Canada

'We managed to survive': 100-year-old veteran remembers Second World War airfields

CLARESHOLM, Alta. - Hangar 4 has seen better days. Only scraps of its original white paint remain. The rest has been sandblasted away by 80 years of winds that sweep down from the Rocky Mountains west...

Nov 10, 2021

Bank of Canada governor says central bank's role includes reducing inequality

OTTAWA - The governor of the Bank of Canada has laid down an argument for the central bank's actions during the pandemic, hours after the country's opposition leader suggested the bank stay in its inf...

Nov 09, 2021

Logging truck collides with RCMP vehicles headed to enforce B.C. injunction

PORT RENFREW, B.C. - Mounties on southern Vancouver Island say three officers were hospitalized with injuries after a collision involving a logging truck Tuesday morning. The RCMP say the officers wer...

Nov 09, 2021

Quebec religious symbols ban will apply to English schools until appeal decided

MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal will not allow the English Montreal School Board to hire teachers who wear religious symbols while an appeal of a lower court decision on Quebec's secularism law ...

Nov 09, 2021

NDP calls for patent waiver to make and ship COVID-19 vaccines to countries in need

OTTAWA - The NDP is calling on the federal government to waive the patent on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to allow a Canadian manufacturer to export a low-cost version to Bolivia. The Bo...

Greg Fry Nov 09, 2021

Alberta isn't alone in facing climate challenge, says province's COP26 representative

Alberta's top representative to the global climate conference taking place in Scotland has a message to those in the province who feel singled out by the pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Y...

Nov 09, 2021

No deal to support Liberals on table, but NDP open to working with government: Singh

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says a formal agreement to prop up the minority Liberal government is not on the table, but his party is "open to discussions" about ways to make Parliament work. Sin...

Nov 09, 2021

Some patient, employee information accessed in N.L. cyberattack, government says

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador government revealed Tuesday that whoever was behind a cyberattack that has hobbled its health-care system managed to obtain personal information of pat...

Nov 09, 2021

Lawyer pans Conservative probe into national council member as 'fishing expedition'

OTTAWA - The lawyer for a member of the Conservative party's national council is calling a probe into his client's attempts to hasten a review of Erin O'Toole's leadership a "fishing expedition." Bert...

Nov 09, 2021

Quebec anti-corruption unit considering name change to improve tarnished image

QUEBEC - The head of Quebec's anti-corruption unit says he's considering a rebranding exercise for his troubled police force. Frdrick Gaudreau told reporters today his police unit is ready to take a n...

Nov 09, 2021