Canada

With Freeland out and the federal deficit up, Parliament is set to take holiday break

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament are set to begin their holiday break later today, capping off a tumultuous fall sitting filled with non-confidence votes, filibusters, stalled legislation, a growing def...

Dec 17, 2024

Canadian icon Terry Fox to be featured on new $5 bill

OTTAWA - Terry Fox has been selected to appear on the next $5 bank note. The federal government made the revelation in its fall economic statement on Monday. Fox is a Canadian icon who campaigned for ...

Dec 16, 2024

A list of Liberal cabinet ministers who have recently quit or don't plan to run again

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's abrupt departure from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet on Monday resulted in a mini cabinet shuffle, with Dominic LeBlanc stepping into the role. I...

Dec 16, 2024

Historic plane's final trip to U.S. interrupted by emergency landing near Victoria

VICTORIA - A rare and historic water bomber that was on its final journey from British Columbia to a museum in Arizona was forced to make an emergency landing near Victoria due to mechanical issues. T...

Dec 16, 2024

In tumultuous history of finance minister resignations, Freeland's exit stands out

Having a finance minister openly condemn the prime minister's policies on her way out is a fresh level of acrimony in Canadian political history, longtime observers of the country's politics say. Chry...

Dec 16, 2024

Ottawa promises $1.3 billion for border security as U.S. tariff threat looms

OTTAWA - The federal government is promising to spend $1.3 billion over six years to beef up Canada's border security but still won't say exactly how that money will be spent. The figures are part of ...

Dec 16, 2024

Ottawa police use DNA from 1996 murder to identify Vancouver stabbing suspect

Police in Ottawa say they've identified a suspect in an unsolved 1996 stabbing death on the Portage Bridge using DNA evidence to track down the man who was arrested in Vancouver last week. Ottawa poli...

Dec 16, 2024

The Latest: Freeland leaves cabinet, fall economic statement in limbo

OTTAWA - Chrystia Freeland has resigned from cabinet as finance minister on the same day she was expected to deliver the government's fall economic statement, leaving the government of Prime Minister ...

Greg Fry Dec 16, 2024

Authorities search for person missing after B.C. mudslide washed away home

VANCOUVER - A search is ongoing for a person believed to have been caught in a mudslide that hit their home and closed British Columbia's Sea to Sky Highway over the weekend. RCMP say emergency crews ...

Dec 16, 2024

Without more warming centres, expect rise in homeless deaths: Montreal borough mayor

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner will investigate the death of a 55-year-old unhoused man found in a park early Sunday in Montreal's Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough. Police say hypothermia could be the cause...

Dec 16, 2024