Canada

Canada to be 'prominent' at Queen's lying in state and funeral: diplomat

LONDON - Canada will have a "prominent" role in the lying-in-state and funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, Canada's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom says, as preparations in London shift into high g...

Sep 12, 2022

Pierre Poilievre to meet Conservative party caucus after landslide leadership win

OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre will address the national Conservative caucus today for the first time since handily securing the party's leadership over the weekend. Poilievre is set to meet with the Torie...

Sep 12, 2022

Quebec election: Legault to campaign in hotly contested ridings in Montreal and Laval

MONTREAL - Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault will head to the Montreal area today as he campaigns in a pair of ridings he's hoping to add come Oct. 3. Legault will be in Chteauguay and Sou...

Sep 12, 2022

Liberals say Canadians want more help with the cost-of-living crisis

SAINT ANDREWS, N.B. - The federal Liberals say they are determined to do more to help Canadians feeling the pinch from inflation. The caucus is meeting in St. Andrews, N.B., this week for a retreat wh...

Sep 12, 2022

Film tells story of Sister Dorothy Moore, Mi'kmaw educator who fought for her people

HALIFAX - As a girl growing up in the Mi'kmaw community of Membertou, Sister Dorothy Moore came to know what it meant to lose one's path and then find the way back through human kindness. The 89-year-...

Sep 11, 2022

Flamingoes, sandwiches among unusual items left at Queen tribute site in London

LONDON - A pink papier mach flamingo, a marmalade sandwich and a Queen-shaped rubber duck are among the items being left among the cards and flowers at a tribute site to the late Queen Elizabeth II in...

Sep 11, 2022

Woman recalls meeting future queen as eight-year-old in small-town Ontario

Eliette Levesque was just eight-years-old when she had her first brush with royalty, never realizing she had just met a future queen. In the fall of 1951, the then Princess Elizabeth and her husband P...

Sep 11, 2022

In Quebec, the Queen's death raises questions about future of the monarchy in Canada

MONTREAL - The mixed reactions in Quebec to the death of Queen Elizabeth II highlight the province's complex relationship with the monarchy. In the days after the Queen's death, incumbent Premier Fran...

Sep 11, 2022

Military ombudsman reports 10 vaccine-related complaints, no plans to probe mandate

OTTAWA - Canada's military ombudsman says his office has received fewer than a dozen complaints from service members about the Armed Forces' vaccine requirement, and that he has not found any issues w...

Sep 11, 2022

Fatigue, burnout hit spiritual leaders on the front lines of faith during pandemic

On Christmas Eve 2020, Rev. John Lemire got ready for work: two funerals and three masses. The Catholic priest in Timmins, Ont., felt "somewhat exhausted" after presiding at back-to-back funeral servi...

Sep 11, 2022