Canada

Quebec strikes: Parents scramble as schools shut until Thursday; health care also hit

MONTREAL - Morgan Gregory, a self-employed single mother of two from Montreal's South Shore, says she spent the weekend preparing meals and doing laundry to clear her schedule for her daughters, who w...

Nov 21, 2023

Canadians to get update on federal finances, new housing measures in budget update

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is set to present the traditional fall update on Canada's finances - a fiscal blueprint that's expected to include measures aimed at getting more homes buil...

Nov 21, 2023

Prince Harry drops ceremonial puck for Canucks as lead up to 2025 Invictus Games

VANCOUVER - Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, performed the ceremonial puck drop at the Vancouver Canucks game on Monday night, as part of the lead up to the 2025 Invictus Games. The Canucks were host...

Nov 20, 2023

Documentary about Buffy Sainte-Marie wins International Emmy Award

NEW YORK - A documentary about folk legend Buffy Sainte-Marie, made before her Indigenous ancestry was called into question, has won an International Emmy Award. "Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On," dir...

Nov 20, 2023

Did you lose half a kilogram of cocaine? Police in B.C. would like to help

MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Police in Mission, B.C., say they are seeking the owner of half a kilogram of cocaine that was hidden in a public restroom's ceiling and anyone who wants to claim the drugs...

Nov 20, 2023

Big game trophy hunters among targets of new ban on importing raw ivory into Canada

OTTAWA - Canadian trophy hunters will be barred from bringing home elephant tusks or rhinoceros horns as Canada adopts new trade controls to help stop the critical decline in the animals' populations....

Nov 20, 2023

Two Quebec men charged with violating publication ban on identity of sex-crime victim

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say two men have been charged for allegedly revealing the identity of a woman who was sexually assaulted by a former member of the legislature. Sylvain Fortin, 61, ...

Nov 20, 2023

Transport committee launches probe into accessibility at Canadian airlines

OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee is launching an investigation into accessibility at Canadian airlines, with a focus on the country's two largest carriers. Following a motion put forward on Monday b...

Nov 20, 2023

Alberta COVID panel chair urges federal Conservatives to weaponize his findings

EDMONTON - The chair of a taxpayer-funded panel reviewing Alberta's COVID-19 response is urging the federal Conservatives to weaponize his findings against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's governing co...

Sheldon Spackman Nov 20, 2023

Changing Armed Forces policies is slow and labour-intensive, external monitor says

OTTAWA - The military is finalizing a policy change to abolish its definition of sexual misconduct and to use the Criminal Code definition for sexual assault. The change, which is expected to be ready...

Nov 20, 2023