Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - A committee of senators voted to add a major caveat to a politically charged bill from the Bloc Qubcois that's intended to protect supply management. The private member's bill seeks to protec...

MONTREAL - Canada's minister for Crown-Indigenous relations says the killing of an Inuk man by police in an Inuit village in Quebec's Far North is an example of systemic racism. Gary Anandasangaree sa...

OTTAWA - Retired Lt.-Gen. Andrew Leslie says Canada will soon face a rough ride from the U.S. for failing to meet its defence spending targets after the dramatic political comeback of president-elect ...

OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee is calling on the government to change how it handles permits for temporary workers, after a UN report said the system creates "a breeding ground for contemporary fo...

OTTAWA - Canada's environment commissioner says the country is still not on track to meet its commitments under the Paris climate agreement. Ottawa has promised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to b...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Health-care spending expected to outpace economy and reach $372 billion in 2024: CIHI The Canadian Institute f...

MONTREAL - The Royal Canadian Legion branch in Montreal's Verdun borough meets once a week in a community centre space it rents by the hour, less than 500 metres from the elegant brick building it sol...

Stories passed down from elders tell how First Nations from afar would paddle their canoes to bathe in the hot springs on the territory of the Sts'ailes First Nation. They believed the water contained...

TORONTO - The Canadian Psychological Association says the U.S. election has worldwide impact and it's normal for many Canadians to have strong emotions about it - whether they're positive or negative....

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court says it has jurisdiction to order the disposal of thousands of pieces of evidence seized from Robert Pickton's pig farm decades ago, whether it was used in his murde...