Category Archives: Canada
Most Canadians turn clocks back one hour this weekend
The majority of Canadians will be able to get an extra hour of sleep this weekend, as clocks go back with the end of daylight time. Daylight time started at 2 a.m. March 13, and will end at 2 a.m. on ...
Nov 5, 2022
Indigenous leaders from B.C. take international stage for a climate policy pitch
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt - First Nations leaders from British Columbia are taking their environment and climate policy pitch directly to the international stage at a United Nations climate conference in...
Nov 5, 2022
Some Saskatchewan community members sleeping with guns after stabbing rampage: chief
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - The chief of a First Nation where there was a mass stabbing says some people are still sleeping with their guns as Indigenous leaders in Saskatchewan gathered to call for immedi...
Nov 4, 2022
Mother of Quebec infant recovered from river after car crash has died of her injuries
LAVAL, Que. - Police in the Montreal suburb of Laval say a mother who was behind the wheel of a vehicle that plunged into a river one week ago with her two children aboard has died of her injuries. La...
Nov 4, 2022
Doctors, nurses, advocates call on governments to address health-care crisis
TORONTO - Associations representing Canada's doctors, nursesand other health providers are calling on governments to work together to solve the health-care crisis that is affecting people across the c...
Nov 4, 2022
Intel panel finds 'important challenges' facing federal approach on hostage-takings
OTTAWA - MPs and senators who oversee security and intelligence activities are calling on the government to create a clear framework to respond to terrorist hostage-takings. The National Security and ...
Nov 4, 2022
Time changes persist despite experts' consensus to end daylight time
Most Canadians will be turning the clocks back by an hour this weekend as various political moves to end seasonal time changes have yet to take broad effect - but experts say we'd be better off withou...
Nov 4, 2022
The number of Mexican asylum seekers in Canada has increased dramatically
MONTREAL - Canada has seen a spike in the number of Mexicans seeking asylum here this year, with the vast majority of them coming to Montreal. They say they are fleeing Mexico in search of jobs and sa...
Nov 4, 2022
Canadians begin to receive temporary boost to GST rebate today
OTTAWA - Canadians who are eligible for the GST rebate can expect to receive an additional lump-sum payment as early as today. A bill introduced by the Liberal government to temporarily double the reb...
Nov 4, 2022
Canada sanctions Haitian officials as MPs told gangs are wreaking ‘civil war
Ottawa is sanctioning at least two senior Haitian officials for their alleged support of gangs in the country. Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly has announced sanctions in lockstep with the U.S. fo...
Nov 4, 2022