Canada

Beijing may have tried to discourage Canadians from voting Conservative: federal unit

OTTAWA - A federal research unit detected what might be a Chinese Communist Party information operation that aimed to discourage Canadians of Chinese heritage from voting for the Conservatives in the ...

Jun 23, 2022

B.C. fish farm licences renewed outside Discovery Islands until at least spring 2023

OTTAWA - The federal government says open-net pen salmon farming may continue off British Columbia's coast outside the Discovery Islands area, while Ottawa undertakes consultation on the plan to trans...

Jun 22, 2022

Damaged Queen Victoria statue is beyond repair, Manitoba government says

WINNIPEG - A statue of Queen Victoria that was toppled and beheaded by protesters last year outside the Manitoba legislature is beyond repair and will not be restored. "It's gone through a lengthy ass...

Jun 22, 2022

Quebec begins releasing data on COVID-19 levels in wastewater

MONTREAL - Quebec's Health Department has begun releasing data on the presence of COVID-19 in wastewater. The government says the data can provide early warning of new pandemic waves or the emergence ...

Jun 22, 2022

B.C. cancels plans to build $800-million museum

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier John Horgan has announced his government is stopping the $800-million replacement of the Royal B.C. Museum. Horgan says he made the "wrong call" at a time when Brit...

Jun 22, 2022

Brown campaign manager joins Michelle Rempel Garner for possible UCP leadership bid

OTTAWA - Patrick Brown's campaign manager has left to help Michelle Rempel Garner with her possible bid for the United Conservative Party leadership in Alberta. Brown's federal leadership campaign say...

Jun 22, 2022

MPs meet soldier charged with criticizing vaccine requirements while in uniform

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament are meeting today with James Topp, a Canadian soldier charged in May for speaking out against vaccine requirements while in uniform. The meetings come as Topp and his su...

Jun 22, 2022

CRTC renews CBC licensing for another five years, tweaks its mandate

OTTAWA - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is renewing CBC's licensing, with tweaks to its mandate that will require it to spend money on programming produced by people w...

Jun 22, 2022

Parliamentary committee proposes government make strategy to address financial abuse

OTTAWA - A parliamentary report recommends the government develop a comprehensive strategy to address financial and economic abuse as a way to prevent intimate partner violence. The recent report by t...

Jun 22, 2022

Almost 100,000 mail ballots in federal election not counted, most arrived late

OTTAWA - A report published today by Elections Canada says almost 100,000 mail-in ballots were not counted in the federal election, most because they arrived after the deadline. The body that administ...

Jun 22, 2022