Singh, Trudeau attack one another on climate plans as NDP rolls out public transit promise
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh promised an NDP government would double public transit funding in order to meet his promise to electrify all public transit in Canada while using the opportunity to criticize the Liberals for what he says is their "failure" to deal with climate change.
Canada's Leylah Fernandez reaches U.S. Open semifinals
Canadian Leylah Fernandez has advanced to the U.S. Open semifinals in New York, defeating fifth-seeded Elina Svitolina 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 on Tuesday.
Brazil's Bolsonaro fires up supporters in rally aimed at shoring up support, denouncing courts
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro got a rousing reception from tens of thousands of people gathered in the capital Tuesday in an Independence Day show of support for the right-wing leader embroiled in a feud with the country's Supreme Court.
Alberta MLA accuses government of 'disparaging' the unvaccinated
An Alberta MLA who criticized his colleagues for breaking ranks with Jason Kenney's government has himself taken aim at its new policy on masks and vaccinations.
Canada's Auger-Aliassime advances to U.S. Open semis after opponent retires
Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No. 12 seed, joined fellow Canadian Leylah Annie Fernandez in the U.S. Open semifinals on Tuesday after his opponent Carlos Alcaraz of Spain retired in the second set.
Green platform promises big, largely uncosted social programs, end to fossil fuel industry
Without holding a formal platform launch with leader Annamie Paul, the Green Party of Canada has quietly released a series of as yet uncosted promises for the 2021 election campaign, including vast social programs such as universal pharmacare and free university tuition.
Taliban name caretaker cabinet in Afghanistan, with top posts going to old guard
The Taliban on Tuesday announced an all-male interim government for Afghanistan stacked with veterans of their hard-line rule from the 1990s and the 20-year battle against the U.S.-led coalition, a move that seems unlikely to win the international support the new leaders desperately need to avoid an economic meltdown.
Artist's death in B.C. being treated as homicide, leaving family, friends, art community in shock
Canada's tight-knit art world is reeling after the death in Victoria of multimedia artist Jeremy Gordaneer, in what police are treating as a homicide.
'We will not let them win,' Trudeau says after being pelted with gravel during campaign stop
Saying he's inspired by frontline workers facing harassment on the job, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said today he won't let "the mob" control his campaign after he was sprayed with gravel during a raucous protest in London, Ont. yesterday.
Rich countries no longer need to sit on COVID-19 vaccine doses, says association of drugmakers
The head of a top association of pharmaceutical makers says they are now churning out coronavirus vaccine doses at a rate of about 1.5 billion a month, so wealthy governments that have been sitting on stockpiles of doses "no longer need to do so."