Canada

Fusion breakthrough a 'marvel' of global scientific collaboration, including Canada

WASHINGTON - The fusion ignition breakthrough that has experts hailing a new dawn in the search for clean energy took a lot of help from around the world - including Canada. Researchers at the Univers...

Dec 14, 2022

Canada beefing up Haiti embassy in push for political consensus

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is beefing up Canada's embassy staffing in Haiti to work closer with security officials. Trudeau announced that change after a high-level meeting on Tuesday with...

Dec 14, 2022

Canada not sending fighter jets to Europe next year as Air Force rearms, regroups

OTTAWA - Canada will not send fighter jets to patrol NATO airspace next year, the first time that Canadian CF-18s will be absent from the skies over Europe since 2017. Based out of Romania, the CF-18s...

Dec 14, 2022

Black federal employees say creation of mental health program plagued by racism

OTTAWA - A group of Black federal public servants is accusing the government of racism, and is threatening to pull out of the development of a mental health action plan meant for Black workers. The Fe...

Dec 14, 2022

Chief science adviser releases recommendations to combat long-COVID

OTTAWA - Canada's chief science adviser is encouraging the government to develop a list of criteria to diagnose long-COVID and guidelines for doctors to treat it. Mona Nemer released the recommendatio...

Dec 14, 2022

New N.S. top Mountie says public wants to keep force despite mass shooting response

HALIFAX - The RCMP's new commanding officer in Nova Scotia believes the public wants a renewed relationship with his police force despite its widely criticized response to the 2020 mass shooting. Assi...

Dec 14, 2022

Quebec COVID-19 hospitalizations top 2,000, highest level since October

MONTREAL - Quebec's Health Department says there are more than 2,000 hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 across the province, the highest number since Oct. 19. Officials say 2,081 people are in hospit...

Dec 14, 2022

First Nations, governments working to establish Indigenous protected area in Manitoba

MONTREAL - Four First Nations in Manitoba are working with the provincial and federal governments to establish a new Indigenous protected area. The groups announced today at the COP15 global biodivers...

Dec 14, 2022

Poilievre tells Tory caucus to stand for the 'common people' in pre-holiday message

OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre told his Conservative members of Parliament today that it's their job to stand on the side of "common people." He delivered the message to the Tory caucus in Ottawa as the Ho...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 14, 2022

Man facing charge after Ukrainian refugee, 7, dies in Montreal hit and run

MONTREAL - A seven-year-old girl who was killed in a hit and run Tuesday in Montreal had recently arrived in Canada with her mother and two siblings after they had fled the war in Ukraine. Michael Shw...

Dec 14, 2022