Canada

Quebec government says it will table expanded language law during next session

MONTREAL - Quebec's minister responsible for the French language said he will introduce a bill strengthening the province's language law when the legislature returns from its winter break. Simon Jolin...

Nov 24, 2020

Lack of Canadian vaccine production means others could get inoculations first: PM

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought to reassure Canadians on Tuesday that COVID-19 vaccines will start to arrive in the coming months even as he acknowledged that other nations are likely to...

Nov 24, 2020

Meng could have been arrested before going through customs: officer

VANCOUVER - An RCMP officer who assisted in the arrest of Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver's airport two years ago says the Huawei executive could have been arrested before going through customs. Const...

Nov 24, 2020

Alberta Appeal Court refuses to overturn one of killer's three murder convictions

CALGARY - The Alberta Court of Appeal has refused to throw out one of the convictions against a man who was found guilty of killing a father and his two-year-old daughter as well as a senior. Derek Sa...

Nov 24, 2020

Keystone XL not the same project John Kerry nixed in 2015, Canada's U.S. envoy says

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Canada's ambassador to the United States says the Keystone XL pipeline project has evolved since John Kerry nixed it in 2015. President-elect Joe Biden has named Kerry, former...

Nov 24, 2020

The latest news on COVID 19 developments in Canada on Nov. 24, 2020

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 11:15 a.m. The Ontario government is reporting 1,009 new cases of COVID-19 today but a technical issue means the figure is an un...

Nov 24, 2020

Assisted-death bill sends wrong message to Indigenous people, advocates say

OTTAWA - The chief executive officer of an organization that provides health care to the Siksika First Nation in Alberta says an assisted-dying bill sends the wrong message to Indigenous youth. ...

Nov 24, 2020

Many Canadians gaining weight during COVID-19: poll

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests many Canadians are gaining weight because they're eating more and exercising less during COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly one-third of respondents in the survey conducted b...

Nov 24, 2020

Fossil fuels to decline but remain big player in Canada's energy use by 2050: report

OTTAWA - The Canada Energy Regulator says reaching net-zero emissions over the next 30 years will to require a much more aggressive transition away from oil and gas.The annual Energy Futures report re...

Nov 24, 2020

Alberta researcher gets award for COVID-19 mask innovation

Salt that crystallizes with sharp edges is the killer ingredient in the development of a reusable mask because any COVID-19 droplets that land on it would be quickly destroyed, says a researcher who i...

Nov 24, 2020