Category Archives: Canada
Winners of recent Manitoba elections have seen sizable majority governments
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba election is scheduled for Tuesday. Here is a look at Manitoba elections and governments over the past 20 years: New Democrats, 2003 The NDP under then premier Gary Doer wins a se...
Oct 02, 2023
Imperial, Alberta regulator knew for years about tailings seepage at mine: documents
EDMONTON - Documents filed by Imperial Oil Ltd. show the company and Alberta's energy regulator knew the Kearl oilsands mine was seeping tailings into groundwater years before a pool of contaminated f...
Oct 02, 2023
Who will become Manitoba's next premier? A look at party leaders vying for the job
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's provincial election is to take place Tuesday. Here's a look at the leaders of the province's three parties that have seats in the legislature. Heather Stefanson, Progressive Cons...
Oct 02, 2023
Quebec public-sector unions continue to see strong support for strike mandates
MONTREAL - Members of several Quebec public-sector unions are continuing to vote in favour of strike mandates by large margins. The four unions, which represent around 420,000 education, health care a...
Oct 01, 2023
Overdoses from smoking toxic drugs outpace B.C. prevention sites
VANCOUVER - Nearly two-thirds of the overdose deaths in British Columbia this year came after smoking illicit drugs, yet only 40 per cent of the supervised consumption sites in the province offer a sa...
Oct 01, 2023
Save the Children advocate says aid cut hinders Canada's leadership in youth rights
OTTAWA - Save the Children's global advocate says Canada could lead an effort to have youth steer the reform of global institutions to fight climate change, while urging Ottawa to reverse aid cuts. "C...
Oct 01, 2023
Two killed in bear attack at Banff National Park, grizzly euthanized: Parks Canada
Parks Canada says a bear attack in Alberta's Banff National Park has left two people dead. Banff field unit external relations manager Natalie Fay says the agency received an alert from a GPS device o...
Sep 30, 2023
Pierre Poilievre called out for Truth and Reconciliation Day photos with Inuk elder
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre found himself the subject of online criticism after posting photos with an Inuk elder alongside a caption about meeting with Algonquin elders on the Natio...
Sep 30, 2023
'A shared responsibility': quotes from Canada's 3rd Day for Truth and Reconciliation
People donned orange clothing and gathered by the hundreds across Canada on Saturday to acknowledge the systemic oppression of Indigenous people by marking the third annual National Day for Truth and ...
Sep 30, 2023
Quebec seeks to join class-action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers, distributors
QUEBEC - The Quebec government intends to table a bill in the coming days to enable it to join a class action lawsuit brought by British Columbia against more than 40 pharmaceutical companies accused ...
Sep 30, 2023
