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Canada's foreign affairs minister to visit Europe for meetings on Ukraine

OTTAWA — Canada’s foreign affairs minister is travelling to Europe for meetings to address the response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Mélanie Joly announced Saturday that she will visit Finland, Germany and Belgium.

Apr 2, 2022 10:28 AM Read more >

Inuit leader met in Rome with head of Catholic order to discuss charge against priest

ROME — The leader of the national organization representing Inuit people says he had a meeting with the head of a Catholic order in Rome to discuss the case of a priest accused of crimes against children in Nunavut.

Apr 2, 2022 9:00 AM Read more >

Craft beer and wine sectors calling for changes to excise duties in budget

OTTAWA — Canadian craft alcohol producers are hoping excise tax changes are brewing in the federal finance minister’s office.

Apr 2, 2022 6:00 AM Read more >

Hajdu hopes long-term boil water advisories lifted by 2025, end of Liberal-NDP deal

OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu hopes Canada will be able to lift its remaining long-term drinking water advisories by 2025 — the year a deal between the NDP and the Liberal government is set to expire.

Apr 2, 2022 6:00 AM Read more >

Winning ticket for $70 million Lotto Max jackpot sold in the Prairies

TORONTO — After going unclaimed for weeks, the whopping $70 million jackpot in Friday's Lotto Max draw has been won by a lottery player in the Prairies. The exact location of where the ticket to riches was sold has yet to be revealed.

Apr 2, 2022 2:00 AM Read more >

Green Party of Canada MP Elizabeth May says she has tested positive for COVID-19

OTTAWA — Green Party of Canada MP Elizabeth May says she has tested positive for COVID-19. May says on Twitter that she found out on Thursday and is very sick.

Apr 1, 2022 9:41 PM Read more >

April Fools' Day meets 4/20: U.S. House votes in favour of decriminalizing cannabis

WASHINGTON — Friday on Capitol Hill was more 4/20 than April Fools' Day as Democrats in Congress once again cleared a significant hurdle in their fight to decriminalize cannabis at the federal level in the United States.

Apr 1, 2022 4:58 PM Read more >

Reactions to the Pope's apology for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools

Pope Francis apologized at the Vatican on Friday for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools. The pontiff, speaking in Italian, asked for God's forgiveness for the deplorable conduct of members of the Catholic Church.

Apr 1, 2022 4:58 PM Read more >

U.S. authorities issue final order allowing P.E.I. table potatoes back over border

WASHINGTON — Farmers in Prince Edward Island got the all-clear Friday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to resume sending some of the world's most celebrated table potatoes back over the Canada-U.S. border.

Apr 1, 2022 4:48 PM Read more >

Ukrainian MPs ask Canada to provide money for weapons to fight Russia

OTTAWA — Ukrainian legislators are asking Canada to give their country the money it needs to buy heavy military weaponry, warning the only way to secure peace with Russia is by defeating it on the battlefield.

Apr 1, 2022 4:47 PM Read more >