Category Archives: Canada

Time not right for cuts despite deficit budget projection, says B.C. finance minister
VICTORIA - British Columbia's finance minister says increasing the deficit in today's provincial budget is the right path to take in order to allow the government to provide needed services to people....
Feb 22, 2024

Support for sending military aid to Ukraine rising: Leger poll
TORONTO - More Canadians want the federal government to send more ammunition and other military supplies to Ukraine to aid in its war against the Russian invasion compared to last fall, the results of...
Feb 22, 2024

Load from construction crane falls, hitting floors of unfinished Vancouver building
VANCOUVER - A load being lifted by a crane high above a Vancouver construction site fell, hitting several floors of an unfinished multi-storey building. Matthew Trudeau with Vancouver Fire Rescue Serv...
Feb 21, 2024

Upcoming wildfire season could be worse than last year, federal minister says
OTTAWA - Provincial, territorial and federal emergency response ministers have wrapped up two days of meetings in Ottawa on the upcoming wildfire season, which is already getting an early start in Alb...
Feb 21, 2024

B.C. scraps proposed changes to Land Act amid consultation, controversy
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is scrapping a plan that was to allow shared decision-making with First Nations about the use of public land, which was part of the province's work to align ...
Feb 21, 2024

Canada summons Russian ambassador in protest of Alexei Navalny's death
OTTAWA - Canada lambasted the Kremlin's ambassador in Ottawa today over the reported death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Russian custody. The Canadian government says Ambassador Oleg Stepanov...
Feb 21, 2024

No cuts to people or services, but B.C. budget deficit to rise, finance minister says
VICTORIA - British Columbia Finance Minister Katrine Conroy says the budget she tables on Thursday will protect services and won't raise taxes for ordinary residents, but she also forecasts an increas...
Feb 21, 2024

Federal government announces $15 million to combat car thefts across Canada
MONTREAL - The federal government is committing an additional $15 million over three years to fight the rise in vehicle thefts across the country. Minister of Public Safety Dominic LeBlanc made the an...
Feb 21, 2024

Marine area bigger than Lake Superior could soon be protected off Ontario's shores
A vast marine area home to beluga whales and threatened polar bears off Ontario's northern shores is a step closer to protected status. Officials with the federal government and nine First Nations say...
Feb 21, 2024

Quebec turns to Supreme Court to stop asylum seekers' access to subsidized daycare
Quebec is heading to the country's highest court to prevent children of asylum seekers from accessing the province's coveted subsidized daycare spaces. Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette says the g...
Feb 21, 2024