Loblaw to adopt Ukrainian spelling of chicken Kyiv for frozen dish
One of Canada’s largest supermarket chains is taking a small but meaningful step to signal its support for Ukraine as the country defends itself against Russia's invasion. Loblaw will change the name of its frozen President’s Choice-brand chicken Kiev,...
A timeline of events since the finding of unmarked graves in Kamloops last May
VANCOUVER — The Tk’emlups te Secwepemc announced in May last year that the remains of as many as 215 children were found using ground-penetrating radar around the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia’s Interior. Since then, man...
Joly heads to UN to mobilize action on food crisis sparked by invasion of Ukraine
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly kicked off two days of meetings Wednesday at the United Nations to help mobilize a global response to the food security crisis resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Joly met with UN Secretary-Gener...
Livestreamed mass shooting shows more internet regulations needed: experts
WINNIPEG — David Shanks felt a familiar sense of distress as he learned a video was quickly spreading online depicting a mass shooting in a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket. Only three years ago, Shanks was faced with the question of how to
Liberals, NDP snipe at each other as Ontario election campaign reaches halfway mark
Ontario's Liberal leader called on Wednesday for the New Democrats to stop criticizing his party's candidates, calling the strategy "desperation tactics" that he said would help the Progressive Conservatives' re-election efforts. Steven Del Duca refuse...
‘Not adequate support:’ Alberta Premier Jason Kenney to step down as UCP leader
Premier Jason Kenney threw Alberta politics into a tailspin Wednesday when he narrowly won a United Conservative Party leadership review vote only to announce he was quitting the top job anyway. To gasps of surprise from a few hundred supporters at
Prince Charles urges Canada to act on climate as Ukraine war hastens need for change
OTTAWA — The Russian invasion of Ukraine has hastened the urgent need to transition to a green economy, Prince Charles said Wednesday during a whirlwind tour of Canada’s capital, where he also met with displaced Ukrainians and lit candles in
‘It’s the only option’: Some Finnish people in Canada in favour of NATO bid
Some Finnish people living in Canada say they support Finland's recent historic decision to seek NATO membership after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Finnish parliament resoundingly rubber-stamped the government's decision to seek membership on Tue...
Unmarked graves finding triggered Canada’s year of reckoning over residential schools
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Percy Casper, 73, spent 10 years as a child at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. He has spent the past year grieving. A member of the Bonaparte Indian Band near Cache Creek, B.C., Casper
Where the Ontario leaders are on the campaign trail for May 18
Here's where the leaders of Ontario's main political parties are today: ____ Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Hamilton: Makes an announcement. 11 a.m. ____ NDP Leader Andrea Horwath Kingston: Announces a plan for prescription drug costs. 9:30 ...