Canada

City council in Prince Albert, Sask., votes to give plastic bags the boot

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A city in northern Saskatchewan is believed to be the first in the province to have banned plastic checkout bagsPrince Albert city council passed a bylaw unanimously at a meetin...

Jan 28, 2020

B.C. man presumed to have coronavirus doing well: health official

VANCOUVER - Health officials in British Columbia say a man in his 40s is presumed to have coronavirus and is doing well as he recovers at home. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health office...

Jan 28, 2020

Alberta's climate plan part of cabinet decision on new oilsands mine: Wilkinson

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says cabinet's decision on a massive new oilsands mine in Alberta will take into consideration what the province is doing to help Canada meet...

Jan 28, 2020

Canadians celebrate Lunar New Year despite concerns over coronavirus

VANCOUVER - Lunar New Year celebrations lit up Vancouver's Chinatown with firecrackers and colourful lion dancers on Sunday, though at least one other event in the Lower Mainland was cancell...

Jan 28, 2020

More than 200 cabinet-appointed positions empty: Memo

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been warned that more than 200 senior jobs need filling across the federal government, including dozens in key leadership and oversight roles. In a memo...

Jan 28, 2020

More than 98,000 still owe money after Phoenix overpaid them, says MacKinnon

OTTAWA - More than 98,000 civil servants may still owe the federal government money from being overpaid through the disastrous Phoenix pay system. The government revealed the estimate this week in a w...

Jan 28, 2020

Indigenous group seeks big funding boost for guardians to help protect lands

An Indigenous organization is asking for a big funding boost from the federal government to put more people on the land who observe and report on changes to the environment. The Indigenous Guardians p...

Jan 28, 2020

Quebec police find bodies of two of four missing French snowmobilers

ST-HENRI-DE-TAILLON, Que. - A Quebec provincial police search-and-rescue team retrieved the bodies of two more French snowmobilers who plunged into the water last Tuesday...

Jan 28, 2020

Tories seek auditor general review of Liberal infrastructure plan

OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives are hoping to use their newfound sway in a minority Parliament to force an audit of the Liberals' infrastructure program. The Tories have heavily criticized ...

Jan 28, 2020

Following UK on Huawei an 'easy out' for Canada, says ex-China envoy

OTTAWA - A former Canadian envoy to China says Britain's decision today to grant Huawei partial access to its next-generation 5G network gives the Trudeau government an "easy out" to make the same cho...

Jan 28, 2020