Canada

Budget watchdog says carbon-price revenues to be $2.6B this year

OTTAWA - Canada's budget watchdog says revenues from the federal carbon price will be more than $2.6 billion this year and exceed $6 billion a year within five years. The new analysis by the parliamen...

Apr 25, 2019

U.S. takes Canada off priority watch list on intellectual property

OTTAWA - The United States is moving Canada off a priority watch list of countries that it says have failed to enforce intellectual-property rights. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is, how...

Apr 25, 2019

Canadian privacy watchdogs find major shortcomings in Facebook probe

OTTAWA - Facebook's ineffective safeguards allowed unauthorized access to the information of millions of the social-media giant's users - including data later used for&nb...

Apr 25, 2019

Canada banning oil, gas and mining from marine protected areas

OTTAWA - The oil and gas industry has worn out its welcome in Canadian marine conservation areas. Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson today is announcing a total ban on oil and gas work, as wel...

Apr 25, 2019

Tsilqhot'in wildfire report calls for Indigenous-rooted training, infrastructure

VANCOUVER - The leader of a First Nation nearly encircled by blazes during one of the worst wildfires seasons in British Columbia's history says building firefighting capacity is urgent as another sea...

Apr 25, 2019

Voters in Prince Edward Island elect Tory minority amid Green surge

CHARLOTTETOWN - Voters in P.E.I. have shed their century-old embrace of the Island's two-party system, electing a Tory minority government and handing the upstart Green party offic...

Apr 25, 2019

In the news today, April 23

Three stories in the news for Tuesday, April 23 --- IT'S ELECTION DAY IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND It's election day in Prince Edward Island and voter turnout is expected to be strong. More than&...

Apr 25, 2019

'This tragedy forced the light out:' Toronto marks anniversary of van attack

TORONTO - As family members, friends and strangers braved the rain Tuesday to honour the victims of the Yonge Street van attack, one man stood by the memorial marking the one-year anniversar...

Apr 25, 2019

Commemorative loonie marking progress for LGBTQ2 people unveiled in Toronto

TORONTO - The Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a commemorative loonie Tuesday to mark what it called a key milestone for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and two-spirited people, with ...

Apr 25, 2019

In the news today, April 25

Five stories in the news for Thursday, April 25 --- WILSON RAYBOULD: FEDS WANT TO JUST 'MANAGE THE PROBLEM' OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES Former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said the Libera...

Apr 25, 2019