Canada

'Political theatre': NDP questions sanctions regime as few funds frozen, none seized

OTTAWA - The NDP is accusing the Liberals of basing their sanctions regime on "political theatre" as data suggest few funds have been frozen and none have been seized. The federal government has been ...

Jan 31, 2023

Commission probing use of Emergencies Act for 2022 trucker protests granted extension

OTTAWA - The commission investigating the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act to quell the trucker protests last winter in Ottawa has asked for more time to complete its report. A governme...

Jan 31, 2023

By the numbers for British Columbia's overdose crisis

VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner released overdose figures for 2022, showing 2,272 residents died from toxic drugs last year. Lisa Lapointe says drug toxicity remains the leading cause of u...

Jan 31, 2023

St-Onge urges provinces to accelerate efforts to make sports safer for athletes

OTTAWA - Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge says ending abuse in sport will require complaints processes that include provincial-level athletes, not just national ones. St-Onge and provincial sport minist...

Jan 31, 2023

U.S. launches second USMCA dispute panel as dairy battle with Canada goes to Round 2

WASHINGTON - The United States is filing another formal dispute over what it considers Canada's failure to live up to its trade obligations to American dairy farmers and producers. It's the second tim...

Jan 31, 2023

Yukon Liberals, NDP renew confidence and supply agreement to hold power

WHITEHORSE - The Yukon Liberals and New Democrats have extended a confidence and supply agreement that the party leaders say will improve housing, health care and education, while advancing reconcilia...

Jan 31, 2023

Backlog targeted as Veterans Affairs reports nearly $1B for ex-soldiers was unspent

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is facing fresh calls to eliminate the backlog of disability claims from ill and injured veterans amid revelations Veterans Affairs Canada failed to spend nearly $1 bil...

Jan 31, 2023

Calgary man searching for group that helped him emigrate to Canada three decades ago

Ivo Ceko was a member of a military police unit that was guarding a hotel in a town in central Bosnia when he met a group of young Canadians and Americans in the summer of 1994. His English wasn't ver...

Jan 31, 2023

Mi'kmaw Nova Scotia MP says updated electoral map kicks him out of his own riding

OTTAWA - A Mi'kmaw member of Parliament says proposed changes to the boundaries of federal ridings in Nova Scotia would remove him and two Indigenous communities from his riding. Jaime Battiste says a...

Jan 31, 2023

L'Arche Canada says changes made amid sex abuse scandal tied to founder Jean Vanier

MONTREAL - Charity L'Arche Canada says it has made changes to protect staff, volunteers and participants since sexual abuse allegations against founder Jean Vanier first came to light in 2020. The int...

Jan 31, 2023