Canada

Guaranteed basic income tops policy priorities for Liberal caucus

OTTAWA - A guaranteed basic income for all Canadians has emerged as the top policy choice of Liberal MPs, just as the Trudeau government is crafting its plan to help people weather the ...

Sep 12, 2020

Mayors push Liberals on plan to buy distressed properties for affordable housing

OTTAWA - Federal officials are ironing out the details of a program to help cities buy properties left vacant due to the pandemic so they can quickly create affordable housing. The governmen...

Sep 12, 2020

One entangled humpback whale off B.C. coast free of fishing gear

VANCOUVER - One of the three humpback whales entangled in fishing gear off the coast of British Columbia is now free, although the two other animals have not been located. The Department of Fisheries ...

Sep 11, 2020

Alberta loosens rules for singing, wind instruments as long as precautions taken

EDMONTON - Alberta's top doctor says people can sing and play wind instruments indoors once again, provided COVID-19 precautions are in place. Dr. Deena Hinshaw says those activities were severely res...

Sep 11, 2020

B.C. moves to end divisive old-growth forest policies, protects nine areas

HAZELTON, B.C. - The British Columbia government says it's taking a new and more all-encompassing approach to protecting the province's old-growth forests. Forests Minister Doug Donaldson says the gov...

Sep 11, 2020

Saskatchewan court allows teepee protest camp to stay on legislature lawn

REGINA - A Saskatchewan judge has ruled a Metis man can stay on the lawn of the provincial legislature to finish his hunger strike against high suicide rates. The government took Tristen Dur...

Sep 11, 2020

$30M in improvements coming for B.C. logging road where two students died

VICTORIA - Improvements are coming to a narrow logging road on Vancouver Island where members of the local First Nations as well as two university students have lost their lives. Indigenous Relations ...

Sep 11, 2020

Ottawa, airlines agree on passenger info rules to aid contact-tracing efforts

OTTAWA - Transport Minister Marc Garneau says Canada's largest airlines agreed to a new set of rules to help contact-tracing efforts should a passenger test positive for COVID-19. Passengers will be a...

Sep 11, 2020

Trudeau, Tam defend Canadian response times to COVID-19 pandemic

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government began preparing for a possible pandemic as soon as it received the first alert about a mysterious cluster of pneumonia cases in China...

Sep 11, 2020

Council of Federation to go virtual as face-to-face meeting in Quebec nixed

QUEBEC - A premiers meeting that had been rescheduled for this month in Quebec City has been cancelled. Premier Francois Legault told a news conference today in Quebec City he hopes the...

Sep 11, 2020