Canada

China's new envoy to Canada delivers familiar message on justice, rights

OTTAWA - Beijing has a new representative in Canada, but the stern message to Ottawa remains the same. Chinese ambassador Cong Peiwu is reiterating his country's call for Canada to release M...

Nov 22, 2019

Manitoba slams lack of detail on Indigenous child-welfare overhaul plan

WINNIPEG - Canada is only six weeks away from one of the largest-ever reforms to Indigenous child welfare and Ottawa has not shared information about how it will be implemented or funded, Ma...

Nov 22, 2019

Canada casts controversial vote at UN for Palestinian self-determination

OTTAWA - Canada has affirmed it does not share the Trump administration's view that Israel's settlements in the West Bank are legal under international law, casting a vote supporting Palestinian self-...

Nov 22, 2019

Quebec auditor general says youth protection delays increase risk

QUEBEC - Children in Quebec aren't able to get prompt help from the province's youth protection agency and those delays could threaten their safety, the province's auditor gen...

Nov 22, 2019

Military facing likely delay in delivery of new search-and-rescue plane

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is refusing to accept the first of its new search-and-rescue planes from European manufacturer Airbus because of concerns with the aircraft's manuals. The new plane ...

Nov 22, 2019

Statcan details wait times for social housing, perceptions on housing overall

OTTAWA - Results from a new national survey show that more than 283,000 households in Canada have someone on a waiting list for affordable housing. The first-of-its-kind data from Statistics Canada al...

Nov 22, 2019

'No substantive progress' in talks as CN Rail workers strike enters fourth day

MONTREAL - The strike at the country's biggest railway has entered its fourth day with no resolution in sight as round-the-clock negotiations continue under the watch of federal mediators. The Teamste...

Nov 22, 2019

Prime Minister Trudeau to meet with Ontario Premier Ford today in Ottawa

TORONTO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with Ontario Premier Doug Ford in Ottawa today. The sit-down between the pair will be the latest in a series of in-person talks Trudeau is having...

Nov 22, 2019

Quebec human rights commission urges police to end routine street checks

MONTREAL - Quebec's human rights commission says Montreal police must definitively end the practice of routine street checks. Commission vice-president Myrlande Pierre made the comments today to membe...

Nov 22, 2019

Nova Scotia pond billed as the 'cradle of hockey' put up for sale

WINDSOR, N.S. - For hockey fans across Canada, the water in Nova Scotia's Long Pond is sacred - especially when it's frozen. The small body of water in the picturesque Annapolis Valley ...

Nov 22, 2019