONTREAL - The three respiratory viruses that had been causing chaos in the fall in Quebec hospitals - COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus - are all on the decline, the province's publ...

Dec 30, 2022

Windsor to get millions in federal help for cost of Ambassador Bridge blockade

OTTAWA - The federal government has set aside $6.9 million to cover the cost of dealing with last winter's "Freedom Convoy" protests at Canada's busiest border crossing, according to Public Safety Min...

Dec 30, 2022

A look at six Canadian police officers who were killed in recent months

Six police officers have been killed in Canada since September. Here's a look at their cases and who they were: Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala, 28 The Ontario Provincial Police has said Pierzchala was res...

Dec 30, 2022

'It's going to change the Bugaboos forever': large rockfall found on Snowpatch Spire

INVERMERE, B.C. - Mountain guide James Madden was flying over Snowpatch Spire in Bugaboo Provincial Park last week surveying weather conditions when he saw dust clouds. He then snapped photos of a hug...

Dec 30, 2022

Throw out 'misconceptions' and buckle up on buses, RCMP officer says after B.C. crash

KELOWNA, B.C. - An RCMP officer who interviewed survivors of the deadly Christmas Eve bus crash near Merritt, B.C., says it's time for passengers to throw out their false sense of security on buses an...

Dec 30, 2022