Canada

Nunavut MP calls on Liberals to extend Inuit child funding program

OTTAWA - Nunavut MP Lori Idlout is repeating her calls for Ottawa to extend a funding program for Inuit children, saying the situation is dire. The Inuit Child First Initiative was introduced in 2019 ...

Feb 05, 2025

B.C. investigates 'significant' opioid diversion, including international trafficking

VICTORIA - A recent B.C. Ministry of Health document says a "significant portion" of opioids prescribed by doctors and pharmacists are being diverted and that prescribed alternatives are being traffic...

Feb 05, 2025

Women win lawsuit against B.C. man acquitted of their sex assaults

VANCOUVER - A man who spent 27 years in prison before he was found wrongfully convicted has been ordered by a British Columbia Supreme Court judge to pay $375,000 each to five women who sued him for s...

Feb 05, 2025

Trudeau travelling to Paris, Brussels for AI summit, meetings with European allies

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet European leaders and the head of NATO next week as Canada reaches out to allies reeling under the impact of the new Trump administration in the United ...

Feb 05, 2025

Attrition is the 'worst way' to shrink federal public service, says former clerk

OTTAWA - Canada's federal public service grew by more than 100,000 people over the past 10 years, and both the Liberals and Conservatives are looking to trim it by not filling jobs when they are left ...

Feb 05, 2025

'Nothing new:' Police officials say fentanyl crackdown existed before tariff threats

EDMONTON - Canadian investigators were effectively cracking down on fentanyl trafficking and production well before U.S. President Donald Trump threatened devastating tariffs if Canada didn't do more ...

Feb 05, 2025

Fentanyl has killed thousands. Here are some facts about the powerful opioid

Fentanyl has emerged as the primary cause of illicit drug deaths in Canada and the United States, and its trafficking has been cited by U.S. President Donald Trump to justify his threat of steep tarif...

Feb 05, 2025

Amid U.S. tariff threats, a fight may be brewing over Canadian supply management

MONTREAL - The federal government and the Canadian dairy industry are vowing to protect the country's supply management system in the face of threats from the United States. But some observers, and ev...

Feb 05, 2025

California looks to Canadian timber to help in fire rebuild, despite tariff threat

SACRAMENTO - California homebuilders say they will have few options but to keep buying Canadian lumber even if it's hit with 25 per cent tariffs as they rebuild thousands of homes destroyed by devasta...

Feb 05, 2025

U.S. tariff threat: Quebec furniture company lays off 115 workers after sales drop

MONTREAL - A Quebec furniture manufacturer says the threat of U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods has forced it to lay off 115 people in the province. South Shore Furniture says it's laying off 97 people a...

Feb 05, 2025