Canada

Canada, U.S. say end fossil fuel subsides as COP26 draft called 'weasel words'

OTTAWA - Canada's environment minister says he thinks fossil fuel subsidies should be eliminated as United Nations negotiators wrestle over a final text in the closing hours of the Glasgow climate tal...

Nov 12, 2021

Supreme Court of Canada affirms 'starting-point' approach to criminal sentencing

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says it is appropriate for appeal courts to set starting-point benchmarks for sentencing offenders in criminal cases. The high court ruling came today in the cases...

Nov 12, 2021

Canada's new foreign affairs minister meets in D.C. with U.S. counterpart Blinken

WASHINGTON - Mlanie Joly is meeting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in her first stateside visit as Canada's new foreign affairs minister. The meeting comes one week before Prime Minister Justi...

Nov 12, 2021

Canada withdrawing non-essential staff from Haitian embassy amid security concerns

OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says it is temporarily withdrawing non-essential staff from the Canadian embassy in Haiti. The move comes in response to a spike in gang-related violence in Haiti and a ...

Nov 12, 2021

'I put life on hold:' Woman who had delayed surgery in Alberta says she's worse off

EDMONTON - A woman whose surgery in Alberta for cancer in her face was delayed because hospitals were overburdened with COVID-19 says the consequences for her have been drastic. Sharon Durham of Wynya...

Nov 12, 2021

Nova Scotia pays for COVID-19 vaccines for mink, B.C. says no before closing industry

Nova Scotia will help pay for a COVID-19 vaccine for mink, but the British Columbia government says more research is needed to determine if immunization is an option for thousands of animals that will...

Nov 12, 2021

Toronto police say woman severely hurt in 2018 van attack has died of her injuries

TORONTO - Police say a woman who was severely hurt in the 2018 Toronto van attack has died of her injuries in hospital. Toronto police say in a release that Amaresh Tessamariam, who was 65, died on Oc...

Nov 11, 2021

Ottawa doctor pleads for help from the prime minister after death threat

OTTAWA - An Ottawa family doctor who organized mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics earlier this year has received a death threat and she is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to do more to protect hea...

Nov 11, 2021

Afghan refugees in GTA frustrated by multiple, abrupt moves between hotels

TORONTO - Sayed Enaiatullah Najafizada and his wife are frustrated. The Afghan refugees are facing the prospect of being moved between hotels in the Greater Toronto Area for the fourth time since arri...

Nov 11, 2021

Hajdu looking at 'realistic timeline' to end First Nations boil-water advisories

OTTAWA - Canada's new minister of Indigenous services says she's considering what the new timeline should be to lift remaining long-term drinking-water advisories on First Nations. Patty Hajdu enters ...

Nov 11, 2021