Canada

UN urges Canada, allies to address unprecedented hunger in Afghanistan

OTTAWA - A new United Nations report is predicting dire hunger for more than half of Afghanistan's people in the coming months unless Canada and its Western allies step up with greater financial suppo...

Oct 25, 2021

Independent MP, disavowed as a Liberal candidate, submitted expenses to the Liberals

OTTAWA - Kevin Vuong, the Independent MP dropped as a candidate by the Liberals days before the election, says he will pay back campaign expenses he submitted to the party. Vuong submitted over $600 i...

Oct 25, 2021

Trudeau headed to Europe as G20 leaders meet in person for first time since pandemic

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is flying to Europe later this week touting Canada's climate plan and post-pandemic recovery progress at leaders' summits in Italy and Scotland. Trudeau's six-da...

Oct 25, 2021

$100B global climate finance goal three years behind schedule: report

OTTAWA - A decade-old goal to raise US$100 billion to help developing nations adapt to and mitigate against climate change is unlikely to be met for another two years. That is the conclusion of a new ...

Oct 25, 2021

Path to Trudeau's new cabinet hits final stretch ahead of swearing-in ceremony

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's tricky task of crafting a new cabinet is hitting its final hours before the team of ministers is unveiled. Any hints of who might be in cabinet could begin tri...

Oct 25, 2021

'Everybody knows everybody:' Nunavut voters head to the polls in territorial election

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Campaigning in Nunavut's territorial election is a little like competing against your neighbours and friends, says former premier Paul Quassa. Voters head to the polls Monday to ele...

Oct 25, 2021

'Never going to be ashamed:' Métis, two-spirit NDP MP wants to rebrand Alberta

EDMONTON - Blake Desjarlais says he represents what Alberta is truly about and it's not what the rest of Canada might think. Believed to bethe first two-spirit member of Parliament, the 27-year-old sa...

Oct 25, 2021

Trudeau uses pandemic-plagued supply chains in free trade pitch to ASEAN

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used the spectre of gnarled global supply chains in a bid Sunday to a bloc of Southeast Asian nations to win them over on a free trade deal. Trudeau has long sou...

Oct 24, 2021

Military arrives in Iqaluit to set up reverse osmosis water purification

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The Canadian Armed Forces says its members have arrived in Nunavut's capital to assist with the city's ongoing water emergency. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted Friday that he ...

Oct 24, 2021

Driver dies in collision with bus transporting Miramichi Timberwolves hockey team

ASTLE, N.B. - The driver of a car died Sunday in a collision with a bus transporting the Miramichi Timberwolves Junior A hockey team on a New Brunswick road. The RCMP said in a release the crash occur...

Oct 24, 2021