Canada

Senate Arctic committee calls report a 'wake-up call' in latest report

OTTAWA - Canada's Senate says it's time the federal government stopped ignoring the Arctic. In a new report, the Senate has issued what it says is a wake-up call for Ottawa to deal with...

Jun 12, 2019

MPs face summer recall for new NAFTA approval if no U.S. progress next week

OTTAWA - The Canadian Press has learned the Liberal government is prepared to recall Parliament this summer to ratify the new North American trade agreement. The government wants to move "in tandem" w...

Jun 12, 2019

Canada Pension Plan's money managers worth more than they cost, PBO says

OTTAWA - Having the money in the Canada Pension Plan fund actively managed by investment experts has been worth nearly $50 billion in extra returns since the mid-2000s, says the parliamentary budget o...

Jun 12, 2019

Trio of Canadian RADARSAT Constellation satellites head into orbit

MONTREAL - A trio of Canadian satellites that represent the next generation of Earth-observation technology launched successfully into orbit today and will be deployed soon. The Ca...

Jun 12, 2019

Expert panel recommends Canada implement single-payer pharmacare plan

OTTAWA - An expert panel is calling for the federal government to work with the provinces and territories to create a single-payer national pharmacare plan to cover every Canadian. Eric...

Jun 12, 2019

Highlights from expert panel report on national pharmacare plan

OTTAWA - An expert panel is calling for a universal, single-payer national pharmacare plan. Here's what it recommends: - The federal government should work with provinces and territories to creat...

Jun 12, 2019

'Disgusting' donation enthusiastically received for Yukon's Sourtoe Cocktail

DAWSON CITY, Yukon - A donation that an expert in Yukon happily describes as disgusting has arrived in Whitehorse, destined to become the centrepiece of a bizarre cocktail. The frostbitten big toe of ...

Jun 12, 2019

Liberals reject most Tory amendments to environmental assessment bill

OTTAWA - The federal government is rejecting most of the amendments proposed by Conservative senators to Bill C-69. A senior government official speaking on the condition of anonymity because he wasn'...

Jun 12, 2019

In the news today, June 12

Six stories in the news for Wednesday, June 12 --- ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT UPHOLDS RULING IN BOYLE CASE A lawyer for Joshua Boyle can introduce evidence of his client's estranged wi...

Jun 12, 2019

'Cautionary tale:' High DDT levels in New Brunswick lakes decades after ban

Several remote New Brunswick lakes still have high levels of a pesticide banned 46 years ago - findings with significant implications for today, says the scientist behind a study on DDT published Wedn...

Jun 12, 2019