Canada

Joly to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Rubio as tariff threat looms

WASHINGTON - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is back in Washington, D.C., today to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Canada faces the threat of devastating tariffs landing as early...

Jan 29, 2025

Privy Council had diplomats urge Denmark to expedite Carolyn Bennett's ambassadorship

OTTAWA - Bureaucrats working for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had diplomats push Denmark to speed up the appointment of former cabinet minister Carolyn Bennett as ambassador to that country - a chang...

Jan 29, 2025

Clinic ordered to pay B.C.'s costs after failure of 'marathon' private health lawsuit

VANCOUVER - A private medical clinic that launched an unsuccessful constitutional challenge of Canada's public health care system must pay the B.C. government's legal costs, after what a judge calls a...

Jan 28, 2025

Who's in and who's out of the Liberal leadership race

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are running their first leadership race in more than a decade to replace the departing Justin Trudeau. The deadline for registering to vote in the leadership contest pass...

Jan 28, 2025

Ottawa's 'meh' budget drew skepticism from public, finance department was told

OTTAWA - Vague, mediocre, "smoke and mirrors" - even "meh." Those are all words Canadians used to describe the Liberal government's last budget in a series of focus groups, summarized in a report comp...

Jan 28, 2025

RCMP union recommends better staffing, procurement and collaboration on border

OTTAWA - The union representing RCMP members is calling on Canada and the U.S. to make it easier to buy new technology, boost staffing and improve collaboration to deal with security challenges at the...

Jan 28, 2025

Eby vows pandemic-style tariff relief in B.C., may include loans and unemployment aid

VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby says protecting British Columbians from the potential impact of U.S. tariffs will be taken as seriously as the relief response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He says every dec...

Jan 28, 2025

Canadian abortion group says it may have to shutter after losing government funding

A national group that helps people who have trouble accessing abortion services says it may be forced to shut down in several months after Health Canada declined to renew its funding for the upcoming ...

Jan 28, 2025

Former Liberal foreign minister Lloyd Axworthy wants a diplomatic reset for Canada

OTTAWA - Former Liberal foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy says Ottawa's current approach to foreign policy has run out of road. Axworthy says this year's election offers a welcome chance to shif...

Jan 28, 2025

Fatal poisoning near Montreal highlights danger of carbon monoxide leaks, expert says

MONTREAL - A clinical toxicologist says the death of a man in his 60s from a carbon monoxide leak south of Montreal highlights the dangers of the potentially deadly gas. Josh Wang, the president-elect...

Jan 28, 2025