Canada

Kilted Scotsman completes 8,000-kilometre fundraising walk across Canada

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A kilt-wearing Scotsman and his dog completed an 8,000-kilometre fundraising walk across Canada on Sunday by striding into an icy breeze atop Cape Spear on the eastern edge of Newfo...

Dec 5, 2021

Legault should intervene in ongoing Quebec daycare strike, unions say

MONTREAL - Three major unions representing daycare workers in Quebec joined parents and opposition parties today in asking Premier Franois Legault to intervene in a strike that's shuttered hundreds of...

Dec 5, 2021

MPs on finance committee ready for review of Liberals' latest pandemic aid package

OTTAWA - Opposition MPs are getting ready to review the Liberals' latest package of pandemic aid and grill Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland about myriad economic issues. The 12-member House of Commo...

Dec 5, 2021

Maxime Bernier, Peoples' Party of Canada founder, handily holds on to leadership

OTTAWA - Maxime Bernier has easily held on to the leadership of the party he founded. Almost 96 per cent of votes cast in a leadership review were in favour of Bernier staying at the helm of the Peopl...

Dec 5, 2021

Military repairing cracks in the tails of some CH-148 Cyclone maritime helicopters

HALIFAX - The Canadian military's fleet of maritime helicopters is undergoing inspections and repairs after cracks were recently found in the tails of four CH-148 Cyclones. The Royal Canadian Air Forc...

Dec 5, 2021

Former national chief remains hopeful before second trip to Vatican

Phil Fontaine is hopeful. A former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Fontaine says he is keeping that feeling close to his heart as he prepares to make a second trip to the Vatican to a...

Dec 5, 2021

Ombud says veterans struggling needlessly as Ottawa ignores her recommendations

OTTAWA - The veterans' ombud says many ill and injured ex-soldiers and their families are needlessly fighting for access to federal support and services because the government is refusing to act on a ...

Dec 5, 2021

Polytechnique anniversary comes as Quebec mourns spate of domestic violence killings

MONTREAL - Thirty-two years after a gunman motivated by a hatred of feminists opened fire on campus, killing 14 women and injuring others, the list of women killed by male violence in Quebec continues...

Dec 5, 2021

'I knew the challenges': Lethbridge police chief aware of problems before taking job

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - It's been a particularly tough year for the police chief of Alberta's third-largest city But Lethbridge Police Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh says he was fully aware of the problems befor...

Dec 4, 2021

Federal minister to provide money to fight aquatic invasive species in mountain parks

BANFF, Alta. - Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is expected to announce funding today to fight aquatic invasive species in five mountain national parks in Alberta and British Columbia. G...

Dec 4, 2021