OTTAWA — U.S. President Joe Biden stayed in Ottawa during his short trip north of the border, but the catering team from the National Arts Centre took him on a cross-Canada culinary tour Friday evening. The president and first lady Jill Biden were the guests of honour at a dinner hosted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau at the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum. Before dinner, the two leaders toasted the continued friendship and strong ties between the two nat
Winnipeg has broken a record over 124 years in the making.
Spring may feel like it’s on hold for many in Ontario and parts of southern Quebec this weekend as another messy system brings more rain, snow, and ice to the provinces.
Parts of Newfoundland will be subject to several hours of blizzard conditions Friday night and into Saturday as the storm that dumped snow on the Maritimes earlier this week departs the area.
OTTAWA — The latest developments on U.S. President Joe Biden's visit to Ottawa with first lady Jill Biden on Friday. All times eastern. 7:40 p.m. U.S. President Joe Biden speaks next. He recalls his earlier reference in Parliament to the poem In Flanders Fields. He quotes a poet and says he believes we are at an inflection point in the world. His toast (with water): “To family, to Canada and the United States.” He and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touch glasses and Biden says, “Thanks man.” Medi
OTTAWA — President Joe Biden evoked memories of John F. Kennedy and the final frontier in an address to Parliament on Friday that promised Canada and the U.S. are better as allies on everything from renewable energy and advanced manufacturing to global migration and the opioids crisis. "We're living in an age of possibilities," Biden said at the end of a 32-minute speech that was in many ways a Canadianized version of his usual stump speeches at home. While Biden was specifically referencing pla
OTTAWA — When former president Barack Obama first visited Ottawa in 2009 he went home with souvenir cookies for his daughters bought during his unannounced visit to the famed ByWard Market, which local residents have been talking about ever since. When President Joe Biden departs after about 27 hours in the Canadian capital Friday night, he will carry with him a Canadian bar of chocolate. "I love chocolate," Biden said, after being handed a yellow-wrapped bar with the word "Peace" written on it
The delivery of child and family services grounded in Indigenous culture and community was celebrated Friday in British Columbia's north Okanagan with the signing of the province's first care co-ordination services agreement. Indigenous children thrive when they can stay with their families and communities and are surrounded by their culture and language, federal Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu said in an interview after the ceremony. The agreement between the federal, B.C. and Secwepem
OTTAWA — U.S. President Joe Biden delivered an address to Canadian parliamentarians in the House of Commons on Friday, during his first visit to Ottawa since taking office in 2021. Here are some excerpts from his speech. On the ties that bind — and hockey rivalries "No two nations on Earth are bound by such close ties, friendship, family, commerce and culture. Our labour unions cross borders. So do our sports leagues. Baseball, basketball, hockey … I have to say, I liked your teams except the Le
WHITEHORSE — The chair of a working group probing the dark history of Yukon residential schools says she was shocked to learn of her own brother's death at one of the territory's institutions. Adeline Webber, who leads the Yukon Residential Schools Missing Children Working Group, told a news conference Friday that ground-penetrating radar searches will begin this summer at the site of the Choutla Residential School in Carcross, Yukon. Webber, a longtime Indigenous rights advocate, said she went
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he accepts Han Dong's decision to leave the Liberal caucus after an allegation he spoke to a Chinese diplomat about delaying the release of two Canadians. Trudeau sidestepped a question Friday about whether he believes the allegation, saying only that Canadians should watch Dong's "strong" speech for themselves. He said at a news conference alongside U.S. President Joe Biden, who was visiting Ottawa, that he fully accepts Dong left the Liberal caucus "
WASHINGTON — Canada and the U.S. say they hope to reach a tentative deal by summer to "reduce and mitigate" the impact of toxic mining runoff in B.C. and the Pacific Northwest that has been leaching for years into a vital cross-border watershed. Any forthcoming agreement on pollution from B.C.'s Elk Valley would be in partnership with tribes and Indigenous Peoples from both countries, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Joe Biden said Friday after meeting in Ottawa. But they made no ment
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Friday he asked President Joe Biden to remove the U.S. government's requirement that Canadians be vaccinated for COVID-19 before crossing the border. He told reporters after their meeting that American citizens are no longer required to have their shots and Canada allows unvaccinated Americans to visit. "There are millions of good, decent, honourable people who, through a personal medical decision, are discriminated against at the border," Poili
OTTAWA — The federal government has committed $420 million in funding over 10 years to preserve and restore waters of the Great Lakes. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement Friday during the visit of United States President Joe Biden, who earmarked $1 billion over five years to improve those freshwater ecosystems in 2021. "Our ongoing co-operation on issues such as trade, security and the environment reflects a strong commitment making life better for people on both sides of our sh
The two leaders spoke on a variety of issues plaguing both countries and the world, as well as their partnership. While along the way, a few jokes were also made.
MONTREAL — Short-term rental company Airbnb said Friday it would pull listings in Quebec that don't have a permit from the provincial government, eight days after a fatal fire destroyed a historic Old Montreal building that housed illegal rentals. Four bodies have so far been pulled from the building and three people remain missing in the rubble of Édifice William-Watson-Ogilvie, constructed in 1890. Some of those missing had rented their accommodations on Airbnb. In 2018, Airbnb-style short-ter
WASHINGTON — Closing the northern U.S. border to asylum seekers bound for Canada solves a political problem for Justin Trudeau, but immigration advocates denounced it Friday as a "shameful" decision that will only endanger lives. Friday's agreement between the prime minister and President Joe Biden, which actually dates to April 2022, evokes an evolving global approach to surging migration: widening legal pathways while cutting off the irregular ones. But making it harder than ever for migrants
TORONTO — In Han Dong's Toronto riding on Friday, residents voiced hope that the truth would emerge about China's alleged interference in Canadian elections, but warned against condemning their newly Independent MP before the facts are clear. Dong has resigned from the Liberal caucus amid what he says are false allegations that he advised a Chinese diplomat on what the Trudeau government considered a high-priority file: the arbitrary and retaliatory detention of two Canadians in China. Joanna Le
OTTAWA — The first lady of the United States got a sweeping introduction to Canadian sports culture in Ottawa Friday as Sophie Grégoire Trudeau took Jill Biden to the curling rink for her first trip to Ottawa. President Joe Biden and his wife arrived in the capital Thursday evening for their first official visit to Canada since the president took office two years ago. While the president spent most of the day close to Parliament Hill in meetings with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, their wives vi
A video of U.S. President sharing a pointed remark while meeting Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre at the House of Commons has gone viral.
It hasn't taken long for Big Brother Canada Season 11 to get messy, with Toronto gym manager Roberto Lopez the latest houseguest to get evicted.
Candid Closeup is a weekly segment that features Canadians from coast to coast who love to share their weather. In this episode, The Weather Network's Kim MacDonald had the opportunity to speak with Alex Mayberry, a New Brunswick resident who has not missed a hike for the last 1700 days with his dog, Paul.
News that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife stayed in a $6,000 a night hotel during the Queen's funeral is not sitting well with many Canadians.
Montreal police said Friday they didn't think they would find more than seven bodies in the rubble of an Old Montreal building that caught fire eight days ago. Searchers had left open the possibility that unaccounted for tourists or isolated people without family could still be in the burnt-out structure. But Insp. David Shane said police hadn't received more reports of people missing, adding that it's "improbable" there were more than seven victims. "It's always a possibility that we find someb
Tristin and Luke didn't cross paths in Gilmore Girls, but Chad Michael Murray and Scott Patterson are thick as thieves in Sullivan's Crossing.