Canada

Indigenous leader makes plea for unity among B.C. First Nations to save wild salmon

VICTORIA - Indigenous dancers have circled a fire inside Victoria's Mungo Martin House in a celebration of wild salmon on National Indigenous Peoples Day. Members of the Namgis First Nation from the A...

Jun 21, 2024

B.C. launches class-action lawsuit against makers of 'forever chemicals'

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it has filed a class-action lawsuit against manufacturers of so-called "forever chemicals" involved in what it calls widespread contamination of drinkin...

Jun 21, 2024

Concern over Indigenous identity fraud heightened by government definitions: minister

OTTAWA - The Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations says a lot of talk about the issue of so-called Indigenous identity fraud is based around apprehensions people have about the government defining wh...

Jun 21, 2024

Head of NATO singles out Trudeau as friend and staunch defender of Ukraine

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg met for a private dinner at Rideau Cottage on Wednesday, capping off nine years as colleagues - and friends. All of t...

Jun 21, 2024

Late actor Donald Sutherland was a quiet superfan of the Montreal Expos

Well before the celebrity superfan became a trend in the sports world, Donald Sutherland was in on the ground floor with a casual style all his own. The Canadian actor - who died Thursday at age 88 - ...

Jun 21, 2024

Quebec judge denies bid by billionaire Robert Miller for stay in sex crimes trial

MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has denied a Quebec billionaire businessman a stay of proceedings after his lawyers argued he was too sick to appear in court next month. Robert Miller, founde...

Jun 21, 2024

Homelessness: Quebec, Ottawa announce $115 million for emergency housing in Montreal

MONTREAL - The federal and Quebec governments have announced nearly $60 million a year for the next two years to get unhoused Montrealers a roof over their heads. Ottawa and Quebec are putting up $57....

Jun 21, 2024

Ontario public school teachers are protected from unreasonable searches: top court

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says Ontario public school board teachers have a Charter-protected right against unreasonable search and seizure in the workplace. The top court's decision comes t...

Jun 21, 2024

Canada lays more sanctions on Haiti gang leaders as violence surges

OTTAWA - Canada is imposing economic sanctions on three more people for their involvement in worsening violence in Haiti. Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly made the announcement Friday, saying Otta...

Jun 21, 2024

Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre seeks to lead Quebec Liberal party

MONTREAL - Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre is seeking the leadership of the Quebec Liberal party. Coderre made the announcement this morning in Quebec City, pitching himself as a seasoned politici...

Jun 21, 2024