Canada

B.C. police probe possible hate crime over arson fire at home of Ukrainian pastor

VICTORIA - The Ukrainian Canadian Congress and its British Columbia council are calling on police in Victoria to investigate an arson fire as a hate crime. The congress says in a statement that someon...

Apr 21, 2022

B.C. prioritizing negotiation over litigation for Indigenous rights

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it has developed "a new approach to litigation" as part of its process to implement its 2019 legislation adopting the United Nations Declaration on the ...

Apr 21, 2022

Electric vehicle popularity grows in 2021 but still not on track for federal targets

OTTAWA - Electric vehicle sales grew almost 60 per cent last year but they need to pick up the pace even more to hit federal sales mandates expected by the end of this year. Statistics Canada says Can...

Apr 21, 2022

Military officer retires, heads to Ukraine amid sex misconduct investigation

OTTAWA - A senior military officer who was under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct has retired and travelled to Ukraine. Defence sources say lieutenant-general Trevor Cadieu hung up his unif...

Apr 21, 2022

Ottawa making good on threat to unilaterally protect Quebec caribou: minister

MONTREAL - Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says he's acting on his threat to unilaterally protect Quebec caribou after the province failed to meet a deadline to provide an acceptable pl...

Apr 21, 2022

Trudeau says new policy to ensure Inuit perspectives reflected in federal policies

OTTAWA - Federal cabinet ministers and Inuit leaders are looking today to finalize what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau describes as a potentially transformative policy for people in the North. The docu...

Apr 21, 2022

Barbie doll in likeness of Queen released to celebrate the monarch's Platinum Jubilee

A Barbie doll has been released in the likeness of Queen Elizabeth to commemorate her Platinum Jubilee. The Queen celebrated her 96th birthday Thursday and is marking 70 years of service as Britain's ...

Apr 21, 2022

Crown wraps case at Quebec Halloween murder trial, defence to begin next week

QUEBEC - The Crown has wrapped its case in the trial of a 26-year-old man charged with using a sword to murder two people and injure five others on Halloween night 2020 in Quebec City's historic distr...

Apr 21, 2022

Documents detail push, and pushback, on Liberal promise to block unvaccinated from EI

OTTAWA - Internal government documents show that the Liberals' pledge to prevent unvaccinated people from accessing jobless benefits didn't eliminate all avenues for them to enter the employment insur...

Apr 21, 2022

Russian sanctions target Canadian premiers, journalists, military, political staff

OTTAWA - Russia has issued fresh sanctions against 61 Canadians including provincial premiers, military personnel, political staff and journalists, over Canada's actions against the country for its in...

Apr 21, 2022