Category Archives: Canada
Feasibility study complete into search of Winnipeg landfill for women's remains
OTTAWA - The federal minister responsible for Crown-Indigenous relations says a study has been completed into whether it's possible for a Winnipeg-area landfill to be searched for the remains of two I...
May 4, 2023
MPs advise against military intervention in Haiti, but call for improved sanctions
OTTAWA - The House of Commons foreign-affairs committee is urging Ottawa not to send troops to clear out Haiti's violent gangs, but instead to beef up sanctions targeting that country's political and ...
May 4, 2023
Taxpayer watchdog tracking CRA efforts to collect on overpayment of COVID-19 benefits
OTTAWA - The office of Canada's Taxpayers' Ombudsperson says it is monitoring complaints from people who say they've continued to receive collection letters from the Canada Revenue Agency despite havi...
May 4, 2023
Liberal convention 'essential' to help send optimistic message to Canadians: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Federal Liberals are billing their party convention this week as a chance to contrast what they say is their more positive vision for Canada with the "politics of anger" being stoked by their...
May 4, 2023
B.C. flooding, mudslides prompt evacuation orders, highway closures in the Interior
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The first spell of summer-like weather in British Columbia has accelerated Mountain snowmelt, causing flooding and mudslides that have prompted evacuation orders and highway closur...
May 4, 2023
Attorney general alerts online companies to B.C.'s new image-sharing law
VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general has sent a letter to technology companies warning they could face orders to stop the distribution of intimate images of B.C. residents that have been sha...
May 4, 2023
'Hissy fit' fallout: trade minister speaks with U.S. envoy over tax-credit comment
WASHINGTON - International Trade Minister Mary Ng has talked to the U.S. envoy to Ottawa after he accused Canada of having a "hissy fit" about about electric vehicle tax credits. David Cohen made the ...
May 4, 2023
Environment Canada opens Fisheries Act investigation into Kearl tailings releases
EDMONTON - Environment Canada is opening an investigation into whether Imperial Oil broke federal laws with two releases of tailings from its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta. The federal agenc...
May 4, 2023
As cities recover from flooding, Quebec premier warns not enough money to go around
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says the province doesn't have enough money to satisfy all the demands from cities for climate change-related projects. Legault made the comments today as cit...
May 4, 2023
Canadian Indigenous leaders meet with King Charles in London ahead of coronation
A delegation of Indigenous leaders from Canada has met with King Charles ahead of Saturday's coronation. Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President ...
May 4, 2023