Canada

Indigenous former justice minister outlines vision for 'true reconciliation'

VANCOUVER - Canada's former justice minister outlined her vision for "true reconciliation" during a mining industry conference in British Columbia Tuesday, saying the country needs to enact legislatio...

Feb 01, 2022

Quebec comedian Mike Ward facing new legal action for joke about disabled singer

MONTREAL - A Quebec comedian who won a high-profile Supreme Court of Canada human rights case last year is once again being taken to court by his accusers. Mike Ward is being sued in separate actions ...

Feb 01, 2022

NDP to introduce new bill to decriminalize drug use as overdose deaths soar

OTTAWA - The federal NDP hopes to push the government to take stronger action on the opioid crisis with a new private member's bill decriminalizing the possession of drugs for personal use. Leader Jag...

Feb 01, 2022

Group championing O'Toole's strategy for Tories emerges as he faces leadership vote

OTTAWA - A new group championing Erin O'Toole's strategy as being best for the Conservative Party of Canada has cropped up just as the caucus is set to force a vote on his future as leader of the part...

Feb 01, 2022

Bloc Québécois saw biggest drop in fundraising after federal election

OTTAWA - Elections Canada figures show donations dried up for the Bloc Qubcois more than other federal parties after the election in September. While political parties often raise more during election...

Feb 01, 2022

Hit-and-run murder trial: Witness who struck falling police officer breaks down

CALGARY - A driver who accidentally ran over a Calgary police officer who died in a hit and run broke down in tears at a first-degree murder trial today. Sgt. Andrew Harnett died in hospital on Dec. 3...

Feb 01, 2022

Long-term Statistics Canada research shows cities across country losing green space

Joni Mitchell was right - they really are paving paradise and putting up parking lots. Statistics Canada's first survey of urban green space shows that, just as the singer-songwriter warned, cities ac...

Feb 01, 2022

CPNewsAlert: Quebec backtracks on taxing unvaccinated to maintain 'social peace'

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says he is abandoning his threat to tax the unvaccinated. Legault told a news conference today he is worried about dividing Quebecers and is backtracking in o...

Feb 01, 2022

Canada offering help as COVAX vaccine alliance pleads for more cash

OTTAWA - Canada is considering sending more money or ancillary vaccine supplies to the COVAX global vaccine sharing alliance after a plea from the organizers that it was running out of cash. COVAX cel...

Greg Fry Feb 01, 2022

Ontario will stick to reopening plan despite warning from science panel, premier says

Ontario and Quebec are each reporting 63 additional deaths linked to COVID-19, one day after the two provinces began relaxing pandemic-related restrictions. In Ontario, a panel of scientists that advi...

Feb 01, 2022