Canada

Suspect in custody after reports of shooting at B.C. detachment, no one injured

VANDERHOOF, B.C. - Police say a suspect is in custody after officers responded to reports of a shooter at an RCMP detachment in northern British Columbia. Cpl. Madonna Saunderson said there are no rep...

Nov 25, 2021

Amita Kuttner says party must stop infighting, focus on environmental issues

OTTAWA - Amita Kuttner, the newly named interim leader of the Green Party of Canada, says their job is to "heal" the party after months of infighting and strife. Kuttner, 30, who identifies as nonbina...

Nov 25, 2021

Freeland says Canada may retaliate against U.S. softwood lumber duty rate

OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is prepared to retaliate against an American increase of duties on Canadian softwood lumber producers. Freeland was responding today to cri...

Nov 25, 2021

Nova Scotia mass killing helped drive high national homicide rate in 2020: StatCan

HALIFAX - The mass killing in Nova Scotia and the COVID-19 pandemic helped push the number of homicides nationally in 2020 to its highest level in nearly 30 years, Statistics Canada reported Thursday....

Nov 25, 2021

Boeing told its bid to sell fighter jets to Canada did not meet Ottawa's requirements

OTTAWA - The federal government has told Boeing that its bid to replace Canada's aging CF-18s with a new fleet of the American company's Super Hornet fighter jets did not meets its requirements. Three...

Nov 25, 2021

Assembly of First Nations announces 13 delegates to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican

The Assembly of First Nations has announced the 13 delegates who will be going to the Vatican to meet with Pope Francis next month. The delegation include elders, residential school survivors and yout...

Nov 25, 2021

Quebec economic update includes direct payments to offset inflation as deficit drops

QUEBEC - A year after posting a record deficit, the Quebec government tabled an economic update today that contains a smaller-than-expected deficit thanks to a spike in economic growth. Finance minist...

Nov 25, 2021

Emissions reduction fund poorly designed, misleads on emissions cuts: audit

OTTAWA - Canada's environment commissioner says a federal pandemic aid program for the oil and gas sector that was supposed to retain jobs and cut greenhouse-gas emissions is not set up to actually do...

Nov 25, 2021

Gen. Wayne Eyre named permanent defence chief despite McDonald seeking reinstatement

OTTAWA - Gen. Wayne Eyre has been officially appointed Canada's next chief of the defence staff, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Thursday. "General Eyre will continue working hard to build ...

Nov 25, 2021

Child COVID-19 vaccine clinics ramping up in Ontario on Thursday

TORONTO - COVID-19 vaccinations for young children are ramping up in Ontario today, with Toronto's kid-friendly campaign beginning in earnest. Clinics for kids aged five to 11 are running at schools, ...

Nov 25, 2021