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Claims process for First Nations child welfare class action opens in March, AFN says
OTTAWA - First Nations children and their families who lived under Canada's First Nations child welfare system between 1991 and 2022 will be able to apply for compensation under a class-action settlem...
Feb 10, 2025

New laws not the 'only tool' to strengthen ballot integrity: elections chief
OTTAWA - Chief electoral officer Stphane Perrault acknowledges that proposed changes to bolster the integrity of the next national vote are unlikely to become law before Canadians head to the polls ne...
Feb 10, 2025

Trump’s invasion threats violate international law: Canadian ambassador
PARIS - Canada's ambassador to France says United States President Donald Trump's invasion threats violate international law. "I'm just saying that in order to respect international law, you don't thr...
Feb 10, 2025

McGill University announces budget cuts in response to new Quebec policies
MONTREAL - McGill University is planning cost cuts and layoffs to address a projected $45-million deficit next fiscal year, which it blames partly on new Quebec government policies. Administrators at ...
Feb 10, 2025

Singh promises 100% tariffs on Tesla, revival of electric vehicle incentive program
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Canada should charge 100 per cent tariffs on Tesla vehicles for as long as the trade war with the United States continues. In a news release issued Monday, Singh...
Feb 10, 2025

A timeline of Canada-U. S. tariffs on steel and aluminum
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump says he will impose 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, including products from Canada - a threat causing economic uncertainty across the countr...
Feb 10, 2025

Liberal leadership hopeful Ruby Dhalla says she wants a translator for French debate
OTTAWA - Liberal leadership candidate Ruby Dhalla said she's working on her French skills, but plans to ask for a translator to help her in the party's upcoming French-language debate. Dhalla is one o...
Feb 10, 2025

Ontario NDP, Liberals focus on health care as tariffs threaten to draw attention away
TORONTO - Ontario's NDP and Liberal leaders tried to keep voters focused on health care Monday, even as actions by the U.S. president threatened to once again draw attention elsewhere in the provincia...
Feb 10, 2025

4 Nations tournament set against backdrop of Canada-U.S. political tensions
Canada and the United States share the world's longest border at nearly 9,000 kilometres. The countries have interlinked economies and plenty in common culturally. The Peace Arch, straddling British C...
Feb 10, 2025

B.C. airline Helijet donates medical helicopter for humanitarian use in Ukraine
RICHMOND, B.C. - Shortly after Russia attacked Ukraine almost three years ago Danny Sitnam allowed a Ukrainian couple and their baby to stay in his family's cottage. Sitnam, who's the CEO of helicopte...
Feb 10, 2025