Skip to content

National News

'This was fear': Imperial CEO hears of impacts from oilsands leaks, apologizes

'This was fear': Imperial CEO hears of impacts from oilsands leaks, apologizes

OTTAWA — The head of Imperial Oil heard Thursday how a nine-month delay before informing downstream communities about a seeping tailings pond on a company oilsands mine created weeks of fear and rumours.
Read more >
Indigenous groups going to court over Quebec's French-language reforms

Indigenous groups going to court over Quebec's French-language reforms

MONTREAL — Two Indigenous groups are going to court over the reforms passed last year to Quebec's French-language law, with lawyers filing a request for a judicial review on Thursday.
Read more >
B.C. stores broke privacy laws on facial ID technology, privacy commissioner says

B.C. stores broke privacy laws on facial ID technology, privacy commissioner says

VICTORIA — British Columbia's privacy commissioner is recommending the province amend its information protection laws after his investigation found several Canadian Tire stores contravened privacy laws by using facial recognition technology without p
Read more >
Montreal university to keep donation linked to Chinese government influence effort

Montreal university to keep donation linked to Chinese government influence effort

MONTREAL — A Montreal university says it will keep a donation that has been linked to an alleged plot by the Chinese government to influence Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but it will now use the money to promote democracy.
Read more >
Union, government continue negotiations as both sides face pressure to get to a deal

Union, government continue negotiations as both sides face pressure to get to a deal

OTTAWA — An ongoing strike of thousands of public servants is causing service disruptions across the country as both sides are facing different kinds of pressure to reach a deal.
Read more >
Canada's EV battery contract with Volkswagen could be worth more than $13 billion

Canada's EV battery contract with Volkswagen could be worth more than $13 billion

OTTAWA — German auto giant Volkswagen has secured an exclusive contract with Canada that could be worth more than $13 billion over the next 10 years to build an electric-vehicle battery plant in southwestern Ontario.
Read more >
MPs tout supply management as fix for poor countries, aim to shelter from trade deals

MPs tout supply management as fix for poor countries, aim to shelter from trade deals

OTTAWA — Members of Parliament are rallying to bolster Canada's system of protecting dairy and poultry prices amid trade deals, and suggest developing countries do the same.
Read more >
Joly tells Canadians in Sudan to shelter in place as 'dire' clashes close airport

Joly tells Canadians in Sudan to shelter in place as 'dire' clashes close airport

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada has no means of evacuating citizens from Sudan, where violence has drastically escalated between the country's army and its rival paramilitary force.
Read more >
It will take more than money to fix health care: Canadian Medical Association

It will take more than money to fix health care: Canadian Medical Association

OTTAWA — The president of the Canadian Medical Association says the new health funding deal struck between provinces and the federal government represents the biggest nominal injection of cash into Canada's health system, but that won't be enough to fix what's broken
Read more >
B.C. First Nation says 40 unmarked graves found around former residential school

B.C. First Nation says 40 unmarked graves found around former residential school

SECHELT, B.C. — The shishalh Nation on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast says ground-penetrating radar has identified what are believed to be 40 unmarked graves of children on or near the site of the former St. Augustine's Residential School.
Read more >