Canada

Federal government announces measures to assist Ukrainians seeking to come to Canada

OTTAWA - The federal government is exempting more Ukrainians fleeing Russia's invasion from providing biometrics before coming to Canada. It's one of a number of measures the government announced toda...

Apr 09, 2022

Woman dies after stabbing in Montreal in city's fifth homicide of the year

Montreal police are investigating after a 34-year-old woman was fatally stabbed in the city's east end Friday night. Police say they received a call around 7 p.m. about a conflict between two people i...

Apr 09, 2022

UCP leadership review of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney officially begins

EDMONTON - The controversial party vote to determine the future of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney begins today. Kenney is set to speak virtually to United Conservative Party members in the morning and m...

Apr 09, 2022

MacKay recalls the French, German NATO 'no' to Ukraine that Zelenskyy denounced

OTTAWA - Peter MacKay says he was chilled by a memory from his time as Canada's defence minister as he absorbed the recent images of Volodymyr Zelenskyy walking through the corpse-laden streets of Buc...

Apr 09, 2022

Pierre Poilievre draws huge crowds, but which candidate will have the memberships?

With 10 days left for candidates to enter the Conservative party leadership race - and 20 before $300,000 worth in fees are due - what's capturing the attention of those watching as of late are the cr...

Apr 09, 2022

Foreign affairs minister Joly heading to Indonesia, Vietnam to expand partnerships

Canada's foreign affairs minister is travelling to Asia for meetings to expand partnerships and engage with nations as part of the government's forthcoming Canadian Indo-Pacific Strategy. Mlanie Joly ...

Apr 09, 2022

Guilbeault asks Alberta minister Nixon to 'correct' column on emissions reduction

EDMONTON - Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has written a letter to his Alberta counterpart to correct what he calls errors in Jason Nixon's recent newspaper column. Earlier this week, A...

Apr 08, 2022

Witness tells court police saw 'low' threat level for 2012 Quebec election shooting

MONTREAL - Police determined there was a low level of danger outside the Montreal venue on election night in 2012 where a gunman shot and killed a lighting technician, according to a retired provincia...

Apr 08, 2022

Canada's premiers disappointed in lack of federal funds for struggling health systems

OTTAWA - Canada's premiers say they're disappointed the federal government didn't put forward a sustainable plan to financially shore up the country's ailing health systems in its newly tabled budget....

Apr 08, 2022

Automakers say federal budget not doing enough to hit new electric vehicle targets

OTTAWA - The Canadian auto industry says federal budget programs for electric vehicles and charging stations aren't enough to reach the government's ambitious new sales targets. The Liberals' new emis...

Apr 08, 2022