Canada

Premier Scott Moe says Saskatchewan election campaign to begin Tuesday

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is confirming what has been widely expected - the provincial election campaign starts Tuesday. Moe says in a post on social media that he plans to ask Lt.-Gov. ...

Sep 30, 2024

B.C. condo owners' group ordered to repay owner for cockroach control bill

VANCOUVER - The Civil Resolution Tribunal has ruled that a British Columbia condominium owner should be repaid thousands of dollars she was charged to eradicate a cockroach infestation in her building...

Sep 30, 2024

Big NDP names exit before B.C. election. What does that mean for the party?

VANCOUVER - The New Democrats are campaigning for another term in British Columbia's provincial election but without many of the familiar faces that have graced lawn signs of elections past. About a q...

Sep 30, 2024

A list of Quebec language law sections that bilingual municipalities want struck down

A group of 23 bilingual municipalities in Quebec has asked a Superior Court judge to suspend the application of several portions of the province's 2022 language reform, known as Bill 96. Lawyer Julius...

Sep 30, 2024

Survivors call for reversal of Canada's 'cut' to residential school search spending

OTTAWA - Residential school survivors say the federal government is keeping the truth about those institutions in the dark by cutting back on funding for records and ground searches looking for unmark...

Sep 30, 2024

A 'weird' debate: vice-presidential hopefuls to face off ahead of razor-thin election

WASHINGTON - Tim Walz and JD Vance are set to face off Tuesday in the only debate for the vice-presidential hopefuls during the razor-thin race to November's election. Walz, the Democratic governor of...

Sep 30, 2024

23 bilingual municipalities ask judge to suspend portions of Quebec's language law

MONTREAL - A group of 23 bilingual municipalities are in Quebec Superior Court today to ask a judge to suspend the application of several portions of the province's 2022 language reform. Lawyer Julius...

Sep 30, 2024

Son of Canadian parents killed in Lebanon urges Ottawa to ramp up evacuation efforts

The son of a Canadian couple killed during Israeli strikes on Lebanon last week says Ottawa must do more to help citizens leave the country as fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group ...

Sep 30, 2024

Faculty strike: McGill University threatens to cancel semester for law students

MONTREAL - McGill University is threatening to cancel law school classes for the rest of the semester if it can't reach an agreement today with a faculty union that has been on strike since August. Th...

Sep 30, 2024

Joly targets polarization in UN speech, urges liberals to reclaim the word 'freedom'

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is asking members of the United Nations to counter growing political polarization. Joly is addressing the UN General Assembly on behalf of Canada after th...

Sep 30, 2024