Canada

In the news today: Grocery CEOs seen as villains, ultra-low-cost airline to shut down

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Why Canadians see grocers as villains of inflation Galen Weston may not be the ...

Greg Fry Feb 23, 2024

'Too many guys lost': Ukrainian soldier reflects two years into Russian conflict

CALGARY - Seven months after managing a Kyiv coffee shop, Anton's reality has gone from grinding beans and the hiss of hot espresso to the high-pitched scream of explosive Iranian drones on the front ...

Feb 23, 2024

'Freedom Convoy' organizer suing Ottawa for using Emergencies Act to freeze accounts

SASKATOON - A main organizer of the "Freedom Convoy" is suing the federal government for using the Emergencies Act to freeze his bank accounts, arguing it breached his Charter rights to protest COVID-...

Feb 23, 2024

London attack ruling first to recognize terror on grounds of white nationalism

TORONTO - The case of an Ontario man who carried out a deadly attack on a Muslim family was the first to recognize terrorism on grounds of white supremacist ideology and further emphasized that terror...

Feb 23, 2024

Quebec cold case conviction highlights advances in DNA research techniques

MONTREAL - A Quebec man's first-degree murder conviction in the death of a junior college student in 2000 has highlighted advances in DNA research that are being used to solve cold cases all over Cana...

Feb 23, 2024

Premier David Eby to tout B.C. budget with address at Vancouver Board of Trade

VICTORIA - Premier David Eby will take his budget tour on the road today as he sells the highlights to members of Vancouver's business community with less than nine months before a provincial election...

Feb 23, 2024

A list of quotes in reaction to the 2024 British Columbia budget

VICTORIA - Here's what people are saying about the 2024 British Columbia budget: "Some look at the challenges ahead and say government should respond with deep cuts, leaving people to fend for themsel...

Feb 22, 2024

Free IVF in British Columbia will ‘save marriages,’ says father of two

VANCOUVER - Liam Iliffe says he was almost brought to tears when he heard British Columbia was introducing one free cycle of invitro fertilization treatment for anyone who wants to start a family. Fin...

Feb 22, 2024

Here’s a look at the 2024 B.C. budget, by the numbers

VICTORIA - British Columbia Finance Minister Katrine Conroy has delivered an election-year budget that includes benefits for families and businesses as well as an increased deficit. Here are some of i...

Feb 22, 2024

B.C. budget highlights, from soaring deficit to family benefit boost and free IVF

VICTORIA - The 2024 British Columbia budget includes new spending measures designed to ease high costs of living, while significantly boosting the province's deficit. Here are some highlights: THE DEF...

Feb 22, 2024