Canada

'Safe enough:' Thousands gather at Calgary Stampede's live music venue

CALGARY - A bird's-eye view of a popular live music venue on its first night at the Calgary Stampede showed hundreds of people standing close together, waiting for a swab or to hand over proof of a CO...

Jul 10, 2021

Pre-election spending limits on party ads don't apply without fixed voting day

OTTAWA - Canadian party leaders worked their way around the country this week, in what some see as a sure sign the pandemic is near its end, but also as proof that a federal election is on its way. Bu...

Jul 10, 2021

B.C. judge denies new evidence in Meng Wanzhou's extradition case

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge will not allow new evidence to be admitted in the United States extradition case of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou. Associate Chief Just...

Jul 09, 2021

B.C. Indigenous leaders call for unity, end to violence, vandalism in Victoria area

ESQUIMALT, B.C. - Leaders of nine southern Vancouver Island First Nations want an immediate end to recent violence and vandalism, including the toppling of statues and vandalism of totem poles. The le...

Jul 09, 2021

Advocate says ArriveCAN app technology is not accessible for blind Canadians

OTTAWA - The CNIB, formerly known as the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, says the federal government's new ArriveCAN travel app is inaccessible to some Canadians with disabilities. Robert F...

Jul 09, 2021

Father charged in killing of Winnipeg girl had tried to force abortion: court records

WINNIPEG - Court records show a man charged in the killing of his three-year-old daughter had tried to force her mother to get an abortion. Police have said the girl was abducted from her mother at kn...

Jul 09, 2021

Prime minister announces $1.3 billion for SkyTrain spur in Surrey and Langley, B.C.

SURREY, B.C. - The federal government is providing up to $1.3 billion to extend Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain line through Surrey and Langley. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement in Surre...

Jul 09, 2021

Quebec businesses want vaccine passport system to be simple, not a burden

MONTREAL - Quebec business owners are welcoming the government's vaccine-passport system but say it should be easy to use for entrepreneurs who are already struggling through the pandemic. The provinc...

Jul 09, 2021

First look at devastation for Lytton, B.C., residents who are homeless after wildfire

LYTTON, B.C. - Residents of Lytton, B.C., return to their Fraser Canyon village today for a first glimpse of what remains after fleeing for their lives ahead of a raging wildfire last week. The displa...

Jul 09, 2021

New National Chief RoseAnne Archibald vows to make AFN more inclusive, transparent

OTTAWA - Newly elected National Chief RoseAnne Archibald is pledging to hold governments' feet to the fire and to help make the Assembly of First Nations to be more inclusive and transparent. Over the...

Jul 09, 2021