Canada

Brown: Indian diplomat pushed back when he used the words "Sikh nation"

OTTAWA - Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown said foreign interference did not tip the scales in the Conservative party's last leadership race that installed Pierre Poilievre at the helm. But he offered up T...

Dec 05, 2024

Quebec premier to attend Notre-Dame Cathedral reopening Saturday in Paris

QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault will attend the inauguration and reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday. The historic church was renovated and rebuilt after being ravaged by a f...

Dec 05, 2024

Chief 'disappointed' to see clean water used as a political 'tactic' by Conservatives

OTTAWA - Cowessess First Nation Chief Erica Beaudin says she is "disappointed' that Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer used clean drinking water legislation as a political "tactic." Bill C-61 rec...

Dec 05, 2024

NASA delays Artemis mission featuring Canadian astronaut to 2026

MONTREAL - Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen's trip to the moon has been delayed once again. NASA announced Thursday that the next mission in the Artemis program - sending four astronauts around the mo...

Dec 05, 2024

B.C. children's minister stepping away from role after colorectal cancer diagnosis

British Columbia's Minister of Children and Family Development Grace Lore says she has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer and is temporarily stepping away from her role as minister. Lore says in a ...

Dec 05, 2024

Feds outlaw another 324 types of firearms, propose donating guns to Ukraine

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has outlawed another 324 firearm varieties - guns it says belong on the battlefield, not in the hands of hunters or sport shooters. The move follows the May 2020 ban of...

Dec 05, 2024

B.C. premier says feds and provinces plan right-left approach to Trump's tariff plans

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says Canada's premiers and the federal government have hatched a game plan over possible U.S. tariffs, where Conservative premiers lobby their Republican ...

Dec 05, 2024

Put politics aside and act on online harms, mother of sextortion victim tells MPs

OTTAWA - Parents of children who died because of online sexual extortion are urging MPs to act on online harms legislation. The bill and other legislation have been blocked from moving forward for mon...

Dec 05, 2024

Five Eyes security agencies send up flare for help on preventing youth radicalization

OTTAWA - Security agencies from Canada and other members of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance are calling for a "whole-of-society response" to deal with the radicalization of young people lu...

Dec 05, 2024

Patrick Brown set to make committee appearance on foreign interference

OTTAWA - Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown will appear before a Parliamentary committee on foreign interference this afternoon. The former Conservative Party leadership candidate was summoned to answer que...

Dec 05, 2024