Canada

Ottawa councillors urge federal government to rename Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway

Three Ottawa city councillors representing wards where the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway runs parallel to the Ottawa River are urging the federal government to change the name of the road. In a letter...

Jun 02, 2021

Freeland says feds will voice concerns to Air Canada over executive bonuses

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government will voice its concerns about Air Canada doling out millions in bonuses to its executives as the company was negotiating a federal bailo...

Jun 02, 2021

Climate change health costs to top $100B by mid-century: report

A report by a federally funded research group says climate change will add more than $100 billion to Canada's health-care costs by mid-century. The Canadian Institute for Climate Choices says effects ...

Jun 02, 2021

N.S. First Nation further delays lobster fishing, saying it risks losing traps

HALIFAX - A Mi'kmaq community is further delaying plans for a lobster harvest that was set to start this week off southwestern Nova Scotia, saying the band will have to set up its own security to prot...

Jun 02, 2021

Rapist and killer Paul Bernardo set to have parole hearing June 22

TORONTO - Convicted teen killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo is set to have another parole hearing this month. The Parole Board of Canada says the hearing is tentatively scheduled for June 22. Bern...

Jun 02, 2021

Liberal minister calls on O'Toole to not allow free vote on his MP's abortion bill

OTTAWA - Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef is calling out Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole for allowing a bill on abortion from one of his members to move ahead. Parliamentarians are expected to ...

Jun 02, 2021

Ethics commissioner calls for suspension of Quebec economy minister over conflict

Quebec's ethics commissioner is recommending that Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon be suspended from the provincial legislature over an ongoing conflict of interest. Ariane Mignolet says in a report...

Jun 02, 2021

Victims of military sexual trauma turned away from peer-support programs: ombudsman

OTTAWA - Canada's veterans ombudsman says a recent investigation by her office has found victims of military sexual misconduct are being referred away from existing peer-support programs for service m...

Jun 02, 2021

Indigenous Services minister wants Pope to apologize for Canada's residential schools

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the Pope needs to issue an apology for the role the Catholic Church played in Canada's residential school system. A papal apology was one of the ...

Greg Fry Jun 02, 2021

Joyce Echaquan coroner's inquiry comes to an end, community to march in her honour

TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - The inquest into the death of Joyce Echaquan has begun its last day of hearings, with lawyers making their final pleas to coroner Ghane Kamel. Echaquan, a 37-year-old Atikamekw m...

Jun 02, 2021