Canada

Canada terror rules unchanged as Afghans face humanitarian crisis and winter looms

OTTAWA - Opposition parties and aid groups say the Trudeau government is dragging its feet in carving out exemptions to anti-terrorism laws to allow humanitarian groups to reach desperate people in Af...

Sep 30, 2022

Chief urges reflection about residential schools on Truth and Reconciliation Day

VICTORIA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says today's National Day of Truth and Reconciliation is about the survivors of Canada's residential schools and the children who died in...

Sep 30, 2022

'Justinflation' can't be said in the House of Commons, but MPs are trying anyway

OTTAWA - The Conservatives' cheeky term for inflation under the Liberals has got some MPs into trouble in the House of Commons, where saying "Justinflation" has been deemed verboten. Speaker Anthony R...

Sep 30, 2022

Ottawa mayor wouldn't speak to Parliament security service during convoy: official

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson's office would not return a call from the Parliamentary Protective Service during the height of the "Freedom Convoy," its acting director told a committee this evening. Larry B...

Sep 29, 2022

B.C. pharmacists to renew, issue prescriptions as part of reworked health plan

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is expanding the power of pharmacists to renew and issue prescriptions as part of a wide-ranging strategy to relieve pressure on family doctors and emergency departments. ...

Sep 29, 2022

National chief says Canada's reconciliation actions taking long road; 40 years away

VICTORIA - The road to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada remains a long one, says Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald, who estimates it will take 40 years at the...

Sep 29, 2022

Russian oligarch charged in U.S. evaded sanctions to deliver flowers to Canadian: FBI

OTTAWA - A Russian oligarch indicted in the United States today for conspiring to circumvent its sanctions regime stands accused of, among other things, having flowers delivered to a former member of ...

Sep 29, 2022

Prime Minister Trudeau visits storm-damaged Quebec islands, promises aid for region

HAVRE-AUBERT, Que. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Quebec's les-de-la-Madeleine today, promising federal support for the archipelago hammered by post-tropical storm Fiona last weekend. Trudeau...

Sep 29, 2022

Vancouver gas prices pass $2.39, breaking North American record: analyst

VANCOUVER - Gas prices in Vancouver have hit a new high of more than $2.39 a litre at some stations, blowing past the previous peak set this summer. One gas analyst says that's a new all-time record f...

Sep 29, 2022

Trudeau rejects Russia referendum, again promises sanctions

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has condemned votes in occupied parts of Ukraine to join Russia, but gave no timeline for sanctions Canada promised a week ago. Trudeau says the referendums are ...

Sep 29, 2022