Canada

Statistics Canada to release 2021 census report on housing, Indigenous people

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will release its latest 2021 census report on the housing landscape in Canada this morning. Housing prices rose considerably between 2016 and last year, sparking widespread ...

Sep 21, 2022

Federal Liberal cabinet weighing whether to lift remaining COVID-19 travel measures

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal cabinet is considering whether to renew COVID-19 vaccine mandates and mandatory random testing for travellers. The current measures are set to expire at the end of the mon...

Sep 20, 2022

James Smith Cree Nation chief to meet with federal ministers to discuss stabbings

JAMES SMITH CREE NATION - The chief of a Saskatchewan First Nation that was the site of a series of deadly stabbings earlier this month is heading to Toronto for a meeting with federal cabinet ministe...

Sep 20, 2022

Five things to know about the government's plan to tackle affordability in Canada

OTTAWA - The Liberals launched the fall sitting of Parliament Tuesday by tabling two new bills with more than $4.5 billion in spending they hope will ease the rising cost of living for modest-income C...

Sep 20, 2022

Saskatchewan Appeal Court removes injunction, allows Broncos lawsuit to proceed

REGINA - The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has set aside a temporary injunction that halted a lawsuit filed by some parents of those who died in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Sixteen people were kill...

Sep 20, 2022

Public Safety minister defends RCMP's refusal to say how Sanderson died in custody

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is defending the RCMP's decision not to release details surrounding the death of the man accused in a mass stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan. Mendicino s...

Sep 20, 2022

QuickSketch: A look at Conservative Party of Quebec Leader Éric Duhaime

MONTREAL - A look at ric Duhaime, leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec. Born: April 15, 1969, in Montreal. Early years: An only child, Duhaime grew up in the Montreal suburb of Laval. His mother...

Sep 20, 2022

Legault sorry for saying racism against Indigenous people at hospital is 'settled'

QUEBEC - Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault is apologizing for offending the husband of an Indigenous woman who filmed nurses mocking her as she lay dying in a Quebec hospital. Legault says...

Sep 20, 2022

Lobster and crab harvesters push back against 'red list' meant to help right whales

Canadian lobster and crab harvesters say the recent addition of crustaceans to a so-called "red list" of seafood to avoid is disappointing. The harvesters are reacting to a report by California-based ...

Sep 20, 2022

Lawyers for N.S. shooting victims' families tell inquiry RCMP made basic errors

HALIFAX - A lawyer representing victims of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting told a public inquiry today it should recognize that the RCMP made basic errors in responding to the murders. Sandra McCul...

Sep 20, 2022