Canada

Rally decries lack of federal regulation targetting shipbreaking operations

A Vancouver Island community is sounding the alarm about the lack of federal and provincial regulations targetting boat-dismantling operations that may leak pollutants like asbestos and heavy metals i...

Apr 30, 2023

UCP, NDP paint dystopian portraits of rivals ahead of expected election writ drop

EDMONTON - The writ is expected to drop Monday in Alberta for an election campaign that effectively began weeks ago with both Danielle Smith's United Conservatives and Rachel Notley's New Democrats wa...

Apr 30, 2023

Sudanese nationals in Canada can extend their stay for free: minister

OTTAWA - The federal government says as of Sunday, Sudanese nationals can extend their stay in Canada as violence escalates in their home country. Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced Saturday m...

Apr 30, 2023

'It's our highway:' Researchers, Indigenous guardians monitor lake ice in N.W.T.

LUTSEL K'E, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - Iris Catholique says over the past two decades, she's noticed the waters of Great Slave Lake surrounding Lutsel K'e, N.W.T., taking longer to freeze in the winter. ...

Apr 30, 2023

Residents of Quebec town still struggle with aftermath of 2019 dike break, flooding

SAINTE-MARTHE-SUR-LE-LAC, Que. - Sylvie Bchard had only owned her little brick house for six months when her neighbour came banging on her door on the night of April 27, 2019. The dike holding back th...

Apr 30, 2023

Indo-Pacific region wants to sidestep U.S.-China spat: Asian Development Bank head

OTTAWA - A senior economist whose organization oversees economic-development projects across Asia says Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy could help the region's huge infrastructure needs, but risks falli...

Apr 30, 2023

Mélanie Joly is in Kenya to help inform Canada's response to the crisis in Sudan

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is in Kenya for the next few days to help inform Canada's response to the crisis in Sudan. She is set to meet with people evacuated from the East African ...

Apr 30, 2023

Royal watchers preparing for a shorter, smaller coronation than one 70 years ago

Jamie Hill was four years old when his family walked over to a neighbour's home in Kitchener, Ont., to watch Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953. The now 73-year-old doesn't remember much from the...

Apr 30, 2023

Alberta Premier Smith questions election role of Opposition leader Notley's husband

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is raising questions about Opposition NDP Leader Rachel Notley's husband and his role in the upcoming provincial election campaign. Notley's husband, Lou Arab...

Apr 29, 2023

Immigration Minister announces Sudanese nationals can extend stay in Canada

The federal government has announced new special measures for Sudanese nationals who are in Canada.Sudanese nationals can now extend their stay, this with the ongoing violence taking place in the east...

Sheldon Spackman Apr 29, 2023