Canada

Freeland’s housing plan ties immigration to supply, cuts development charges

OTTAWA - Liberal leadership hopeful Chrystia Freeland's plan to fix the housing shortage would tie the number of new immigrants to housing availability. The former finance minister makes the promise i...

Feb 17, 2025

Trump in the drivers' seat as B.C. buckles up for new legislative session

VICTORIA - When British Columbia's Legislature opens for the first time in nine months tomorrow, the driving force behind the province's politics and the government's upended agenda will be thousands ...

Feb 17, 2025

Canada recognizes Aboriginal title over Haida Gwaii off B.C. in historic agreement

The federal government will recognize Aboriginal title over the archipelago of Haida Gwaii off British Columbia's northern coast in a historic agreement with the Haida First Nation. Crown-Indigenous R...

Feb 17, 2025

In it to win it: 5 candidates set to clear final hurdle to run for Liberal leadership

OTTAWA - It's deadline day for candidates to pay up so they can stay in the running to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader - and the field appears to be set. The final $125,000 instalment of a to...

Feb 17, 2025

Ontario election: Party leaders to face off live in televised debate in Toronto

The leaders of Ontario's main political parties will reconvene this evening for a live studio debate ahead of the last 10 days of the election campaign. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, NDP ...

Feb 17, 2025

Snowmobiler killed after crash in Quebec's Charlevoix region

MONTREAL - A snowmobiler was killed in a crash in Quebec's Charlevoix region, northeast of Quebec City. Provincial police received a 911 call for a missing man about 11 a.m. Saturday. The victim, a ma...

Feb 16, 2025

Colder Quebec winter gives ice fishing aficionados reason to celebrate

MONTREAL - Olivier Soumis's green canvas tent sits in the middle of the frozen St. Lawrence River, providing a stark pop of colour against the muted tones of the snow and the open water in the distanc...

Feb 16, 2025

Canadian LGBTQ+ advocacy group won't visit UN forum over concerns about U.S. border

OTTAWA - Canada's leading LGBTQ+ advocacy organization is boycotting travel to the U.S. - and won't attend an upcoming United Nations event - in response to concerns about how their members might be t...

Feb 16, 2025

Internal report urged Canada to counter rhetoric about a 'crisis' at border

OTTAWA - An internal government report warned a year ago that allowing "the trend of negative rhetoric" about the security of the Canada-U.S. border could lead to a thickening of the 49th parallel, ad...

Feb 16, 2025

Invictus Games to wrap up with closing ceremony in Vancouver

VANCOUVER - The Invictus Games wrap up in Vancouver today with a closing ceremony that will include Canadian band Barenaked Ladies, singer-songwriter Jelly Roll and duo The War And Treaty. The ceremon...

Feb 16, 2025