Canada

B.C. should step up on asylum claims, minister says in response to call for funds

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says British Columbia needs to step up and take on more asylum seekers who come to Canada. He was responding today to criticism from the B.C. premier, who say...

Jun 11, 2024

Calgary mayor says residents should expect water restrictions for several more days

CALGARY - Calgary's mayor says residents should expect restrictions on their water use to last into the weekend, as workers continue work to fix a major pipeline break. Jyoti Gondek says she commends ...

Jun 11, 2024

Establishing new regulator for online harms law 'will take some time,' minister says

OTTAWA - Canada's justice minister says it will "take some time" to create a new regulator to compel internet giants to better protect Canadians against online harms. Arif Virani's comments come as th...

Jun 11, 2024

Border strike averted after union reaches tentative agreement with Ottawa

OTTAWA - Workers at Canada's borders are no longer planning to go on strike this week after their union reached a tentative agreement with the federal government. The Public Service Alliance of Canada...

Jun 11, 2024

McGill makes new offer to pro-Palestinian protesters occupying its downtown campus

MONTREAL - Montreal's McGill University is proposing to review its investments in weapons manufacturers and grant amnesty to protesting students as part of a new offer to members of a pro-Palestinian ...

Jun 11, 2024

Hockey players' sex assault case back in court in August

LONDON, Ont. - The sexual assault case of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team is set to return to court in August. The case of Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote ...

Jun 11, 2024

Yukon Coroner's Office investigating death tied to Haines Junction plane crash

HAINES JUNCTION, Y.T. - The Yukon Coroner's Office says it's investigating a death associated with a small plane crash at the Haines Junction airport. In an email to The Canadian Press, the coroner's ...

Jun 10, 2024

Rare white grizzly bear Nakoda and her cubs die in separate crashes in B.C. park

FIELD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Parks Canada says a rare white grizzly bear has died of injuries that happened when she was struck by a car on the Trans-Canada Highway in British Columbia's Yoho Nat...

Jun 10, 2024

Union representing Canadian border agents moves strike deadline to Friday at midnight

OTTAWA - The union representing more than 9,000 Canada Border Services Agency employees says workers are set to strike on Friday if a deal is not reached with the federal government by then. The Publi...

Jun 10, 2024

Federal government to give Quebec $750 million for surge in temporary immigrants

QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault say Ottawa is offering $750 million to help pay for a surge in temporary immigrants to the province. Legault had been asking Ottawa for $1 billion to cover costs...

Jun 10, 2024