Canada

Quebec's head of youth protection resigns after sex scandal at detention facility

MONTREAL - Quebec's national director of youth protection has resigned, days after a media report claimed that educators at a Montreal detention centre for troubled minors had sexual relations with de...

Oct 28, 2024

Poilievre promises to abolish federal sales tax on new homes under $1 million

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says if his party forms government, it will scrap the federal sales tax on new homes sold for less than $1 million and push provinces do to the same. Poil...

Oct 28, 2024

After doubling down on leadership, Trudeau hits deadline to respond to caucus letter

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau is supposed to respond today to a group of Liberal MPs demanding his resignation as party leader, but the prime minister has already made his plans clear. At a Liberal caucus m...

Oct 28, 2024

Monthly food bank use soars to record 2 million, driven by cost of groceries, housing

TORONTO - Canada's reliance on food banks has soared to a grim new milestone, according to data from Food Banks Canada. The organization says it recorded more than two million visits in March 2024 - n...

Oct 28, 2024

Saskatchewan residents go to polls on election day as parties vie for power

REGINA - Saskatchewan residents will be casting their votes in today's election as they decide who will form the next provincial government. Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party is seeking a fifth-straight ...

Oct 28, 2024

Absentee ballot count could settle B.C.'s election, nine days after vote

VICTORIA - British Columbia's election could finally be decided today with the counting of absentee ballots, after recounts and a tally of mail-in votes failed to settle the contest on the weekend. Ne...

Oct 28, 2024

Nova Scotia premier dissolves legislature, calls snap election for Nov. 26

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston fired the opening salvos of a snap election he called Sunday, saying he needs a strong mandate in order to help the province "stand up" to the federal governm...

Oct 27, 2024

Another bumpy week ahead as Trudeau faces deadlines from Liberal MPs, Bloc

OTTAWA - Another week, another raft of imminent challenges to Justin Trudeau's leadership of both the country and the Liberal Party. The Prime Minister, whose presence at the party helm has stirred cr...

Oct 27, 2024

A look at Claudia Chender, leader of the Nova Scotia New Democrats

HALIFAX - Claudia Chender, leader of the Nova Scotia NDP, will be leading her first provincial campaign since taking the reins of the party. Born: July 29, 1976. Early years: Raised in Nova Scotia Edu...

Oct 27, 2024

A look at Zach Churchill, leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal party

HALIFAX - Zach Churchill will be taking the Liberal Party of Nova Scotia into its first provincial election since he became leader. Born: May 25, 1984. Early years: He was raised in Yarmouth, N.S., wh...

Oct 27, 2024