Canada

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 9, 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 9, 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 9, 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 9, 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 9, 2024

Supreme Court website to include only translated judgments following controversy

OTTAWA - The registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada says from now on only judgments prepared in both English and French will appear on the court's website. The statement from the registrar is the la...

Nov 8, 2024

Magnitude 5.3 quake hits northern Yukon, no damage reported

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck in northern Yukon, but Natural Resources Canada says there have been no reports of damage and none would be expected. The quake struck about 167 kilometres north ...

Nov 8, 2024

Federal government to apologize for Nunavik dog slaughter

OTTAWA - The federal government will apologize to Inuit in Nunavik for the killing of sled dogs between the mid-1950s until the late 1960s. In his opening remarks at the Inuit-Crown partnership commit...

Nov 8, 2024