Canada

'Everybody knows everybody:' Nunavut voters head to the polls in territorial election

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Campaigning in Nunavut's territorial election is a little like competing against your neighbours and friends, says former premier Paul Quassa. Voters head to the polls Monday to ele...

Oct 25, 2021

'Never going to be ashamed:' Métis, two-spirit NDP MP wants to rebrand Alberta

EDMONTON - Blake Desjarlais says he represents what Alberta is truly about and it's not what the rest of Canada might think. Believed to bethe first two-spirit member of Parliament, the 27-year-old sa...

Oct 25, 2021

Trudeau uses pandemic-plagued supply chains in free trade pitch to ASEAN

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used the spectre of gnarled global supply chains in a bid Sunday to a bloc of Southeast Asian nations to win them over on a free trade deal. Trudeau has long sou...

Oct 24, 2021

Military arrives in Iqaluit to set up reverse osmosis water purification

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The Canadian Armed Forces says its members have arrived in Nunavut's capital to assist with the city's ongoing water emergency. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted Friday that he ...

Oct 24, 2021

Driver dies in collision with bus transporting Miramichi Timberwolves hockey team

ASTLE, N.B. - The driver of a car died Sunday in a collision with a bus transporting the Miramichi Timberwolves Junior A hockey team on a New Brunswick road. The RCMP said in a release the crash occur...

Oct 24, 2021

Quebec outlines curriculum for revamped ethics and culture course

MONTREAL - Quebec is unveiling details of a new course intended to replace a polarizing class on ethics and religious culture that's been taught in the province's schools for more than a decade. Educa...

Oct 24, 2021

Internal government analysis shows depth of reliance on now-defunct recovery benefit

OTTAWA - An internal government analysis on the Canada Recovery Benefit says the majority of recipients who received the federal help were continuous or repeat beneficiaries of the now-ended aid progr...

Oct 24, 2021

British envoy seeks Canada's climate change help at UN talks in Glasgow

OTTAWA - Britain's new envoy to Ottawa says Canada still has credibility as a reliable partner on fighting climate change despite a domestic rise of greenhouse gas emissions in recent years. Susannah ...

Oct 24, 2021

Parents more hesitant to vaccinate kids than themselves, researcher says

OTTAWA - Jennifer Hubert jumped at the opportunity to get her COVID-19 vaccine, but she's not looking forward to having to make the decision about whether to vaccinate her three-year-old son Jackson. ...

Oct 24, 2021

Hazardous materials burning aboard container ship anchored off southern B.C.

VICTORIA - The Canadian Coast Guard says a fire is continuing to burn in several containers aboard a cargo ship about eight kilometres off the coast of Victoria. The Coast Guard says in a release that...

Oct 24, 2021