Canada

Alberta sovereignty bill close to finish line as government invokes debate time limit

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's sovereignty bill galloped toward the finish line Wednesday, with the government using debate time limits to rebut what it called Opposition delay tactics. O...

Dec 07, 2022

Trudeau says 120 countries are ready to agree to 30 by 30 framework at COP15

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he believes at least 120 countries are ready to sign on to a COP15 nature summit target to protect nearly one-third of land and marine coastlines by 2030. B...

Dec 07, 2022

Tens of thousands of families have applied for federal child dental benefit: Gould

OTTAWA - Social Development Minister Karina Gould says 35,000 people have applied for the new child dental benefit since the program opened a week ago. Gould was responding to an opposition question i...

Dec 07, 2022

Media shunning transparency law due to worsening delays, journalist says

OTTAWA - Veteran journalist Dean Beeby says reporters are abandoning the federal Access to Information Act as a research tool because turnaround times are terrible and getting worse. The access law al...

Dec 07, 2022

Quebec's auditor finds Education Department ill-prepared for pivot to online learning

Quebec's auditor general says the province's Education Department was ill-prepared when the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to shutter in March 2020 and it still does not have a complete picture of t...

Dec 07, 2022

Quebec coroner questions why witnesses failed to report drunk driver before crash

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is questioning why people who saw a drunk driver get behind the wheel failed to call authorities before he got into a crash that killed four members of a family north of Qu...

Dec 07, 2022

National security concerns prompt bill to modernize foreign investment screening

OTTAWA - The Liberal government says it will make the most significant updates to the federal investment screening law in more than a decade to address evolving national security concerns. Industry Mi...

Dec 07, 2022

Canada's government will review RCMP equipment contract with ties to China: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is reviewing an RCMP equipment contract with a company that has ties to China's government. Radio-Canada reports that the federal Pro...

Dec 07, 2022

'More to do' on systemic barriers facing Muslim charities, Trudeau acknowledges

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledges there is "significantly more to do" on the systemic barriers that confront Muslim charities amid concerns from a federal watchdog that his review of...

Dec 07, 2022

Police call not to search for women's remains "a breach of human dignity," AFN hears

OTTAWA - A Mohawk official tasked with helping Indigenous communities investigate unmarked graves says Winnipeg police's refusal to search for the remains of missing women in a landfill is a "breach o...

Dec 07, 2022