Canada

Quebec general election: Selection of quotes from party leaders on Day 1 of campaign

MONTREAL - Quebecers are going to the polls for a general election on Oct. 3; here are a series of quotes from the leaders of the province's five major parties on Day 1 of the campaign. - Franois Lega...

Aug 28, 2022

Canada invests $100 million into "historic" action plan for LGBTQ2S+ communities

OTTAWA - The federal government unveiled what it described as a historic first on Sunday as it announced a five-year, $100 million plan to support LGBTQ, two-spirit and intersex communities across the...

Aug 28, 2022

Canada invests $100 million into "historic" action plan for LGBTQ2S+ communities

OTTAWA - Canada is pledging $100 million to fund what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is touting as the country's first federal five-year plan to support LGBTQ communities. Trudeau says 75 per cent of t...

Aug 28, 2022

What are the five major parties taking part in Quebec's provincial election?

MONTREAL - Quebec's election campaign began on Sunday and Quebecers will go to the polls on Oct. 3; here's a look at the five parties vying to form the province's next government. - Coalition Avenir Q...

Aug 28, 2022

Artemis space mission to moon 'a stepping-stone' to Mars and beyond

The last time humans went to the moon, it was a destination. But when NASA's Artemis 1 mission launches Monday, the moon will be more of a way station. "It's really to learn how we can go further," sa...

Aug 28, 2022

'From leaf to space': N.W.T. youth join NASA flight surveying climate change effects

YELLOWKNIFE - Two Northwest Territories youth joined NASA researchers aboard a Gulfstream III jet earlier this month as it soared above Great Slave Lake and parts of Nunavut and Alberta. "It was reall...

Aug 28, 2022

Two art heists, 50 years apart: expert says Canada is a 'soft target'

OTTAWA - It's not clear how they did it: was it a clandestine operation, carried out under the cloak of darkness? An elaborate ruse, designed to fool onlookers? Or something else? However it happened,...

Aug 28, 2022

Quebec election campaign to officially kick off today ahead of Oct. 3 vote

QUEBEC - The Quebec provincial election campaign is set to officially begin today, giving party leaders about five weeks to win over voters ahead of the Oct. 3 vote. Outgoing premier Franois Legault a...

Aug 28, 2022

Politicians condemn harassment of Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland

Current and former politicians from across the Canadian political spectrum are condemning an incident in Alberta during which a man appeared to verbally accost Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland ...

Aug 27, 2022

Two Quebec parties say more than 50 per cent of candidates will be women

MONTREAL - At least two Quebec political parties said Saturday that they will be fielding more women than men as candidates in the fall provincial election, including the party that's leading in the p...

Aug 27, 2022