Canada

Tories call on government to compensate dairy farmers 'left behind' in new NAFTA

OTTAWA - The Conservative opposition says the government must compensate dairy farmers within 90 days of the new North American trade deal becoming law, saying the sector is the biggest loser in the r...

Feb 28, 2020

Federal government runs $11-billion deficit for April-to-December period

OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of $11.0 billion over the first nine months of its 2019-20 fiscal year. The result compared with a surplus of $324 million for the same period of its 2018...

Feb 28, 2020

Feds ask shipyards to make their cases for building missing heavy icebreaker

OTTAWA - There is a new lead in the case of the missing icebreaker, though exactly how the story will end remains to be seen. The fate of the Canadian Coast Guard's next heavy icebreaker has been wrap...

Feb 28, 2020

Privacy watchdog probes RCMP's use of facial-recognition software

OTTAWA - The federal privacy commissioner is investigating the RCMP's use of cutting-edge facial-recognition software. The technology made by American company Clearview AI gathers huge numbers of...

Feb 28, 2020

Lawsuit over African mine can be heard in British Columbia: Supreme Court

OTTAWA - A human-rights lawsuit against a Canadian mining company can be heard in British Columbia, even though it involves events in Africa, the Supreme Court of Canada ...

Feb 28, 2020

Manitoba pushes ahead with carbon tax court challenge; still hoping for deal

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is pushing ahead with a court challenge of the federal carbon tax although Premier Brian Pallister says he'd still like to see a deal with Ottawa. Pallister say...

Feb 28, 2020

Alberta seeks partners for 164 parks to focus spending on 'high value areas'

EDMONTON - The Alberta government wants to hand off management of 164 provincially run parks to outside groups. The move was hinted at in yesterday's budget and confirmed by a spokeswoman for Environm...

Feb 28, 2020

Pipeline talks with hereditary chiefs resume for second day in northern B.C.

SMITHERS, B.C. - The hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en are meeting for a second day with senior federal and provincial ministers as they try to break an impasse in a pipeline dispute tha...

Feb 28, 2020

Beyak suspended again from Senate despite apology for posting offensive letters

OTTAWA - The Senate has voted to suspend Sen. Lynn Beyak a second time over derogatory letters about Indigenous Peoples posted on her website. Senators have approved a report from the upper house...

Feb 27, 2020

Trudeau to meet provincial, territorial leaders amid heightened tensions

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will sit down with provincial and territorial leaders on March 13 to wrestle with some of the thorny issues that are dividing the nation. The first ministers' me...

Feb 27, 2020