Canada

Quebec adopts motion calling for release of documents from 1995 referendum probe

Quebec's legislature has unanimously adopted a motion calling on the province's chief electoral officer to release all documents related to an investigation into illegal spending ahead of the 1995 ref...

May 25, 2023

Ottawa to spend $2.5 billion on small vessels as it replaces aging Coast Guard fleet

OTTAWA - The federal government says it will invest $2.5 billion in new money to renew the Canadian Coast Guard's fleet of small vessels. The coast guard plans to acquire up to 61 small vessels, inclu...

May 25, 2023

Israeli cabinet minister's unofficial visit comes amid strained relations

OTTAWA - An Israeli cabinet minister's plan to visit Canada next week comes amid an already turbulent relationship between Ottawa and that country's far-right government. Diaspora Affairs Minister Ami...

May 25, 2023

Environmental groups launch legal challenge against B.C.'s Roberts Bank port project

VANCOUVER - Five environmental groups have launched a combined legal challenge against the port expansion plan at Roberts Bank, south of Vancouver, that was approved by the federal government last mon...

May 25, 2023

Singh asks Trudeau for certain conditions before getting security clearance

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is asking the prime minister to allow more members of his party to briefed on foreign interference attempts, after the leaders of the Conservatives and Bloc Qubcois d...

May 25, 2023

Power of 2023 Atlantic hurricanes depends on outcome of El Niño versus global warming

HALIFAX - The Canadian Hurricane Centre says forecasting the ferocity of hurricanes off Canada's East Coast this year is difficult because of competing factors in the global climate. Meteorologist Bob...

May 25, 2023

Quebec will require economic immigrants to speak French before arriving: Legault

Quebec Premier Franois Legault says the province will require that the vast majority of economic immigrants to Quebec speak French before they arrive. Sixty-five per cent of immigrants to Quebec come ...

May 25, 2023

Quebec provincial police conduct raid in Mohawk community of Kanesatake

QUEBEC - Investigators with the Quebec provincial police's financial crimes unit are conducting searches in a Mohawk community near Montreal. The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake says provincial police ar...

May 25, 2023

B.C. Premier embarks on trade mission in Japan, Korea, Singapore and Vietnam

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby is heading to Asia on a trade mission that makes stops in Japan, Korea, Singapore and Vietnam. But the premier's tour itinerary, released by his office on...

May 25, 2023

Inspections to begin on First Nation due to wildfire in Northwest Territories

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. - The K'atl'odeeche First Nation says it is to begin inspecting buildings today on the reserve, but it is not yet safe for residents to return as a wildfire continues to burn. About ...

May 25, 2023