Canada

Marine area bigger than Lake Superior could soon be protected off Ontario's shores

A vast marine area home to beluga whales and threatened polar bears off Ontario's northern shores is a step closer to protected status. Officials with the federal government and nine First Nations say...

Feb 21, 2024

Quebec turns to Supreme Court to stop asylum seekers' access to subsidized daycare

Quebec is heading to the country's highest court to prevent children of asylum seekers from accessing the province's coveted subsidized daycare spaces. Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette says the g...

Feb 21, 2024

Federal government reaches $59M settlement with B.C. First Nation over land seizure

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The federal government has reached a $59-million settlement with a First Nation in British Columbia for compensation over allowing a right-of-way to be built through its reserve mor...

Feb 21, 2024

More humanitarian aid needed for Gaza, minister says during Egypt border visit

OTTAWA - The flow of humanitarian aid shipments for Palestinians in Gaza is at its lowest ebb since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, Canada's international development minister said following a visi...

Feb 21, 2024

All oil and gas permits in B.C. waters are relinquished, say feds

VICTORIA - The federal government says the final offshore oil and gas permits for Canada's west coast region have been relinquished. Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is speakin...

Feb 21, 2024

Canada's war crimes program hasn't publicly updated its activities in eight years

OTTAWA - A federal government unit tasked with keeping war criminals out of Canada has not published a report on its activities in more than eight years. The War Crimes Program is a joint partnership ...

Feb 21, 2024

Quebec adopts bill restricting lease transfers, often used to limit rent increases

Quebec's legislature adopted a housing bill today that restricts a popular tool tenants have used for years to limit rent increases. The new law allows landlords to reject lease transfers for any reas...

Feb 21, 2024

Conservative government would require ID to watch porn: Poilievre

OTTAWA - Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre says a future Conservative government would change the law to require that porn websites verify the age of users to prevent minors from accessing the conten...

Feb 21, 2024

Pierre Poilievre against transwomen in female bathrooms, changing rooms, sports

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he believes "biological males" have no place in sports or change rooms that are labelled female. Poilievre was asked at a news conference about his p...

Feb 21, 2024

Millennials outnumber baby boomers for first time: Statistics Canada

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says there are now more millennials than baby boomers in the country, ending the 65-year rein of the post-Second World War generation as the largest cohort in the population...

Feb 21, 2024