WINNIPEG - Several Grade 5 students were treated for broken bones and other injuries Wednesday after falling from a wooden structure at a popular tourist attraction during a school trip, but most were expected to return home by the end of the day.
OTTAWA - David Johnston said his mandate to probe allegations of foreign interference comes from the government and not the House of Commons, after members of Parliament voted in favour of his ouster on Wednesday.
OTTAWA - The federal government is looking to better protect cabinet ministers and MPs as the threats against them continue to grow, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday.
FORT CHIPEWYAN, Alta. - A northern Alberta hamlet was eerily quiet and peaceful Wednesday after being evacuated in the face of an out-of-control wildfire inching closer to town.
SAINT-JÉRÔME, Que. - A Quebec man who slipped through the cracks of the justice and health systems was sentenced today to eight years in prison for the March 2022 killing of his spouse.
MONTREAL - A major Montreal real estate developer says it will let Quebec's housing tribunal determine the compensation for a tenant in a $400-a-month apartment whose case risks delaying a major construction project.
SAMBAA K'E, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - The Northwest Territories government says a community near the Alberta boundary is under an evacuation order due to a nearby wildfire.
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino has appointed a retired appeals court justice to head a committee to oversee the changes recommended by the public inquiry into the April 2020 mass shootings in Nova Scotia.
VANDERHOOF - The family of Madison Scott who went missing in Vanderhoof, B.C., 12 years ago says they've been "astonished" at the outpouring of support they have received since her remains were discovered days ago.
A section of collapsed walkway (centre right, behind tent) is shown at Fort Gibraltar in Winnipeg, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Sixteen schoolchildren and one adult were taken to hospital after a fall Wednesday at the popular tourist attraction. …
OTTAWA - The federal government says certain defence contracts will be subject to a mandatory cybersecurity certification process starting in the winter of 2024.
Quebec's ethics commissioner has cleared Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon, saying he did not breach the ethics code by participating in a pheasant hunt last year on a private island southeast of Montreal.
OTTAWA - Months after arguing Nigeria's ruling party is responsible for terrorist acts, the Trudeau government has sent a cabinet minister to celebrate the swearing-in of its new president.
A Quebec forensics company promised millions of dollars in bribes to officials in the Philippines, including a cabinet minister and his brother, as it sought lucrative police contracts, according to a statement of facts attached to a deal the…
A summer forecast warns western wildfires will likely continue to be “a major concern," with higher-than-normal temperatures expected when the second fire season ramps up in July and peaks in August.
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There was no winning ticket sold in Tuesday's Lotto Max $65 million draw.
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Canada's auditor general says early findings in a review of child and family services in Nunavut were so alarming that her office immediately raised concerns with the territorial government.
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says new legislation will let Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador tap into the potential of offshore wind power development.
OTTAWA - The co-founder of a network of mothers whose children died of drug overdoses says she wants to speak with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre about his opposition to prescribing a safer supply of opioids to those living with addiction.
HALIFAX - For the second time in the past seven years, Danny Osborne has fled his home because of a wildfire.
OTTAWA - Danielle Smith's electoral victory in Alberta could spell the beginnings of a renewed confrontation between her province and Ottawa over climate policy — and create fodder for future attacks against the federal Tories, political obse…
MONTREAL - Quebec's forest fire prevention agency is maintaining a high alert and a spokesperson said Tuesday the hot and dry weather descending on the province this week is a cause for concern.
WASHINGTON - It may not sound like the stuff of a taut political thriller, but permitting reform — streamlining the drawn-out approval process for energy projects — has been a key plot point in Washington's latest debt-ceiling drama.
OTTAWA - Family and supporters of a missing Chinese human-rights defender with ties to Canada say they have credible word he has been imprisoned in China since October.
OTTAWA - Canadians who served the military in Afghanistan are suing the federal government for failing to rescue their family members from the Taliban, and alleging the government has been discriminatory in the way it treats Afghans compared …
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed a new head of the federal public service.
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Erin O'Toole says Canada's spy agency has told him he was the target of Chinese interference intended to discredit him and promote false narratives about his policies while party leader.
OTTAWA - Whether travelling by plane, train or automobile, francophone travellers are struggling to access services in their language, Canada's official languages commissioner said Tuesday.
The wildfire that ignited Sunday outside Halifax seemingly came out of nowhere, but experts say factors including a string of dry days, gusty winds and debris from post-tropical storm Fiona set the stage for the disaster.
Alberta’s United Conservative Party emerged bloodied but still standing in Monday’s bitterly contested provincial election.
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MONTREAL - As Carla White looks out the window of her yellow-and-pink, plant-filled apartment in the heart of downtown Montreal, she wonders where she's going to live next.
The fire department in Slave Lake, Alta., had a long-standing plan for tackling wildfire encroaching on the community, but in May 2011, flames from a nearby forest blewover suppression effortsand destroyed several hundred homes and other buildings.
The political story of Danielle Smith is one of triumph then defeat, followed by betrayal, banishment and redemption.
EDMONTON - The United Conservative Party has won a majority government in Alberta's provincial election and Danielle Smith has been re-elected premier.
Alberta's United Conservatives secured a majority government in Monday's nail-biter of an election, while the NDP expanded its reach into the traditional conservative stronghold of Calgary.
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservatives secured a majority government in Monday's provincial election. The Progressive Conservatives, one of the parties that merged to create the UCP, held power in the province for more than 40 years before…
It’s election day in Alberta with Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party fighting to win a second consecutive majority government, while Rachel Notley’s NDP is trying to regain the government it lost in 2019.
EDMONTON - Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley has been re-elected as the legislature member for Edmonton-Strathcona.
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - Alberta United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith has been re-elected as the legislature member for Brooks-Medicine Hat.
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has failed to persuade the House of Commons to condemn the Liberal government's approach to fighting drug addiction.
OTTAWA - Parks Canada Minister Steven Guilbeault says the federal government has designated the 1923 ban on immigration by people of Chinese origin as an event of historical significance.
HALIFAX - As firefighters spent a second day battling a wildfire in suburban Halifax, some residents from evacuated subdivisions received the grim news that their homes were among those destroyed by the wind-driven flames.
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A man who left a trail of chaos during a stabbing rampage in and around a North Vancouver library two years ago admitted his guilt Monday to killing one woman and hurting six other people.
OTTAWA - Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said Monday he is starting to review the mandate for CBC and its French-language service Radio-Canada, including ways the government can bolster funding to the public broadcaster so it is le…
OTTAWA - New Democrat MP Jenny Kwan said Monday that Canada's spy agency has confirmed her long-held belief she is being targeted by the Chinese government, as the prime minister granted the NDP's wish to allow more party members to review to…
MONTREAL - The family of a Quebec woman murdered by her ex-boyfriend has filed a lawsuit against the local police department alleging that officers failed to follow basic standards, directly leading to her death.
BÉCANCOUR, Que. - The governments of Quebec and Canada have announced $300 million in funding for a factory that will make components for electric vehicle batteries in Bécancour, Que., located about halfway between Montreal and Quebec City.
OTTAWA - Public Services and Procurement Minister Helena Jaczek says the Liberal government expects to have a plan for the future of 24 Sussex Drive by the fall.
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