Canada

Western University to consider ties to Alice Munro following daughter's revelations

Alice Munro's alma mater says it's considering how to move forward after the Nobel laureate's daughter revealed she was sexually abused by her stepfather and Munro chose to stay with him. Western Univ...

Jul 09, 2024

Dispute at B.C. ports may reignite over employers' push on automation: expert

VANCOUVER - An expert says a narrowly averted labour stoppage at British Columbia ports could re-emerge despite federal intervention unless the core issue of automation and its threat to union jobs is...

Jul 09, 2024

B.C. premier wants to better understand bail reform failing in woman's murder

SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's premier says the province worked with the federal government to change its bail rules, so he is not sure why a man with a long and violent criminal history was releas...

Jul 09, 2024

Former federal consultant who overbilled government charged with fraud

OTTAWA - A former federal consultant has been charged with fraud for overbilling the government by $25,000. The RCMP say Clara Elaine Visser faces one charge of fraud over $5,000, following an investi...

Jul 09, 2024

Ottawa looking to clear problem backlog by March 2025 before axing Phoenix

OTTAWA - Ottawa says a big pile of problems still needs to be cleared before it can finally dump the error-prone Phoenix pay system for public-service employees. The federal government has ambitions t...

Jul 09, 2024

'Not warranted': Chiefs pass resolution reversing course on forensic audit of AFN

MONTREAL - The Assembly of First Nations has passed an emergency resolution that says a forensic audit of the advocacy body is "not warranted and should not be undertaken." Former national chief RoseA...

Jul 09, 2024

Whale rescue teams hoping to disentangle right whale in St. Lawrence Estuary

MONTREAL - Fisheries and Oceans Canada says whale rescue teams are preparing to make another attempt to disentangle a young right whale in the St. Lawrence Estuary. The department says it has been wor...

Jul 09, 2024

Ontario reports 9 cases of listeriosis in outbreak linked to plant-based milk recall

Ontario's top doctor says nine people in the province have become sick with listeriosis and five have been hospitalized in an outbreak that triggered a national recall of certain plant-based milks. Wh...

Jul 09, 2024

Fort Nelson First Nation orders remote B.C. site evacuated by boat due to wildfire

FORT NELSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The Fort Nelson First Nation in northeast British Columbia has issued a wildfire evacuation order for a remote riverside reserve, telling residents and visitors...

Jul 09, 2024

Montreal's air quality in 2023 worst in eight years due to historic forest fires

MONTREAL - The air in Montreal last year was the most polluted it has been since 2015, thanks to Quebec's historic forest fire season. The city's annual air quality report, published this week, shows ...

Jul 09, 2024