Canada

Who owes the biggest penalties to B.C.'s securities watchdog?

The British Columbia Securities Commission has levied about $430 million in unpaid fines and disgorgement orders for breaches of the province's Securities Act. Here are some of those who have the larg...

Mar 05, 2024

B.C.'s securities watchdog fined rule breakers $430M. Why can't it make them pay?

VANCOUVER - Ronald McHaffie said he had big plans to build a ski resort near Hope, 150 km east of Vancouver, ahead of the 2010 Olympics. He cut an unlikely figure, with a Grizzly Adams beard and no hi...

Greg Fry Mar 05, 2024

Four provinces confirm measles cases with Montreal deemed Canada's epicentre

Seventeen cases of measles have been confirmed in Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia - more than half of those in the Montreal area, while one Ontario case has been linked to a high sc...

Mar 04, 2024

Luka Magnotta now living in medium-security prison, says Correctional Service Canada

OTTAWA - Correctional Service Canada confirms Luka Magnotta, who made international headlines for the brutal killing of an international student, resides in a medium-security prison. A jury found Magn...

Mar 04, 2024

Guilbeault calls Saskatchewan premier 'immoral' for breaking carbon-price law

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Ottawa has to take action against Saskatchewan for breaking the federal carbon-pricing law. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said last week his provi...

Mar 04, 2024

One killed in B.C. avalanche near Revelstoke as warning extended to Thursday

REVELSTOKE, B.C. - An avalanche in British Columbia's Interior has killed a snow biker near Revelstoke as warnings of persisting danger are extended by the forecaster. Avalanche Canada says the fatal ...

Mar 04, 2024

B.C. Supreme Court approves $14.4-million settlement of iPhone class-action lawsuit

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for a group of iPhone owners says a British Columbia judge has approved a countrywide multimillion-dollar settlement with tech giant Apple over software updates that allegedly slo...

Greg Fry Mar 04, 2024

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators say they feel vilified after protest cancels PM event

OTTAWA - Organizers of a pro-Palestinian protest that disrupted a weekend reception featuring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau say they're being unfairly vilified. The event, which was to include Italian...

Mar 04, 2024

Ottawa should respect Quebec's immigration cap for family reunification: minister

QUEBEC - The Quebec government is telling Ottawa to show some respect and not ignore the province's cap on immigration for family reunification. Quebec Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette was respon...

Mar 04, 2024

Foreign interference inquiry hearing some federal evidence behind closed doors

OTTAWA - The head of an inquiry into foreign interference has agreed to a federal request to present some evidence behind closed doors. In a new decision, commissioner Marie-Jose Hogue says she is sat...

Mar 04, 2024