Canada

Judge says Quebec's language law regarding court translations is 'inoperable'

MONTREAL - A Quebec court judge has declared inoperable a portion of the province's language law that requires English-language court decisions to be immediately translated into French. Dennis Galiats...

May 21, 2024

Orphan orca's extended family spotted off northeast side of Vancouver Island

ALERT BAY, B.C. - Members of a killer whale pod related to an orphan orca calf that escaped a remote British Columbia tidal lagoon last month have been spotted off the northeast coast of Vancouver Isl...

May 21, 2024

Freeland says government will introduce capital gains legislation before summer break

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the Liberal government will introduce legislation to increase the inclusion rate on capital gains before the parliamentary summer break. The federal bu...

May 21, 2024

Opposition push to oust Speaker for third time over Liberal post attacking Poilievre

OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives, backed by the Bloc Qubcois, are calling for the House Speaker to resign over what they say is yet another display of partisan behaviour. The accusation stems fro...

May 21, 2024

Federal Court certifies class-action lawsuit against military over mental health

OTTAWA - The Federal Court has certified another class-action lawsuit against the military, filed by a man who says he faced discrimination because of his mental health. Dan Thomas will represent plai...

May 21, 2024

Winnipeg trial hears admitted serial killer searched web for serial killer definition

WINNIPEG - The trial of man who has admitted to killing four women has heard he searched the internet to look up the definition of what it means to be a serial killer. A Winnipeg police analyst says o...

May 21, 2024

Cooler, wetter weather aids B.C. wildfire fight in northeast

VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says cooler, wetter conditions are allowing crews to make progress in their firefight in the province's northeast where thousands of evacuees remain out of their ho...

May 21, 2024

Canada sanctions Russian companies accused of shipping North Korea weapons to Ukraine

OTTAWA - Canada has again sanctioned Russians and companies it says are supporting Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions apply to two men and six shipping companies that Ottawa says have "facili...

May 21, 2024

Meta's news ban in Canada: screenshots win, local news loses, study shows

OTTAWA - The time, money and effort Iain Burns put into growing an audience on Facebook for several local news outlets in British Columbia felt like it disappeared in a single day. Facebook pages for ...

May 21, 2024

Trudeau mum on International Criminal Court prosecution request as MPs react

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has not yet weighed in on a push from the International Criminal Court to prosecute his Israeli counterpart and others over the war in the Gaza Strip. The court'...

May 21, 2024