Canada

B.C. provides funding to First Nation communities for residential school searches

VANCOUVER - The B.C. government says it will provide immediate funding to 21 First Nation communities to help with searches for human remains at former residential schools or hospitals. Murray Rankin,...

Jul 20, 2021

Civil liberties group joins court challenge to end unfounded traffic stops in Quebec

MONTREAL - The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says it will join in a constitutional challenge in Quebec of police powers to carry out roadside checks without reasonable cause. The case involves ...

Jul 20, 2021

Feds are 'very closely' examining concerns of Muslim charities who feel targeted: PM

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is extremely concerned about recent reports that Muslim charities are being unfairly targeted for federal audits and sanctions. Trudeau tells...

Jul 20, 2021

Mark Carney says climate commitments preclude running in fall election

OTTAWA - Mark Carney won't be on the Liberal ticket if there's an election this fall. The former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England told The Canadian Press he's made commitments to...

Jul 20, 2021

Two Montreal friends identified as dead and missing after Miami condo collapse

MONTREAL - A pair of young Montreal women vacationing together have been identified as being among the dead and missing following the collapse of a condo building near Miami last month. Accenture, a m...

Jul 20, 2021

Remains of toppled crane removed in Kelowna, B.C., most evacuations lifted

KELOWNA, B.C. - Evacuation orders have been lifted for all but one building in Kelowna, B.C., as crews have dismantled what remained of a crane that collapsed, killing five people. A statement issued ...

Jul 20, 2021

Challenges at southern border may be drag on efforts to reopen Canada-U.S. frontier

WASHINGTON - Border experts and political observers say the U.S.-Mexico border likely has a lot to do with why President Joe Biden is dragging his heels on reopening the frontier with Canada. The sout...

Greg Fry Jul 20, 2021

Government expects foreign states' wariness of mix-and-max vaccination to 'evolve'

OTTAWA - Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc is sounding a note of hope that Canadians who mixed and matched vaccines will not have a problem crossing borders in the months ahead. While...

Jul 20, 2021

Finance Department faces grilling by MPs over tax rules in sale of family businesses

OTTAWA - Parliament's legal expert says the Liberal government waded into uncharted territory when it decided to delay enacting tax rule changes on the sale of small businesses between family members....

Jul 20, 2021

Liberals add $1.4 billion to climate change mitigation fund: McKenna

OTTAWA - Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says the federal government is adding almost $1.4 billion to the disaster mitigation and adaptation fund this year to help communities across Canada ...

Jul 20, 2021