Canada

Feds try to avoid Australian pitfalls in online news bill

OTTAWA - The Canadian government says it is learning from Australia's experience when it comes to requiring online giants to pay news outlets to use their content. Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez on...

Apr 6, 2022

Defendants deny claims of wrongdoing in fatal train derailment lawsuits

Defendants in lawsuits filed by families who lost loved ones in a British Columbia train derailment are denying any wrongdoing in the deaths of three Canadian Pacific Railway employees. The derailment...

Apr 6, 2022

Leona Alleslev officially enters Conservative leadership race

OTTAWA - Former Conservative deputy leader Leona Alleslev has officially announced she's running for leadership of the party. Alleslev, who lost her Greater Toronto Area seat in last year's federal el...

Apr 6, 2022

More cost overruns, delays coming for delivery of new navy, coast guard fleets

OTTAWA - Federal bureaucrats are warning that more cost overruns and delays are on the horizon for the delivery of new ships to Canada's navy and coast guard. The warnings come as the Liberal governme...

Apr 6, 2022

Liberals expected to raise taxes on big banks, insurance companies in budget

OTTAWA - The final message to Scotiabank shareholders from its president and CEO's annual address: a higher tax on the country's biggest banks is a tax on you. Brian Porter called a tax hike that's wi...

Sheldon Spackman Apr 6, 2022

Quebec tables bill on academic freedom, says no words off-limits in lecture halls

Quebec's higher education minister says legislation tabled today would allow "any word" to be uttered in university classrooms as long as it's used in an academic context. Danielle McCann told reporte...

Apr 6, 2022

Railing against soaring gas prices, Republicans in Congress cite Keystone XL decision

WASHINGTON - Republicans are resurrecting the long-dead Keystone XL pipeline expansion in an effort to blame President Joe Biden for soaring gasoline prices. The controversial cross-border project, ca...

Apr 6, 2022

Calls to health line in 2020 reveal desperation of Quebec long-term care home owners

MONTREAL - Newly released recordings of phone calls to a Quebec government-run health line in 2020 reveal how desperate the owners of a long-term care home were during the pandemic's first wave. The p...

Apr 6, 2022

After two years of uncertainty, Liberals ready budget under shifting circumstances

OTTAWA - After two years of pandemic-induced uncertainty, the federal Liberals are readying to deliver an updated spending blueprint in a 2022 budget that, by all accounts, has been influenced by fast...

Apr 6, 2022

Norovirus outbreak tied to raw B.C. oysters linked to 91 illnesses in U.S.

Health officials in the United States say a norovirus outbreak linked to raw British Columbia oysters has spread to at least 13 states. A statement posted by the Centers for Disease Control and Preven...

Apr 6, 2022