Canada

Last summer's B.C., Alberta heat wave was among most extreme since 1960s, study shows

The record-breaking heat wave that scorched western North America last June was among the most extreme ever recorded globally, new modelling and analysis by researchers at universities in the United K...

May 4, 2022

Not 'fuddle-duddle:' Conservatives accuse Trudeau of swearing in Parliament

OTTAWA - Much has been made of the political legacy Justin Trudeau has to live up to as he follows in the footsteps of his father, a former prime minister. On Wednesday, he invoked one of Pierre Ellio...

May 4, 2022

Hateful rhetoric driven by extremism becoming 'normalized,' CSIS director warns

OTTAWA - The head of Canada's spy agency says the hateful rhetoric associated with ideologically motivated extremism is becoming "normalized" and is seeping into the mainstream. Speaking at the Univer...

May 4, 2022

Parks Canada returns Chief Poundmaker's staff to family at Saskatchewan ceremony

BATTLEFORD, Sask. - An artifact believed to have belonged to a Plains Cree leader who played an important role in treaty talks has been returned to his descendants. Parks Canada has transferred a staf...

May 4, 2022

Mass shooting inquiry: Lawyer calls for witnesses to sort out discrepancies over guns

HALIFAX - The inquiry investigating the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia was asked today to sort out conflicting evidence about how the RCMP responded to a woman who says she alerted police years ago...

May 4, 2022

Final victim in Ontario plane crash that killed international fugitive identified

SIOUX LOOKOUT, Ont. - Police have identified the final victim in a plane crash in northern Ontario that killed four, including a Canadian wanted in Thailand for murder. The Ontario Provincial Police s...

May 4, 2022

Military dealing with gap in search-and-rescue services due to new procurement delay

OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Air Force is relocating two aircraft from Winnipeg to Vancouver Island to address a gap in Canada's search-and-rescue services. The gap is the result of a new delay in the ...

May 4, 2022

YouTube says bill could cover user-generated content, despite minister's assurances

OTTAWA - YouTube says user-generated content, such as cooking videos made in people's kitchens, could be regulated by an online streaming law, despite assurances from the heritage minister that this w...

May 4, 2022

Ethics committee says government must tell Canadians it's tracking their movements

OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee says the federal government needs to tell Canadians if it's collecting data about their movements, and allow them to opt out of that collection. Those are some of...

May 4, 2022

Launch national pharmacare with free birth control, NPD pitches

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the government should launch pharmacare with free access to birth control, including the morning-after pill. Reproductive health has been in the spotlight since ...

May 4, 2022