Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The federal government is withdrawing certain proposed changes to the Bank Act because of opposition from Quebec. Finance Minister Bill Morneau confirmed Monday that provisions in Bill C-29 t...

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Dec. 12 FEDS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO ESTABLISH SAFE INJECTION SITES: The federal government is making it easier to set up supervised drug injection sites in Cana...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has rebuffed calls to fire her human services minister, and instead is accusing the opposition of crass grandstanding in the death of a four-year-old girl. ...

MONTREAL - Convicted ex-Liberal organizer Jacques Corriveau is appealing his fraud conviction related to the federal sponsorship scandal. In a motion filed at the Quebec Court of Appeal earlier this m...

OTTAWA - The federal economic development minister says he likes Canada’s chances in the global battle to attract top talent and investment even as a potential threat lurks in the distance: Dona...

HALIFAX - A judge heard arguments Monday about media access to court documents in a Nova Scotia case involving the alleged sharing of intimate images without consent by teenagers. Defence lawyer Joshu...

A new study suggests drier weather will likely eliminate any advantage for Canada’s boreal forest from higher temperatures caused by climate change. Scientists had predicted that warmer conditio...

TORONTO - The federal government has punted a decision on whether to allow a proposed underground storage bunker to house nuclear waste near Lake Huron well into next summer. In a notice Monday, cabin...

OTTAWA - The federal minister in charge of Statistics Canada says newly tabled legislation to give the agency greater independence would make it difficult, but not impossible, for a future government ...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia has enacted a ministerial order to support the creation of overdose-prevention sites, a move the province’s health minister describes as an “extraordinary meas...