Canada

Tortoise Frank the Tank, found wandering bok choy field, gets a new home in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Adoption requests came from as far away as New Zealand, but Frank the Tank, a 17-kilogram tortoise found wandering in a Richmond bok choy field last month, will be staying in British Colum...

Nov 28, 2023

Liberals say pharmacare bill unlikely to pass this year, despite promise to NDP

OTTAWA - Government House leader Karina Gould warned Tuesday the Liberals are unlikely to get a pharmacare bill passed by the end of the year, despite their promise to do so in an agreement with the N...

Nov 28, 2023

Digital services tax still part of the plan, says Freeland, but timing unclear

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is pushing back against the idea that the federal government is wavering on its Jan. 1 timeline for implementing a new digital services tax. Language in las...

Nov 28, 2023

Québec solidaire loses longtime member after deciding men can't run in byelections

MONTREAL - A three-time Qubec solidaire candidate says he's leaving the left-wing party after it adopted a resolution to nominate only women and non-binary people as candidates in future byelections. ...

Nov 28, 2023

Federal politicians criticize Alberta Energy Regulator over oilsands leak, monitoring

OTTAWA - Federal politicians have criticized the Alberta Energy Regulator at an environment committee meeting looking into two releases of oilsands wastewater at Imperial Oil's Kearl mine earlier this...

Sheldon Spackman Nov 28, 2023

Saskatchewan starts tribunal to review Ottawa's clean electricity regulations

REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is using its autonomy legislation for the first time to review the federal government's proposed clean-electricity regulations. Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre says ...

Nov 28, 2023

Four large Quebec public sector unions say they will strike for a week in December

MONTREAL - Four large Quebec public sector unions say they will strike for a week in December in an effort to accelerate contract negotiations with the provincial government. The four unions, who are ...

Nov 28, 2023

Man in incel-inspired murder case gets life in prison, no parole for 10 yrs

TORONTO - A man who pleaded guilty to the incel-inspired murder of a Toronto massage parlour employee sought out the ideology that led him to commit a "horrific crime," an Ontario judge said Tuesday i...

Nov 28, 2023

Conservative motion seeks support to order senators to pass carbon pricing bill

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wants MPs to order the "unelected" Senate to pass a Tory bill that would take the carbon price off natural gas and propane used on farms. Poilievre introd...

Nov 28, 2023

Post linking Poilievre, Winnipeg shootings 'inappropriate,' says Liberal House leader

OTTAWA - Government House leader Karina Gould says it was inappropriate for one of her Liberal caucus colleagues to ask whether there is a link between Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and a fatal...

Nov 28, 2023