Canada

Kopi Thyme brand sauces and soup bases recalled due to potential botulism threat

OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling several Kopi Thyme brand sauces and soup bases due to the potential growth of bacteria that causes botulism. The recall applies to products so...

Dec 8, 2023

CSIS boss apologizes for response to rape claim, revamps anti-harassment plans

VANCOUVER - Canada's spy chief has apologized to staff for his response to rape and harassment allegations in the agency's British Columbia office. In a town hall this week, David Vigneault told Canad...

Dec 8, 2023

Quebec man arrested in killing of child at home daycare northeast of Montreal

MONTREAL - A 34-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a toddler who was found seriously injured at a home daycare this week northeast of Montreal. Quebec provincial police say...

Dec 8, 2023

Saskatchewan's methane emissions underestimated, rate of releases high: research

New research suggests Saskatchewan's oilpatch emits a potent greenhouse gas at a higher rate than almost anywhere else in North America. Matt Johnson of Carleton University's Energy and Emissions Rese...

Dec 8, 2023

Alberta finance minister says he has not 'flip-flopped' on proposed pension change

EDMONTON - Finance Minister Nate Horner - after promising any stand-alone Alberta pension plan would not follow the contentious Quebec model, then saying it might, then saying it won't - told reporter...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 8, 2023

Supreme Court overturns N.W.T. decision blocking students' admission to French school

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada ruled today that the Northwest Territories education minister erred in refusing to allow students from five families to attend a French-language school. The childr...

Dec 8, 2023

Feds recover $40M from defunct Quebec vaccine developer Medicago

OTTAWA - The federal government says it has recovered $40 million from the now-defunct Quebec-based vaccine developer Medicago, and the intellectual property will remain in Canada under a new firm. Th...

Dec 8, 2023

Canada dusts off sanctions law on corrupt officials, joins allies to target 7 abroad

OTTAWA - Canada is using a rarely invoked sanctions law that targets corrupt office holders to join peer countries in taking aim against officials in Russia, Iran and Myanmar. The sanctions target off...

Dec 8, 2023

Between burger bites, Christmas card-writing and constant voting, MPs lose a work day

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament have now lost an entire day of work in the House of Commons as they continue with a voting marathon forced by the Conservatives, after sneaking in bites of burgers and C...

Dec 8, 2023

Weather system may bring snow to parts of Metro Vancouver, gusts to north B.C. coast

VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued a series of warnings and advisories as a frontal system that could bring Metro Vancouver its first snowfall this winter nears the British Columbia coast. It s...

Dec 8, 2023