Category Archives: Canada
Two northern spotted owls found dead in B.C. forest, in blow to release program
SPUZZUM, B.C. - Two northern spotted owls that had been released into a British Columbia forest last year have been found dead, potentially reducing the known wild population in the province to a sing...
May 12, 2023
Transparency International Canada paper outlines hopes for new financial crime agency
TORONTO - An anticorruption group says the Trudeau government's plan to create a new federal financial crime agency is positive, but it may be missing an opportunity to tackle corruption and securitie...
May 12, 2023
Manitoba Sen. Raymonde Gagné becomes Senate's third-ever female Speaker
OTTAWA - A Manitoba senator will be the third woman to sit in the Speaker's chair in the Senate, and the first to do so in 44 years. The Governor General appointed Raymonde Gagn to serve in the role F...
May 12, 2023
Vancouver Chinatown gets $2.2-million grant to revitalize historic neighbourhood
Vancouver's Chinatown is getting a $2.2-million provincial grant to revitalize the historic neighbourhood. The Vancouver Chinatown Foundation says the funding will go toward renewing historic storefro...
May 12, 2023
Military referred 93 sexual offence cases to civilian police, 64 under investigation
OTTAWA - The military says it has referred 93 cases of criminal sexual offences to civilian police since December 2021, and 64 of the cases are under investigation. An independent report released a ye...
May 12, 2023
Montreal blue collars want local union probe after VP resigns over racist posts
MONTREAL - Some Montreal blue collar workers are calling for their union to be investigated for alleged racial bias. The workers are asking the provincial branch of the Canadian Union of Public Employ...
May 12, 2023
'The devil': Métis settlement looks to rebuild from wildfire as hot weather to return
A Mtis settlement devastated by an out-of-control blaze remains at risk as hot and dry conditions in Alberta's forecast threaten to worsen an already intense wildfire season. "That fire, I call it the...
May 12, 2023
Ng announces India trade mission, pledges a limited deal within months
OTTAWA - Trade Minister Mary Ng says it is "not going to be years" before Canada and India sign some form of trade agreement, more than a decade after negotiations began. Indian Commerce Minister Piyu...
May 12, 2023
People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier aims to run in Manitoba byelection
OTTAWA - Maxime Bernier says he will run in what he predicts will be a "two-horse race" for a federal seat in a coming byelection in rural Manitoba. The People's Party of Canada leader says the vote i...
May 12, 2023
BC Hydro predicting record-breaking power usage as heat descends on the province
BC Hydro is expecting potentially record-breaking demand on the power system as British Columbia and Alberta enter what's forecast to be a blistering heat wave. The company says if Monday's forecast h...
May 12, 2023