Canada

Vapour tax and rebate cheques: Highlights of the Saskatchewan budget

REGINA - Premier Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party government tabled its 2021-22 budget on Tuesday. Here's a look at some of the highlights: - A $2.6- billion deficit with revenue projected at $14.5 bill...

Apr 06, 2021

Parts of Alberta's draft school curriculum plagiarized, academic finds

CALGARY - An expert in plagiarism says parts of Alberta's proposed curriculum for kindergarten and elementary schoolchildren were copied from other sources without credit.Sarah Elaine Eaton, a profess...

Apr 06, 2021

Montreal mosque says windows broken after man shot at building with air pistol

Montreal police say they will be investigating a video posted to social media that appears to show a man shooting an air pistol at a city mosque. The Centre Communautaire Islamique Assahaba in east-en...

Apr 06, 2021

Trudeau, O'Toole, demand accountability as Iranian officials indicted for PS752 crash

OTTAWA - Ten officials have been indicted in Iran over the 2020 military shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed 176 people, but the move did nothing to quell Canadian demands for account...

Apr 06, 2021

Vaccines are helping but won't solve the pandemic on their own, federal doctors warn

OTTAWA - Federal politicians and medical experts warn that COVID-19 vaccines are helping but will not be the pandemic panacea. Health Minister Patty Hajdu says even as vaccinations ramp up, workplaces...

Apr 06, 2021

Third request to federal government to join coal mine environmental review in Alberta

A third request has been made to the federal government to get involved in the review of a coal mine proposed for Alberta's Rocky Mountains. Landowners, Indigenous people and environmental groups are ...

Apr 06, 2021

Sajjan aide skips committee hearing on military misconduct, minister appears instead

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan's former chief of staff is the latest Liberal aide to avoid a House of Commons order that she testify before a parliamentary committee. A majority of MPs approv...

Apr 06, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Tuesday, April 6, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 11:05 a.m. Nova Scotia is reporting six new cases of COVID-19 today and a total of 36 active cases. Five cases have been identif...

Apr 06, 2021

Coast guard ship Edward Cornwallis renamed to honour peace treaty with Mi'kmaq

HALIFAX - A Canadian Coast Guard ship whose original name paid tribute to the controversial founder of Halifax is being renamed to recognize an 18th century peace treaty between a British governor and...

Apr 06, 2021

Inventive rescuers save moose chased onto ice of remote northern B.C. lake

TACHIE, B.C. - Residents of a remote community in northern British Columbia have worked together to save a moose stranded for days on the ice of Stuart Lake. Ross Duncan lives in Binche, which is abou...

Apr 06, 2021