Canada

Greener Homes Grant program proves more popular than federal government expected

OTTAWA - Demand for federal cash to help defray the cost of home energy renovations spiked in recent months, forcing the government to close applications for the program almost a year earlier than exp...

Feb 5, 2024

'Not be tolerated': Alberta files formal response to proposed oilsands emissions cap

Alberta says a federal emissions cap on greenhouse gases "will not be tolerated" as the province's environment minister meets today with her federal counterpart. Alberta's formal response to Ottawa's ...

Sheldon Spackman Feb 5, 2024

As Canada lags on Sudan sanctions, ex-ambassador suggests it could play a peace role

OTTAWA - Canada's former ambassador to Sudan says Ottawa should help steer a global effort to end a brutal civil war that has displaced far more people than conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. N...

Feb 5, 2024

With 'superhuman' artificial intelligence looming, Canada needs law now: AI pioneer

OTTAWA - A top pioneer of artificial intelligence says the federal government must move urgently to regulate the technology, because its current trajectory poses major societal risks. Yoshua Bengio, d...

Sheldon Spackman Feb 5, 2024

A look at the five Canadian hockey players facing sexual assault charges

TORONTO - A look at the five players charged by police in connection to an alleged sexual assault in a hotel room following a Hockey Canada gala in London, Ont., in June 2018: DILLON DUBE Age: 25 Home...

Feb 5, 2024

B.C. minister to get anti-Islamophobia training after rising calls for resignation

VICTORIA - British Columbia's post-secondary education minister says she will undergo anti-Islamophobia training as calls for her resignation grow. Selina Robinson says in a statement today that she i...

Feb 5, 2024

Three auto theft convictions should mean three years in prison: Poilievre

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says repeat car thieves should not be allowed to serve their sentence "in their living room watching Netflix." Poilievre released a new policy today that ...

Feb 5, 2024

Quebec government to spend $870 million to replace Montreal's Olympic Stadium roof

MONTREAL - Quebec Tourism Minister Caroline Proulx says the provincial government will spend $870 million to replace the decaying roof of Montreal's Olympic Stadium. Proulx told reporters in Montreal ...

Feb 5, 2024

Emergency declared in Cape Breton as snowstorm leaves much of Nova Scotia paralyzed

HALIFAX - A local state of emergency remained in effect in parts of Cape Breton on Monday morning, as Nova Scotia dug out from one of the heaviest snowfalls in 20 years. On Sunday afternoon, as a stal...

Feb 5, 2024

Sexual assault trial for Haydn Edmundson, former military leader, begins in Ottawa

OTTAWA - The military's former head of human resources is on trial for sexual assault in Ottawa this week. Vice-admiral Haydn Edmundson has pleaded not guilty to one count of indecent acts and one cou...

Feb 5, 2024