Canada

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 5, 2024

Overseas hikers rescued in B.C. relied on online app: rescue group

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - The search and rescue organization for Metro Vancouver's North Shore mountains says its teams recently rescued two international visitors who became stranded after relying on o...

Dec 5, 2024

Former cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault tells committee: 'I am not Indigenous'

OTTAWA - Randy Boissonnault, whose shifting claims to Indigenous identity cost him his job as employment minister, told a House of Commons committee today that he is not Indigenous. Boissonnault was c...

Dec 5, 2024

Quebec police say cutting blood-alcohol limit to .05 would save up to 14 lives a year

QUBEC - Quebec provincial police estimate that reducing the legal blood-alcohol limit to .05 would save between 10 and 14 lives every year on the province's roadways. Those figures are contained in he...

Dec 5, 2024

Government asks for third extension on court deadline to pass 'lost Canadians' bill

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says the government is seeking a third extension to a court-mandated deadline to pass legislation that grants citizenship to "lost Canadians." Miller says the...

Dec 5, 2024

Trudeau, ministers and opposition leaders address AFN gathering in Ottawa

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fell short of committing to a national inquiry on systemic racism in policing this morning even as he acknowledged the pain of First Nations mothers who have had...

Dec 5, 2024

Quebec government wants Supreme Court to rule on random police stops

MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it will seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada a ruling that found permitting random traffic stops leads to racial profiling. In October, Quebec's Co...

Dec 5, 2024

NDP pulls channel change on Conservatives, forcing House debate on abortion

OTTAWA - A surprise tactical move by the NDP forced a debate in the House of Commons on abortion access this morning sidelining a Conservative motion designed to use NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's own wor...

Dec 5, 2024

Tariffs on Chinese EVs, aluminum and steel to raise federal revenues by $473M: PBO

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer estimates Canada's tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, aluminum and steel will increase federal revenues by $473 million over five years. In October, the fe...

Dec 5, 2024

Ottawa outlines $2B in spending for artificial intelligence computing power

OTTAWA - The federal government says it will spend up to $1 billion to build public computing infrastructure for the Canadian artificial intelligence sector, part of a $2 billion commitment outlined i...

Dec 5, 2024