Category Archives: Canada

Windsor mayor, Mendicino texted about Emergencies Act before it was invoked: document
OTTAWA - The mayor of Windsor, Ont., will testify today at a public inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act to clear 'Freedom Convoy' protesters blockading streets around Parl...
Nov 07, 2022

'We are resilient': Hay River, N.W.T., still recovering months after historic flood
HAY RIVER, N.W.T. - Kandis Jameson remembers hearing trees on the shore of the Hay River "snapping like toothpicks" as water levels quickly rose this spring. "It was the eeriest feeling," the mayor of...
Nov 07, 2022

Quebec's highest court to begin hearing appeals on provincial secularism law
MONTREAL - Quebec's highest court is set to begin hearing appeals on the constitutionality of the province's secularism law, known as Bill 21. Both the Quebec government and groups opposing the law ar...
Nov 07, 2022

Monkeypox 'almost eradicated' in Montreal, once epicentre of virus outbreak in Canada
MONTREAL - Once the epicentre of Canada's monkeypox outbreak, Montreal has almost eradicated the virus on its territory, according to doctors in the city - but they warn it's too early to declare vict...
Nov 07, 2022

Prime Minister announces byelection in Mississauga-Lakeshore riding on Dec. 12
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has set the date for a federal byelection in the Greater Toronto Area. Voters in Mississauga-Lakeshore will head to the polls to pick their new member of Parliam...
Nov 06, 2022

Canadian delegation set to tell COP27 about oceans' role in fighting climate change
Lying in plain sight and lapping against our shores is what scientists describe as an unsung hero that has been quietly absorbing heat and keeping the world's temperatures under control. And over the ...
Nov 06, 2022

It's the democracy, stupid: midterm stakes for Canadians are much the same as in U.S.
WASHINGTON - It's not every day that a Canadian prime minister gets name-checked in a political debate in the United States. But in a hyper-polarized midterm election season, it's not surprising it wo...
Nov 06, 2022

Mystery flag to mark 80th anniversary of disastrous Dieppe raid on Remembrance Day
OTTAWA - Legend has that when Canadian troops stormed ashore under a hail of German gunfire at the French port of Dieppe in August 1942, one of the hundreds who eventually died in the attack was carry...
Nov 06, 2022

Climate Changed: How homebuilders and residents are adapting to a warming world
VANCOUVER - The two-storey family home with a classic design and wooden cladding blends in with its neighbours, but its thick, insulated walls, airtightness, solar panels, heat pump and highly efficie...
Nov 06, 2022

Doctors, nurses call for action on crumbling care, health ministers meet in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A family doctor who works in British Columbia and Alberta says patients who don't get the care they need before ending up in overburdened emergency rooms should be a focus for quick action...
Nov 06, 2022