Canada

Federal deficit hit $48.5 billion over first four months of fiscal year

OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of more than $48 billion over the first four months of its fiscal year, about $100 billion less than the treasury pumped out during the same period one ye...

Greg Fry Sep 24, 2021

Huawei CFO's surprise court date in New York thickens plot in Meng Wanzhou saga

WASHINGTON - Meng Wanzhou is expected to dial in to a surprise court hearing today in New York, fuelling reports of a long-awaited breakthrough in the case of the Huawei Technologies executive. Meng, ...

Sep 24, 2021

Premiers urge Trudeau to meet with them ASAP on health-care funding

CHILLIWACK - Canada's premiers are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to meet with them at his earliest opportunity to discuss long-term, predictable funding for health care. Premiers from all the p...

Sep 23, 2021

Massive B.C. wildfire causes $77 million in insurance damage

VANCOUVER - A wildfire that began on Aug. 2 in British Columbia and grew to more than 833 square kilometres is now estimated to have caused $77 million in insurance damage. The cost estimate from the ...

Sep 23, 2021

Feds to provide Red Cross, Armed Forces help as COVID-19 swamps Alberta's hospitals

EDMONTON - The federal government says it will come to Alberta's aid as the province's hospitals face an overwhelming wave of COVID-19 patients. Bill Blair, the federal minister of public safety and e...

Sep 23, 2021

Premiers push for more unconditional health-care funding from feds

OTTAWA - Canada's premiers are pushing the newly re-elected federal government for more unconditional health-care funding as their top priority. The provincial and territorial leaders held a teleconfe...

Sep 23, 2021

Feds need to put more cash into long-term care to legislate safety: experts

OTTAWA - Experts warn the Liberals' promise to legislate safety in long-term care would likely have to come with more money if newly drafted national care standards are going to fix what's broken in t...

Sep 23, 2021

Conservative MP urges party to unify around O'Toole as others question his leadership

OTTAWA - A re-elected Conservative member of Parliament says party members should get united behind leader Erin O'Toole, as questions swirl about whether he should remain in the job. Alberta represent...

Sep 23, 2021

Canada needs to share more COVID-19 surpluses with world, says UN envoy Bob Rae

OTTAWA - Canada's envoy to the United Nations says Canada needs to share more of its COVID-19 vaccine surpluses with less fortunate countries. Bob Rae, Canada's ambassador to the UN, tells The Canadia...

Sep 23, 2021

Quebec offers bonuses up to $18,000 to keep nurses in struggling health system

Quebec is offering up to $18,000 in bonuses for full-time nurses to prevent more of them from quitting the province's struggling health-care system. Premier Franois Legault told reporters today he is ...

Sep 23, 2021