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Canada beefing up Haiti embassy in push for political consensus

Canada beefing up Haiti embassy in push for political consensus

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is beefing up Canada's embassy staffing in Haiti to work closer with security officials as Ottawa continues pushing the country's political leaders to find consensus on how the West can help manage the ongoing c
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'Issue of fairness': Developing countries walk out of biodiversity talks over funding

'Issue of fairness': Developing countries walk out of biodiversity talks over funding

MONTREAL — Representatives from developing countries have walked out of a global conference on conserving the world's biodiversity over concerns that talks about how those efforts should be funded are lagging behind those on how much land and water s
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Ottawa must hold resource companies accountable to keep Indigenous women safe: report

Ottawa must hold resource companies accountable to keep Indigenous women safe: report

OTTAWA — A parliamentary committee says resource companies should be held "accountable" for the effect their projects have on the safety of Indigenous women and girls.
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Liberals want to expand Parliament Hill after post-convoy security report

Liberals want to expand Parliament Hill after post-convoy security report

OTTAWA — Liberal MPs on a House of Commons committee that studied parliamentary security after the "Freedom Convoy" say Parliament Hill should expand to include nearby streets.
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Health ministers agree on improving health care, but premiers holding out: Duclos

Health ministers agree on improving health care, but premiers holding out: Duclos

OTTAWA — Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and his provincial counterparts agree privately on what needs to be done to improve health care, the federal minister said Wednesday, but he argues "the ball is in the premiers' court" to accept a deal for mo
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House of Commons breaks for the holidays, with MPs set return in late January

House of Commons breaks for the holidays, with MPs set return in late January

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ended the fall sitting of the House of Commons by saying he shares the New Democrats' concerns about health care, as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre instructed his members of Parliament to stand on the side
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Fusion breakthrough a 'marvel' of global scientific collaboration, including Canada

Fusion breakthrough a 'marvel' of global scientific collaboration, including Canada

WASHINGTON — The fusion ignition breakthrough that has experts hailing a new dawn in the search for clean energy took a lot of help from around the world — including Canada.
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Man facing charge after Ukrainian refugee, 7, dies in Montreal hit and run

Man facing charge after Ukrainian refugee, 7, dies in Montreal hit and run

MONTREAL — A Quebec man was charged Wednesday in a Montreal hit and run that killed a seven-year-old girl who had recently arrived in Canada with her mother and two siblings after fleeing the war in Ukraine.
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Quebec man guilty of murdering young sons in October 2020, sentenced to life in jail

Quebec man guilty of murdering young sons in October 2020, sentenced to life in jail

QUEBEC — A Quebec man has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in the October 2020 killings of his young sons.
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As MPs pass Liberal online news bill, Meta again threatens to pull content

As MPs pass Liberal online news bill, Meta again threatens to pull content

OTTAWA — The House of Commons passed a Liberal bill on Wednesday designed to require web giants to compensate journalism outfits for reposting their content, and Meta is once again threatening to remove news content from Facebook in Canada.
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