Canada

Highlights from the 2022-23 Quebec provincial budget

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard tabled the provincial budget on Tuesday for the 2022-23 fiscal year. Here are some highlights. - Quebec adults who earn $100,000 or less will receive a one-time pay...

Mar 22, 2022

Ottawa mayor urges feds to bring workers back downtown to save local businesses

OTTAWA - The mayor of Canada's capital city is urging the federal government to send its workers back to their downtown offices to bolster flagging local businesses. Jim Watson says Ottawa has one of ...

Mar 22, 2022

B.C. logging company won't dispute First Nation land claim, lawyer tells court

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for a British Columbia logging company says his client takes no position on whether a First Nation has title over an area it claims on Vancouver Island's west coast. However, Geof...

Mar 22, 2022

Q&A: The NDP and Liberals have a confidence and supply agreement. So what is it?

OTTAWA - The Liberals and the NDP have a penned a deal that would keep the minority government led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in power until 2025 and move ahead on some mutually agreeable polici...

Mar 22, 2022

House Speaker Anthony Rota recovering from bypass surgery

OTTAWA - House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota was doing well after undergoing coronary bypass surgery. A statement from the Office of the Speaker says the Liberal MP was "resting comfortably" followi...

Mar 22, 2022

Montreal city councillor blasts Ukrainian anthem in front of Russian Consulate

Montreal city councillor Serge Sasseville stood in front of the Russian Consulate early this afternoon, flipped on a small speaker and turned up the volume to play the Ukrainian anthem. The musical pr...

Mar 22, 2022

Oblates to open Rome archives for search of residential school records

WINNIPEG - The Catholic religious order that operated some residential schools in Canada says it will open its archives in Rome to researchers. The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate has agreed to ...

Mar 22, 2022

Liberal-NDP deal buys more time for next Conservative leader, but there's a downside

OTTAWA - A new agreement between the federal Liberal government and New Democrats has something important to offer the next Conservative leader: Time. The deal, set to last until 2025, sees the NDP pl...

Mar 22, 2022

Canada, allies face 'irrational' Putin as Trudeau heads to Europe, says Joly

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says confronting an irrational Vladimir Putin will be a key task for Justin Trudeau and his European allies as the prime minister heads to Brussels. Trude...

Mar 22, 2022

Nygard to face extradition to U.S. after Canadian case completed: Lametti

Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard is set to be extradited to the United States to faces sex-related charges there, but only once his criminal case in Canada is completed. Federal Justice Minister Da...

Mar 22, 2022