Category Archives: Canada
Joel Etienne, failed Conservative leadership candidate, resolves issue with party
OTTAWA - A failed candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada's leadership says he will put his efforts to appeal the decision to rest. In a joint statement with the party, Joel Etienne says he spo...
May 06, 2022
Definition of 'inefficient fossil fuel subsidy' still elusive in Canada
OTTAWA - Canada is still working on defining an "inefficient" fossil fuel subsidy, some 13 years after it signed an international agreement to eliminate them and four years since launching a peer revi...
May 06, 2022
Still 'non-negotiable:' Canada's natural resources minister redraws line on Line 5
WASHINGTON - Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is doubling down on Canada's assertion that the continuing operation of the Line 5 pipeline is "non-negotiable." Wilkinson made the comments ...
May 06, 2022
Quebec police watchdog opens probe after suspect arrested, released before stabbing
Quebec's police watchdog is investigating after a suspect alleged to have stabbed his spouse on Thursday was arrested and released hours earlier by Quebec City police. The Bureau des enqutes indpendan...
May 06, 2022
Public health agency trying to find out how many Canadians struggling with long COVID
OTTAWA - Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says the government is trying to find out how many Canadians are suffering from long COVID as researchers work to learn more about the prolonged ef...
May 06, 2022
Canada makes US$99M payment as part of deal to foot more of bill for developing F-35
Ottawa has made a multimillion-dollar payment as part of a renegotiated deal that is expected to see Canada foot more of the bill for developing the F-35 than in previous years. The US$99-million paym...
May 06, 2022
Bergen says Conservatives won't attract disaffected Liberals by being 'Liberal-lite'
OTTAWA - Interim federal Conservative leader Candice Bergen says the party will not attract disaffected Liberals into the fold by being a "Liberal-lite" version of their main rivals. "We don't give th...
May 06, 2022
Canada's Supreme Court rules court delays don't carry over from one trial to the next
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a defendant cannot use court delays in one trial as justification for a stay of proceedings if they are ordered to stand trial a second time. Canada's highest...
May 06, 2022
Unemployment rate in Prince George below provincial average
PRINCE GEORGE - The jobless rate in Prince George stayed locked in at 3.8 per cent in April, significantly lower than the provincial rate of 5.4 per cent. The provincial rate increased from 5.1 per ce...
May 06, 2022
Statistics Canada to release April jobs report this morning
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will release its latest reading on the job market this morning with its labour force survey for April. Economists at Royal Bank expect the report to show tighter labour mark...
May 06, 2022