Canada

Kahnawake members set up protest camp south of Montreal to stop housing project

MONTREAL - Members of the Montreal-area First Nations territory of Kahnawake are occupying a disputed parcel of land beside their community in order to stop a proposed housing project. The encampment,...

Jul 08, 2021

Lambda variant spreading in South America one of many Canada is monitoring: Tam

OTTAWA - Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says the latest variant of interest in the COVID-19 pandemic has popped up in Canada in small numbers. Tam says the Lambda variant first identified...

Jul 08, 2021

Human rights complaint alleges First Nation adults with disabilities left behind

WINNIPEG - Three human rights complaints have been filed against the federal government alleging systemic discrimination and a failure to provide proper services to First Nations adults with disabilit...

Jul 08, 2021

Extending pandemic jobs program aimed to cost extra $600 million, PBO says

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says extending a pandemic measure designed to avoid layoffs at companies will cost the federal treasury almost $600 million over three years. Most of the extr...

Jul 08, 2021

Annamie Paul begins to raise the curtain on Green party's critic portfolios

OTTAWA - Green Leader Annamie Paul has begun to unveil her "shadow cabinet" nine months into her tenure. Paul revealed seven names Wednesday evening, with plans to roll out the rest this week. Neither...

Jul 08, 2021

Nova Scotia premier on defensive over drunk driving charges he faced years ago

HALIFAX - Four days after Nova Scotia's premier revealed he was convicted of drunk driving as a young man, Iain Rankin faced more questions today about his record and whether members of his caucus had...

Jul 08, 2021

More than 200 wildfires burning as BC Wildfire Service says risk is high to extreme

More than two dozen wildfires sparked overnight across British Columbia and the BC Wildfire Service website shows nearly half are believed to have been caused by lightning. One of those blazes has alr...

Jul 08, 2021

Nunavut MP wants special prosecutor on residential schools, crimes against children

OTTAWA - Nunavut's member of Parliament is calling on the federal government to appoint a special prosecutor to delve into crimes committed against Indigenous people. Mumilaaq Qaqqaq says perpetrators...

Jul 08, 2021

Child care, housing the focus as prime minister, federal NDP leader visit B.C.

COQUITLAM, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and federal New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh are in different regions of British Columbia today holding meetings and making announcements. Trudeau is s...

Jul 08, 2021

Wilson-Raybould not seeking re-election, blasts 'toxic and ineffective' Parliament

OTTAWA - Independent MP Jody Wilson-Raybould has announced she will not seek re-election, saying Parliament has become "toxic and ineffective." The former Liberal cabinet minister announced her decisi...

Greg Fry Jul 08, 2021