Canada

MPs debate bill that would outlaw advertising sugar to Canadian kids

OTTAWA - Trix may be for kids, but a Quebec Liberal MP does not want that kind of cereal or other sugary foods marketed that way anymore. A parliamentary health committee is discussing Patricia Lattan...

Mar 30, 2023

Aquarium agrees to return Lolita the orca to Pacific 50 years after captivity

MIAMI - An orca known as Lolita could be heading back to her home waters in the Pacific Northwest, ending more than 50 years of tank captivity, after a deal was struck between the Miami Seaquarium and...

Mar 30, 2023

Ukraine, Finland looking for Canadian help to rebuild economy amid war: ambassadors

OTTAWA - Ukraine's ambassador to Canada is urging Canadian businesses to see her country's eventual recovery as an economic bonanza worth investing in. Yuliya Kovaliv says at a lunch event for corpora...

Mar 30, 2023

Inquiry calls for changes to clarify relationship between RCMP, federal government

OTTAWA - A public inquiry is calling for a clearer definition of the relationship between the federal minister of public safety and the commissioner of the RCMP. The Mass Casualty Commission, which ex...

Mar 30, 2023

Timeline of April 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting

TRURO, N.S. - The final report released Thursday into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting chronicles minute by minute how the tragedy unfolded. --- After 9 p.m. on April 18, the killer's rampage began ...

Mar 30, 2023

Liberals must create national autism framework after Tory bill gets unanimous support

OTTAWA - A bill that commits the government to tabling a federal framework on autism will become law after passing unanimously in the House of Commons this week. Conservative member of Parliament Mike...

Mar 30, 2023

Inquiry into N.S. mass shooting calls for sweeping changes to gun laws

OTTAWA - The inquiry into a mass shooting that left 22 people dead in Nova Scotia in 2020 is calling on the federal government to ban all semi-automatic handguns and many types of semi-automatic rifle...

Mar 30, 2023

Carbon price and rebates rising Saturday in Ontario, Prairies

OTTAWA - It will cost many Canadians a bit more to fill their gas tanks or heat their houses next month as the national carbon price rises Saturday in the three Prairie provinces and Ontario. At the s...

Mar 30, 2023

Supreme Court of Canada to review Charter arguments in fentanyl trafficking case

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will look at whether police violated a man's Charter rights while impersonating a drug dealer in order to arrest him. The sequence of events began in June 2017 whe...

Mar 30, 2023

Law exempting on-farm fuel from carbon tax heading to Senate

OTTAWA - A private member's bill that would create specific carve-outs for farmers in Canada's carbon pricing scheme has passed in the House of Commons. The bill would exempt farmers from paying for e...

Mar 30, 2023