Canada

Wind remains on firefighters' side in bout with northern Alberta wildfire

HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - Despite heavy smoke, officials say a lighter wind out of the northeast has allowed for great progress on reining in a wildfire that's forced thousands of people from thei...

Greg Fry May 22, 2019

Canadian retaliatory tariffs lifted as U.S. kills steel aluminum penalties

OTTAWA - Canada collected more than $1.27 billion from the retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products over the last year and all of it will go to the Canadian steel and aluminum industry even though the ste...

May 22, 2019

Doctors group survey suggests worries growing over paying boomers' health bills

CHARLOTTETOWN - A survey commissioned by the Canadian Medical Association indicates there is growing concern about how to pay for the care of aging baby boomers. The association presented its fin...

May 22, 2019

Liberals ask news groups to name panel to decide eligibility for journalism aid

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is inviting eight news associations to nominate candidates to a panel that will help figure out which media outlets will be eligible to benefit from...

May 22, 2019

More women, few minorities: Docs show results of Liberal patronage overhaul

OTTAWA - The Liberal government's overhaul of the patronage system has led to gender parity in government appointments, but new figures show few of those women are in leadership posts and visible mino...

May 22, 2019

Survey finds minimal progress in military's fight against sexual misconduct

OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada survey of military personnel suggests the Canadian Forces has made minimal progress in eradicating serious sexual misconduct from the ranks despite years of effort. Ac...

May 22, 2019

Cher's Winnipeg concert scrubbed at last minute due to sudden short-term illness

WINNIPEG - About 10,000 Cher fans in Winnipeg went home disappointed Tuesday night after being told that a concert by the pop diva at Bell MTS Place had been postponed. Cher, who is 73,...

May 22, 2019

Crackdown on money laundering does not include federal public inquiry: minister

VICTORIA - The federal minister in charge of Canada's fight against money laundering supports British Columbia's public inquiry into dirty money but says a national examination is not necessary. ...

May 22, 2019

Duterte moves to forcibly send garbage back to Canada, spokesman says

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine president's spokesman says the exasperated leader has moved to have truckloads of garbage that Filipino officials say were illegally shipped to the Philippines yea...

May 22, 2019

Federal government to buy two more Arctic ships from Irving to prevent layoffs

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce Wednesday that the federal government is buying two more Arctic patrol ships on the top of the six it has already ordered from Halifax-ba...

May 22, 2019