Canada

Conservatives authorized Chinese police-owned company to run visa centre: Blair

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says he assumes security authorities signed off on an arrangement to allow a company owned by a Chinese police force to run Canada's visa application centre ...

Feb 25, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. There are 858,217 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 858,217 confirmed cases (30,335 active, 8...

Feb 25, 2021

Public health agency investigating quarantine sexual assault allegations

OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada is launching an investigation and reviewing its practices after two returning travellers were allegedly sexually assaulted during their mandatory quarantine...

Feb 25, 2021

Logging delay agreement for B.C. old-growth tree stand helps endangered spotted owls

An agreement to delay logging of an old-growth stand of British Columbia forest has given a one-year reprieve to one of Canada's most endangered species. But governments now have to come up with a per...

Feb 25, 2021

B.C. businessman dinged for illegal donation to NDP MP's 2015 campaign

OTTAWA - A British Columbia businessman who made an illegal contribution to New Democrat MP Peter Julian's 2015 election campaign has been ordered to pay $7,500 to the receiver general of Canada. Elec...

Feb 25, 2021

Pandemic spending, no tax increases: Some highlights from the Alberta budget

EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government tabled its budget Thursday. Here are some of the highlights: - No new taxes or tax increases. - Deficit of $18.2 billion on estimated revenues of $4...

Feb 25, 2021

Navy and Coast Guard's shipbuilding plan plagued by delays, auditor general says

OTTAWA - Federal auditor general Karen Hogan delivered a stark warning Thursday that government mismanagement is threatening to leave the navy and coast guard without the ships they need to defend Can...

Feb 25, 2021

Feds didn't supply enough resources to end water advisories on First Nations: auditor

OTTAWA - The government did not provide the support needed to ensure First Nations communities have access to safe drinking water, says federal auditor general Karen Hogan in a report released Thursda...

Feb 25, 2021

Supreme Court declines to hear Crown appeal of overturned N.S. murder conviction

Canada's top court has declined to hear an appeal from the Crown regarding the overturned murder conviction in the case of a former Nova Scotia medical student. William Sandeson was originally convict...

Feb 25, 2021

Quebec health authority hires Indigenous staff, promises changes after Echaquan death

QUEBEC - The Quebec health authority that runs the hospital where an Indigenous woman was mocked before she died says it is taking concrete steps to ensure Atikamekw people receive better care. Joyce ...

Feb 25, 2021