Canada

Leaders argue over how to pay for promises as voters head to advance polls

OTTAWA - The fifth and final week of the federal election campaign kicked off Sunday with the Liberals and New Democrats each questioning whether their opponent's plan to pay for the billions of campa...

Sep 12, 2021

Entrepreneur helping Afghans is 'shining example of Canadian compassion': minister

OTTAWA - A Toronto property developer who has worked tirelessly to help hundreds of people fleeing the Taliban settle in Canada - spending $50,000 to buy them essential supplies - has been praised as ...

Sep 12, 2021

B.C. groups concerned over lack of compromise in COVID-19 vaccine card plan

VANCOUVER - A group of British Columbia community organizations wants changes to the province's COVID-19 vaccine card, saying it fails to account for the needs of people who face legitimate barriers t...

Sep 12, 2021

Several Canadian communities hold ceremonies marking 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

Communities across Canada took time out on Saturday to pay tribute to the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, with officials in multiple cities paying tribute to those who died while also...

Sep 11, 2021

Twenty years on, Americans gather in lower Manhattan to remember Sept. 11 attacks

NEW YORK - The anguished recitation of the names of the dead rang out Saturday from the footprints of the World Trade Center as family members, dignitaries and ordinary Americans gathered to mark the ...

Sep 11, 2021

Hurricane Larry wipes out power, trees across St. John's; people urged to stay home

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The City of St. John's is asking residents to stay home out of it - as the Newfoundland and Labrador saying goes - so crews can clean up the torn branches, downed power lines and sc...

Sep 11, 2021

Chinese-controlled company fights Ottawa's order to divest assets on security grounds

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has directed a state-owned Chinese telecommunications firm to divest its stake in a Canadian subsidiary over national security concerns, prompting a court challenge of ...

Sep 11, 2021

Main party leaders chase votes in Ont. and B.C. today

The three main federal party leaders will hit the campaign trail hard today with just nine days left before the Sept. 20 election. Voters can actually start casting ballots in advance polls this weeke...

Sep 11, 2021

Quebec coroner outraged by delay in getting nurses to hard-hit Résidence Herron

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner says she is appalled by the amount of time it took to get nurses to a suburban Montreal long-term care home where 47 people died during the first wave of the COVID-19 pande...

Sep 10, 2021

'We focused on remembering our dad': the grief and growth of a family ravaged by 9/11

Garrett Doyle was only one when his father was killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, but the loss would have a profound effect on his life. In elementary school, teachers...

Sep 10, 2021