Canada

Liberals look to fall for movement on having free tampons, pads in federal workplaces

OTTAWA - Canada's labour minister was told earlier this year that efforts to provide free tampons and pads in federally regulated workplaces could cost employers more than $1 million annually to becom...

Jul 28, 2021

Farmers say heat wave, drought show vulnerable agricultural sector needs support

When an unprecedented heat wave "cooked" the cherries growing at his family's farm in Oliver, B.C., Pravin Dhaliwal tried to see past the financial loss to the passion that spurred him to follow in th...

Jul 28, 2021

Access requester told to wait five years for public health agency head's email, texts

OTTAWA - A requester seeking access to a week's worth of emails and messages from the head of a federal agency embroiled in controversy has been told to wait five years or more for a response under Ca...

Jul 28, 2021

A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country

As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...

Jul 27, 2021

Montreal-area city running out of options to control population of white-tailed deer

MONTREAL - An animal-rescue group says the white-tailed deer population in a park on Montreal's south shore has more than doubled - months after the local government refused to euthanize about 15 of t...

Jul 27, 2021

Manitoba RCMP have spent years investigating abuse allegations at residential school

WINNIPEG - A residential school in Manitoba known for harsh discipline and fatal runaway attempts has been the focus of a large-scale, years-long investigation into sexual abuse allegations. Mounties ...

Jul 27, 2021

Canadian border workers vote in favour of striking as soon as Aug. 6, union says

Canadians could be facing mail disruptions and slowdowns at the border with the United States next month after members of a union representing about 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency employees vote...

Jul 27, 2021

It will take pressure to get some provinces to sign child-care deal: Trudeau

MONCTON, N.B. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it will take pressure from activists, unions and family groups to get some provinces to sign on to his government's national child-care program. Trud...

Jul 27, 2021

Annamie Paul says Green party convention will go ahead even if election is underway

OTTAWA - Green Leader Annamie Paul says the party will hold a national convention next month even if a federal election campaign is in full swing. At a climate roundtable this morning, Paul told repor...

Jul 27, 2021

One-time payments to seniors over 75 likely to also go to the dead, documents say

OTTAWA - Canada's seniors minister was warned in the spring that the Liberal government's plan to send $500 payments to pensioners in August would end with some of the money going to people who had di...

Jul 27, 2021