Canada

Senators set to question Freeland on bill to provide new rent relief, business aid

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will face questions today from senators scrutinizing the government's latest bid to provide pandemic aid to hard-hit businesses. Freeland is scheduled to te...

Greg Fry Nov 12, 2020

Full details of van attack recounted at start of Minassian trial this week

TORONTO - The final resting spot. That was the phrase a prosecutor used over and over this week to describe the bloodied sidewalks, streets and squares where the lives of several pedestrians end...

Nov 11, 2020

Quebec plans to add in vitro fertilization to government-funded health services

QUEBEC - The Quebec government introduced a bill today that would add one cycle of in vitro fertilization to the list of services covered by provincial health insurance. One cycle of the procedure cur...

Nov 11, 2020

Anti-corruption unit still investigating Quebec Liberal Party financing

MONTREAL - The head of Quebec's anti-corruption police force says the six-year investigation into Quebec Liberal party financing remains open. Frederick Gaudreau told reporters today his police ...

Nov 11, 2020

Permanent '60s Scoop foundation set to launch Thursday

TORONTO - Survivors of the notorious '60s Scoop are set to mark a key milestone on Thursday with the ceremonial launch of a $50-million foundation aimed at healing the damage wrought by the practice o...

Nov 11, 2020

Transit lobby group says electrifying Canada's bus fleets needs $3 billion a year

OTTAWA - A green-transit lobby group says electrifying Canada's fleet of public transit buses will take a lot more money than Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised in his big infrastructure announcem...

Nov 11, 2020

Extra income support for hard-hit workers may not stick around post-pandemic, PM says

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the more generous benefits being provided to out-of-work Canadians during the pandemic shouldn't be seen as permanent changes to the social safety net. Mill...

Nov 11, 2020

Trudeau says he expects trade deal with UK can be done before 2021

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he expects Canada can make a new trade deal with the U.K. before the calendar hit 2021. Speaking at a digital event hosted by the Financial Times, Trudeau s...

Nov 11, 2020

Study finds climate-changing methane emissions from oilpatch twice as high as thought

A newly published study concludes that emissions of a potent greenhouse gas from oil and gas production are twice as high as previously thought. The research by Environment Canada scientists says prev...

Nov 11, 2020

Assisted-dying bill sparks ferocious debate among Canadians with disabilities

OTTAWA - The determination of two Quebecers with disabilities to decide when their suffering had become intolerable persuaded the federal government to rewrite the law on medical assistance in dying. ...

Nov 11, 2020