Canada

Quebec man pleads guilty in February 2020 killing of teen girl, sentenced to life

SAINT-JRME, Que. - A Quebec man was sentenced to life in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to the February 2020 murder of 13-year-old Ocane Boyer. Franois Sncal entered the plea Friday on a reduc...

Apr 22, 2022

Mask, vaccine mandates for travel defended as government eases border restrictions

OTTAWA - The government signalled it is aspiring to a "more sustainable" approach to COVID-19 restrictions at the border with several small changes Friday, but public health officials say vaccine and ...

Apr 22, 2022

Conservative leadership candidates propose ideas that carry some political baggage

OTTAWA - Two thorny ideas have been injected into the race to lead the Conservative Party of Canada: Ending supply management and support for more private health-care options. The ideas were presented...

Apr 22, 2022

Quebec man who killed family of four in drunk driving crash sentenced to 16 years

QUEBEC - A Quebec man who killed four members of the same family in a car crash last September in Quebec City has been handed one of the toughest sentences ever given in the province for a drunk drivi...

Apr 22, 2022

Federal government will let international graduates stay in Canada another 18 months

OTTAWA - International students who've graduated from Canadian post-secondary schools will be able to stay in Canada longer now that the federal government has offered a temporary program to help them...

Apr 22, 2022

Mary Simon reflects on loss of Indigenous languages at event launching UN decade

OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says she wants to see the language of Inuktitut not just survive, but grow. The Inuk leader, who became the first Indigenous person in Canada appointed to the role last y...

Apr 22, 2022

More cars, SUVs to qualify for electric vehicle rebates as feds expand program

OTTAWA - More electric vehicles will be eligible for rebates as the federal government raises the maximum qualifying price starting next week. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says as of Monday, cars ...

Apr 22, 2022

Swath of boreal forest twice the size of Toronto to be protected in northern Ontario

OTTAWA - The largest private land conservation project in Canadian history is unfolding in northern Ontario. The Nature Conservancy of Canada spent the last year negotiating the purchase of 1,450 squa...

Apr 22, 2022

Hudson's Bay Company calls donation of Winnipeg building an act of reconciliation

Hudson's Bay Co., North America's oldest company with fur trading roots entwined with Canada's Indigenous Peoples, is calling the donation of its landmark Winnipeg building to a First Nations group an...

Apr 22, 2022

Government data suggests First Nations hit more often with CERB repayment letters

Vivian Ketchum applied for emergency aid during the first wave of the pandemic when she was forced to isolate after being a close contact of someone who tested positive for COVID-19. As someone who is...

Apr 22, 2022