Canada

Platinum Jubilee: First Nations leaders reflect on treaty relations with Queen

Dave (Sabe) Courchene remembers first hearing in his early teens the story of how his grandfather met the Queen during her 10-day tour of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories in 1970. It was his fat...

Feb 5, 2022

Judge to decide on petition over B.C. Liberal leadership vote

VANCOUVER - A judge was expected to deliver her decision today on a petition that asks the British Columbia Supreme Court to delay the release of results from the B.C. Liberal party's leadership vote....

Feb 5, 2022

CFIA canned potato review irritates farmers and shows depths of government secrecy

OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency wants to know what people think about the size of canned, cubed, white potatoes - but if you want to know exactly who asked for the change or why this is a...

Feb 5, 2022

Ottawa, other cities act to rein in escalating anti-vaccine protests

Ottawa and several other cities across Canada are working to try to ensure that escalating protests against COVID vaccine mandates and other public health restrictions remain peaceful today. Police in...

Feb 5, 2022

Pandemic fatigue leaves Canada in 'tricky moment', Freeland says

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is at a "tricky moment" as we near the two-year mark of a global pandemic that has left everyone tired, grouchy and grasping for signs of hope. ...

Feb 4, 2022

Candice Bergen shakes up O'Toole's parliamentary leadership team, drops Quebec MP

OTTAWA - New Conservative Interim Leader Candice Bergen has done a clean sweep of former leader Erin O'Toole's leadership team in Parliament. Tory MPs were informed Friday of the major shakeup, which ...

Feb 4, 2022

Ottawa locals hit the streets in a 'community safety walk' amid convoy demonstration

OTTAWA - On a frosty Friday morning, a few dozen masked people gathered on the corner of Bank and Somerset Street in downtown Ottawa. The group came together to attend a community safety walk, the fir...

Feb 4, 2022

Nunavut senator quits Conservative caucus over support for Ottawa protests

Nunavut's senator says he has left the Conservative caucus over its support for protests in Ottawa against vaccine mandates and COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. Dennis Patterson told The Canadian Press...

Feb 4, 2022

N.S. woman says sex assault charge shouldn't stall probe of police conduct

HALIFAX - A Halifax woman who alleges investigators mishandled her sexual assault case says a charge laid this week shouldn't delay probes into police conduct. Carrie Low said in an interview Friday s...

Feb 4, 2022

Ottawa files court brief supporting Enbridge Inc. in Line 5 dispute with Michigan

WASHINGTON - The federal government is once again urging a Michigan judge to keep Line 5 operating while it works with the United States on negotiating an end to the impasse over the controversial cro...

Feb 4, 2022