Canada

Atikamekw leaders taken aback by Quebec government refusal to adopt Joyce's Principle

MONTREAL - Atikamekw leaders in Quebec say they are disappointed by the Quebec government's refusal to adopt measures aimed at improving Indigenous health care this week over a reference to systemic r...

Nov 28, 2020

Scientists urge permanent protection of Last Ice Area in Canada's High Arctic

Derek Mueller, a senior researcher at Carleton University, cut his scientific teeth studying mats of microbes on some of Canada's oldest, thickest and most remote sea ice. "They have some very i...

Nov 28, 2020

Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante releases graphic novel detailing political journey

Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante can now add "author" to her resume with the publication of a graphic novel in which she recounts her entry into politics and takes subtle digs at the sexism she's encount...

Nov 28, 2020

People to thank for Ottawa’s success with curbing COVID-19: health officer

OTTAWA - As the number of new COVID-19 cases continues to rise across Canada, the infection rate in Ottawa has been going in the other direction for weeks, putting the city on the right track to flatt...

Nov 28, 2020

Mountie says he suggested meeting with CBSA on Meng arrest to avoid 'problems'

VANCOUVER - The Mountie who says he warned against arresting Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou by boarding her plane when it landed in Vancouver says he made his own decision to come into the airport and ...

Nov 27, 2020

Jagmeet Singh stoked for 'epic crossover' in video gaming sesh with AOC

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his public video gaming session with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tonight is about reaching young people where they hang. Singh, who challenged the firebrand member ...

Nov 27, 2020

PMOops: Trudeau's office releases account of him scolding O'Toole before he does it

OTTAWA - A spokesman for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his office accidentally sent out an account of a phone call with Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole that hadn't happened yet. The premature ac...

Nov 27, 2020

Trudeau feels most Canadians could be vaccinated by September 2021

Beset by ongoing questions about Canada's COVID-19 vaccine strategy, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tried to assuage the public with assurances most Canadians could be inoculated by September 2021, wit...

Nov 27, 2020

Sen. Murray Sinclair, former head of TRC, set to leave the upper chamber next January

OTTAWA - Sen. Murray Sinclair is planning to leave the upper chamber at the end of January. The Manitoba senator says he wants to spend more time writing a memoir and to focus on his work as a legal m...

Nov 27, 2020

News media lobby group asks MPs for rules to get compensation from Google, Facebook

OTTAWA - A lobby group for Canada's newspapers and magazines is asking MPs to enact new rules to let its members negotiate compensation from social-media giants that post their content.News Media Cana...

Nov 27, 2020