Canada

Drought deepens in Eastern Canada as West sees some improvement: monitor

Officials say a deepening drought in Central and Atlantic Canada is creating water supply issues and underlining concerns about crop conditions and wildfires. The latest national outlook shows large p...

Sep 11, 2025

B.C. First Nations and logging firm want Walbran Valley old-growth blockade to end

VANCOUVER - The Pacheedaht First Nation on Vancouver Island says a blockade opposed to old-growth logging on its traditional territory in the Walbran Valley near Port Renfrew, B.C., is undermining its...

Sep 11, 2025

Quebec environmental lawyers group sues Ottawa over major projects bill

MONTREAL - A group of environmental lawyers says it has filed a lawsuit in Quebec Superior Court challenging the validity of the federal government's major projects law. Centre qubcois du droit de l'e...

Sep 11, 2025

Here are the first major projects on Ottawa's fast-track list

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney named the first five projects on the federal government's fast-track list on Thursday - part of his plan to attract outside investment and bolster the Canadian econ...

Sep 11, 2025

Carney says federal government will strike more pharmacare deals with provinces

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government is committed to signing pharmacare deals with all provinces and territories, ending months of speculation about the program being cut short. The...

Sep 11, 2025

Fact File: Online posts mislead on immigrant share of population

Recent online posts claimed a chart depicting work and study permit holders in Canada since 2000 showed that the country "imported" 36 per cent of its population - or more than 15 million people - ove...

Sep 11, 2025

PQ leader praises Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for standing up to Ottawa

CALGARY - The leader of the Parti Qubcois says he sees possible areas of co-operation with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith if he becomes Quebec premier next year. Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, who became P...

Sep 11, 2025

Conservatives plan to introduce their own bill on bail reform this fall

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his party will introduce a bill this fall that would make it harder for people accused of certain crimes to get bail. Poilievre says the proposal wou...

Sep 11, 2025

Man arrested in U.S. and returned to Canada for crash that killed two near Montreal

MONTREAL - A truck driver wanted in Quebec for a crash south of Montreal in 2022 that killed a boy and a woman is in custody after he was arrested in the U.S. and returned to Canada. Quebec provincial...

Sep 11, 2025

Extreme weather, U.S. funding cuts add pressure for Canada's weather service: report

A new report looking at the future of Canada's weather service suggests the country needs a co-ordinated flash flood warning system and says European partnerships could be deepened as the United State...

Sep 11, 2025