Category Archives: Canada
Liberal minister touts trade, criticizes Tories' record on Ukraine in Prairie tour
OTTAWA - Trade Minister Mary Ng is touring the Prairie provinces to speak with Ukrainian community and business leaders this week as Liberals accuse Conservatives of turning their backs on the war-tor...
Jan 17, 2024
B.C.'s $36-billion hydro plan opens clean power economic opportunities, says premier
VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says a planned 10-year, $36 billion expansion of British Columbia's electrical system will open economic opportunities and ensure ample power to supply the province's grow...
Jan 17, 2024
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says further research on landfill search complete
WINNIPEG - The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says a second feasibility study assessing the scope of a landfill search for the remains of two First Nations women has been completed and is set to be forwa...
Jan 17, 2024
Trade minister cites housing shortage as cause for ceasefire in U.S. softwood spat
WASHINGTON - Canada's international trade minister says the great North American softwood lumber standoff is putting a drag on the continent's already tight housing supply. Mary Ng says Ottawa will co...
Jan 17, 2024
Trudeau appoints former cabinet minister Bennett as Canada's ambassador in Denmark
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed that former Liberal cabinet minister Carolyn Bennett is to become Canada's new ambassador in Denmark. Bennett submitted her resignation as the memb...
Jan 17, 2024
Nunavut premier asks Ottawa for $250 million to tackle territory's housing crisis
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's premier is asking Ottawa to provide $250 million to help the territory build more homes, which he says is key to addressing health-care issues caused by overcrowding. P. J...
Jan 17, 2024
Immigration department says 144 Gazans on track to come to Canada, pending biometrics
Ottawa has processed visa applications for 144 people in the Gaza Strip, putting them on track to be reunited with extended family members in Canada - as long as they can make it across the border for...
Jan 17, 2024
Housing minister warns against resistance to ending exclusionary zoning
TORONTO - Canada's Housing Minister is warning that municipalities without a ban on exclusionary zoning will not succeed with applications for federal housing accelerator funding. Speaking Wednesday a...
Jan 17, 2024
Amid criticism, Canada asks Israel how it can help respond to Hamas sexual violence
OTTAWA - A multipartisan group of influential women is calling on Canada to help Israel heal from sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas, though it remains unclear what people in that country actually w...
Jan 17, 2024
Quebec man charged with killing three men with truck ordered to stand trial
AMQUI, Que. - A Quebec man accused of killing three people with his truck last March in a town about 350 kilometres northeast of Quebec City has been ordered to stand trial. Steeve Gagnon's preliminar...
Jan 17, 2024
