Canada

COVID-19 is still with us even as WHO says it is no longer a global emergency: Duclos

OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the impact of COVID-19 is still with us even after the World Health Organization declared earlier today that the illness no longer qualifies as a global ...

May 5, 2023

Ottawa aims to add new limits to controversial use of dry cells in prisons

OTTAWA - The federal government says it is changing prison regulations to limit the use of dry cells and improve the process for the search and seizure of contraband in correctional institutions. Dry ...

May 5, 2023

After winning $385K in damages from Quebec government, Charest seeking $700K more

QUEBEC - Former Quebec premier Jean Charest is seeking another $705,000 from the provincial government for media leaks related to a corruption investigation targeting him and his party. A judge alread...

May 5, 2023

Wildfire evacuees in northern Saskatchewan head to Regina

REGINA - Molly Herman says all she could do was cry as she and her three young children fled from La Loche, Sask., early Friday morning as a nearby wildfire threatens the northern community. Standing ...

May 5, 2023

Senator says RCMP must release evidence of alleged Chinese police stations in Canada

MONTREAL - A Canadian senator is denouncing the stigmatization of two Montreal-area community organizations that have been accused by the RCMP of hosting secret Chinese government police stations. Ind...

May 5, 2023

More than 13,000 people forced from homes as wildfires burn across Alberta

Alberta emergency officials say more than 13,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes as 78 wildfires burn across the province - 19 of them out of control. An out-of-control 1,500-hectare wil...

Sheldon Spackman May 5, 2023

Scrutiny of CRA push to collect on overpaid COVID benefits welcome: minister's office

OTTAWA - Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier's office says it welcomes a federal watchdog's decision to monitor the Canada Revenue Agency's approach to collecting on overpayments of COVID-19 benefits...

May 5, 2023

'It's surreal': Canadian to play King Charles's former cello in coronation concert

LONDON - When Marion Portelance plays in King Charles's coronation concert on Sunday, she'll be playing a cello with a special connection to the monarch. The student from the Royal College of Music, w...

May 5, 2023

ICC chief prosecutor says he has 'every confidence' South Africa will arrest Putin

OTTAWA - The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor says he has every confidence that South Africa will arrest Vladimir Putin when the Russian president is expected to attend an international...

May 5, 2023

Liberal party convention set to hear from Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jean Chrétien

OTTAWA - Former U.S. secretary of state and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is set to take the stage at the Liberal party convention this evening for a conversation with Finance Minister Chryst...

May 5, 2023