Canada

In Montreal's tight rematch for mayor, personality may count for more than policy

MONTREAL - Former Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre says he doesn't want the city's upcoming municipal election to be a referendum on his personality, but it's not clear if Montrealers will agree. The race...

Oct 11, 2021

Invasive wild pigs in national park for first time at Alberta's Elk Island

EDMONTON - One of the most destructive and rapidly spreading invasive species on the continent has been found for the first time in a Canadian national park. Wild pigs, which tear up landscapes and ea...

Sheldon Spackman Oct 11, 2021

Canada urged to join allies in tougher China stance after Kovrig, Spavor release

OTTAWA - The aftermath of Canada's long fight with China over the imprisonment of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig has spawned a new challenge: whether to join allies such as the United States and Au...

Oct 11, 2021

3 US-based economists receive economics Nobel Prize

STOCKHOLM (AP) - A Canadian is among the three U.S-based economists awarded the 2021 Nobel prize for economics for work on drawing conclusions from unintended experiments, or so-called "natural experi...

Oct 11, 2021

Charge dropped in Ontario man's terrorism hoax case: Lawyer

OTTAWA - The lawyer for an Ontario man charged with falsely claiming to have committed terrorist acts says his client is relieved after the charge was withdrawn. Shehroze Chaudhry was arrested and cha...

Oct 10, 2021

Federal officials rethink wording of markers at gravesites of past prime ministers

OTTAWA - It was in late January that vandals so badly scratched out the face of Mackenzie King on an awareness panel by the former prime minister's final resting place in Toronto that a federal agency...

Oct 10, 2021

Prime Minister marks start of Thanksgiving holiday by meeting Afghan refugee family

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marked the beginning of the Thanksgiving holiday by meeting a family of Afghan refugees who recently arrived in the country. Obaidullah Rahimi began working at t...

Oct 9, 2021

Oil price spike won't increase industry cleanup spending: Alberta energy minister

EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister says the current spike in oil prices isn't enough reason to require the industry to spend more on cleaning up the tens of thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells ...

Oct 8, 2021

British Royal Navy, Canadian Coast Guard sign deal on Arctic co-operation, training

OTTAWA - The Canadian Coast Guard signed an agreement Friday with Britain's Royal Navy to train its sailors on Arctic icebreakers in Canada's Far North. The memorandum of understanding follows a 2020 ...

Oct 8, 2021

Gov. Gen. May Simon helped feed hungry in Ottawa as demand for food help soars

OTTAWA - An Ottawa homeless shelter where demand for services has skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic served as the backdrop for the first-ever public event for Gov. Gen. Mary May Simon Friday. M...

Oct 8, 2021