Canada

China to present biodiversity framework for approval at COP15 this morning

MONTREAL - Chinese Environment Minister Huang Runqiu is expected to present the text of a new global agreement to protect nature at COP15 in Montreal this morning. The final draft comes after nearly t...

Dec 18, 2022

Feds, Northwest Territories to create Indigenous protected area for Great Bear Lake

MONTREAL - The federal government, the Northwest Territories and the Dln Got'n government signed off on a plan Saturday to create an Indigenous protected area around Great Bear Lake. The three governm...

Dec 17, 2022

In crowded N.B. hospital, 88-year-old awaiting nursing home placed in supply room

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The daughter of an 88-year-old woman who spent part of Thursday in the supply room of an overcrowded New Brunswick hospital says she's alarmed by the space shortages in the province...

Dec 17, 2022

Dignitaries, family and friends gather for funeral of Manitoba politician Jim Carr

WINNIPEG - Friends, family and former political colleagues are paying tribute today to Jim Carr. Hundreds of people, including the prime minister, cabinet members and former political opponents, atten...

Dec 17, 2022

N.W.T. announces latest case of private health information mishandled

YELLOWKNIFE - A privacy breach affecting people who stayed at a COVID-19 isolation centre is the latest in a long line of cases of health information being mishandled in the Northwest Territories. Lat...

Dec 17, 2022

Friendly rivals: with EV tensions in past, Canada poised to compete with biggest ally

WASHINGTON - Friends, partners, allies - and rivals. With cross-border auto tensions now in the rear-view mirror, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is talking about Canada's next big bilateral challenge: ...

Dec 17, 2022

As politicians played inflation blame game in 2022, what really drove rising prices?

OTTAWA - Some called it "Justinflation." Others called it "greedflation." But reality might be a lot less catchy than the wordplay that has taken off in Canadian politics this year. After enjoying dec...

Dec 17, 2022

Dreams of Chinese fame persist at Vancouver pageant, where stars are born

VANCOUVER - The eight women lining up to take questions included a pediatrician, a legal assistant and a piano teacher. But standing on stage in their bikinis at the River Rock Casino in Richmond, B.C...

Dec 17, 2022

Manitoba to help with feasibility study to possibly search landfill for slain women

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government will be joining an Indigenous-led committee tasked with determining whether it's possible to recover the remains of two First Nations women believed to be in a landf...

Dec 16, 2022

B.C.'s Coquihalla Highway reopens to four lanes as repairs continue after 2021 floods

HOPE, B.C. - A stretch along a key highway that sustained severe damage from landslides and flooding across southwestern British Columbia last year is back to four lanes after temporary repairs at thr...

Dec 16, 2022