Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set to meet with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith

CALGARY - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to meet with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith today in Calgary, among other stops in the city as Stampede season gets underway. Trudeau and Smith are...

Jul 7, 2023

Cold front to bring relief in Central Canada but heat wave continues on coasts

TORONTO - A cold front passing through Ontario and Quebec is expected to offer relief today after a multi-day heat wave. Environment Canada meteorologist Steven Flisfeder says the cold front is expect...

Jul 7, 2023

Pleas for help as Montreal's LGBTQ Village falls victim to addiction, homelessness

MONTREAL - The Village, Montreal's historical LGBTQ neighbourhood, has become the scene of homelessness, addiction and crime, with locals suggesting that its social problems are being imported because...

Jul 7, 2023

Former national chief calls for investigation into potential federal interference

RoseAnne Archibald is calling for an independent investigation into potential government interference into the Assembly of First Nations a week after she was ousted as national chief. Archibald was vo...

Jul 6, 2023

Mi'kmaq lawyers from Nova Scotia, Newfoundland appointed to Senate seats

OTTAWA - Two Mi'kmaq lawyers from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador have been appointed to the Senate. Paul Prosper, the former chief of Paqtnkek Mi'kmaw Nation and a former Assembly of First ...

Jul 6, 2023

Airbnb wins Vancouver privacy ruling, as court quashes order to release host data

VANCOUVER - Airbnb has won a court ruling that quashes an order from British Columbia's privacy commissioner that would have identified hosts and their home addresses in Vancouver. The B.C. Supreme Co...

Jul 6, 2023

Nearly 200K Montreal hydro clients without power after transmission line problem

MONTREAL - Nearly 200,000 electricity clients have lost power in Montreal after an issue with a Hydro-Qubec transmission line. The provincially owned electric utility says a protection mechanism was t...

Jul 6, 2023

Community, Indigenous drug rehab programs across West get $20M in federal funds

SQUAMISH, B.C. - Dozens of community and Indigenous groups across Western Canada will share $20 million in federal funding to boost their drug awareness, treatment, rehabilitation and mental-health se...

Jul 6, 2023

Pulling ads from Facebook could force its hand on news deals — if support grows

MONTREAL - Pulling ads from Facebook could prod Meta toward inking deals with news outlets, though more momentum would be needed to push it over the edge, experts say. The tactic adopted by several go...

Jul 6, 2023

Mother-in-law of B.C. knife victim says 'monster' robbed son of woman he loved

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The mother-in-law of a woman killed in a mass stabbing at a North Vancouver, B.C., library two years ago has told a sentencing hearing that her attacker is a "monster" who stol...

Jul 6, 2023