Canada

'It is urgent': Alberta military reservists eager to join Canadian Forces in Latvia

SUFFIELD, Alta. - A pair of 105-mm howitzers bark constantly as they turn plywood tank targets into kindling kilometres away on the windswept landscape of one of Canada's largest military bases. It's ...

Sheldon Spackman Nov 10, 2024

Public memorial for Murray Sinclair, who led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

WINNIPEG - A national commemorative ceremony is being held today in honour of Murray Sinclair, a former judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into residential schools. Go...

Nov 10, 2024

A new generation is bringing people back to abandoned Newfoundland towns

HICKMAN'S HARBOUR, N.L. - Brian Avery was three years old when he and his parents packed their belongings into a boat and pulled away from Deer Harbour, N.L., leaving behind their home, their way of l...

Nov 10, 2024

COP29 primer: Canada's priorities at the global climate talks, and the Trump impact

Canada could be an important consensus builder at this year's international climate negotiations, Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault said, while downplaying concerns that Donald...

Nov 10, 2024

Port workers' union accuses BC Maritime Employers Association of ending talks early

A labour dispute continues to paralyze cargo shipping at British Columbia ports, and the union for locked-out workers is accusing employers of abruptly ending contract talks early. The International L...

Nov 10, 2024

First presumptive human case of avian flu acquired in Canada detected in teen

British Columbia's Ministry of Health says the first suspected human case of bird flu contracted in Canada has been detected in B.C. A statement from the office of the provincial health officer says a...

Nov 09, 2024

Museum to honour Chinese Canadian troops who fought in war and for citizenship rights

VANCOUVER - Former B.C. judge Randall (Bud) Wong remembers getting out of bed early one morning when he was five to greet his uncle at the train station in Vancouver at the end of the Second World War...

Nov 09, 2024

First World War airmen from New Brunswick were pioneers of air warfare

FREDERICTON - When pilots took to the air for combat during the First World War, it had been less than 15 years since the Wright brothers' famous first flight in 1903. Aircraft were in the development...

Nov 09, 2024

The Royal Canadian Legion turns to Amazon for annual poppy campaign boost

The Royal Canadian Legion says a new partnership with e-commerce giant Amazon is helping boost its veterans' fund, and will hopefully expand its donor base in the digital world. Since the Oct. 25 laun...

Nov 09, 2024

Talks to resume in B.C. port dispute in bid to end multi-day lockout

VANCOUVER - Contract negotiations resume today in Vancouver in a labour dispute that has paralyzed container cargo shipping at British Columbia's ports since Monday. The BC Maritime Employers Associat...

Nov 09, 2024