Canada

MPs to question main contractor on ArriveCan app at House committee

OTTAWA - MPs will have another chance to question the people behind the main contract for the ArriveCan app at a House committee meeting today. This will mark the third time GC Strategies partner Kris...

Mar 13, 2024

Poll: Canadians unsure online harms bill will make social media safer

OTTAWA - Fewer than half of Canadians believe the federal government's plan to regulate social media sites will make platforms safer, a new survey suggests. Polling firm Leger recently asked Canadians...

Mar 13, 2024

Alberta Premier Smith meeting face-to-face today with Prime Minister Trudeau

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet up face-to-face in Calgary today. Smith's office says the two will meet in the morning, and Smith will head to Edmo...

Sheldon Spackman Mar 13, 2024

Politicians want more competition but supply management still a 'sacred cow'

OTTAWA - There aren't many issues that garner support across party lines in Ottawa these days. But when it comes to the supply management system for egg, poultry and dairy products - the mechanism tha...

Mar 13, 2024

Deficit of $11 billion and other highlights from Quebec's 2024-25 budget

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard on Tuesday tabled his sixth budget, with big spending increases for health and education. Here are some highlights. - Deficit of $11 billion, which includes a $1.5-...

Mar 12, 2024

Red Deer good samaritan, 80, who died after pushing woman from path of vehicle always helpful: son

When Patrick Hare of Red Deer, Alta., visited a mall or a store he was the man who always held the door open for everybody, said his son Ron Hare. "At times, you know, he could hardly walk at best, bu...

Josh Hall Mar 12, 2024

Richmond, B.C., seeks federal funding to house refugees crowding homeless shelters

RICHMOND - The City of Richmond in British Columbia is urging the federal government to provide more temporary housing for refugees and asylum seekers or pay for the use of city shelters, with the new...

Mar 12, 2024

Vancouver tent city to temporarily close over unsafe and unhygienic conditions

Vancouver officials say dozens of homeless people staying in the city's only legal encampment have to temporarily move because the site has become unsafe and unhygienic. Deputy city manager Sandra Sin...

Mar 12, 2024

By the numbers: Canada's disaster financial assistance program

OTTAWA - Canada's Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements program, or DFAA, was launched in 1970, setting a formula for how provinces and territories would split costs with the federal government w...

Mar 12, 2024

B.C. to hike commercial vehicle crash penalties after 35 over-height truck incidents

VICTORIA - Penalties for commercial truck crashes into overpasses or other infrastructure in British Columbia are set to soar, including fines of up to $100,000 and jail sentences up to 18 months. The...

Mar 12, 2024