Canada

"More than a piece of metal:" Nunavut community gets its first ambulance

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The summer sealift typically brings everything from housewares to heavy equipment to Pond Inlet in Nunavut. But this year, on Aug. 28, the ship dropped off something the remote comm...

Oct 12, 2020

B.C. political leaders meet in live TV debate in Oct. 24 election campaign

VICTORIA - The leaders of B.C.'s three main political parties will meet Tuesday in a televised debate that political experts say could be one of the few events where voters get a chance to truly asses...

Oct 12, 2020

Alberta town unveils statue of coach who died in Humboldt Broncos bus crash

PEACE RIVER, Alta. - A junior hockey coach who was killed in a deadly bus crash that scarred the nation was honoured this weekend with a bronze statue unveiled in the Alberta town where he grew up and...

Oct 11, 2020

Tory critic dismisses Chinese pandemic 'excuse' barring access to two Michaels

OTTAWA - China can no longer credibly use the "excuse" of COVID-19 to continue keeping Canadian diplomats from visiting Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, the Conservative foreign affairs critic says....

Oct 11, 2020

Canadians urged to keep COVID-era Thanksgiving gatherings small, virtual

As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic washes over the country, Canadians from coast to coast are being asked to limit the size of their Thanksgiving gatherings or keep them entirely virtual. Wit...

Oct 11, 2020

Armenian diaspora in Canada says Ottawa must act to prevent a second genocide

MONTREAL - The ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is physically and emotionally distant to most Canadians, but for Montrealer Talar Chichmanian, the war is the second time since the 1990s...

Oct 11, 2020

Armenian diaspora in Canada says Ottawa must act to prevent a second genocide

MONTREAL - The ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is physically and emotionally distant to most Canadians, but for Montrealer Talar Chichmanian, the war is the second time since the 1990s...

Oct 11, 2020

B.C.'s virtual COVID-19 election campaign lacks human touch: expert

VICTORIA - At the end of a recent virtual town hall meeting where about a dozen people asked questions about British Columbia's Oct. 24 election, New Democrat Leader John Horgan said he was enjoying c...

Oct 11, 2020

Canadians urged to keep COVID-era Thanksgiving gatherings small, virtual

As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic washes over the country, Canadians from coast to coast are being asked to limit the size of their Thanksgiving gatherings or keep them entirely virtual. Wit...

Oct 11, 2020

Trump, Trudeau discuss president's COVID-19 diagnosis, Canadians detained in China

OTTAWA - The Prime Minister's Office says Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the president's bout with COVID-19 this morning. The PMO says Trudeau wished Trump and his wife Melan...

Oct 10, 2020