Canada

'Missing in action': gun-control groups chide NDP over noncommital stance on bill

OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats are coming under pressure from gun-control advocates to support the Liberals in enacting a permanent ban on assault-style firearms. In a pair of open letters, variou...

Apr 25, 2023

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visiting B.C's Lower Mainland

VANCOUVER - Germany's president is visiting the Lower Mainland today on the third day of his four-day trip to Canada. Frank-Walter Steinmeier is slated to take a tour of the Burnaby fuel cell company ...

Apr 25, 2023

Mental-health services come too late, experts say, after uptick in violence

VANCOUVER - Recent cases of violence across Canada demonstrate a clear need to treat mental illness early instead of waiting until a serious crime happens, says an executive with the Canadian Mental H...

Apr 25, 2023

Baffinland requests further production increase at Nunavut iron ore mine

POND INLET, Nunavut - The owner of an iron ore mine on the tip of Baffin Island says it needs to again increase production to prevent job losses, and several federal cabinet ministers are calling on a...

Apr 25, 2023

B.C. Crown says bail policy changes need to come from federal government

VICTORIA - British Columbia has one of Canada's strictest bail condition policies for prosecutors to ask for custody orders, yet repeat violent offenders continue to be released in the majority of cas...

Apr 24, 2023

Smith declines to disavow comments urging out-of-pocket payments for health care

EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith is declining to say whether she stands by or disavows earlier comments she made proposing Albertans pay out-of-pocket for medically insured services as a way to keep ...

Apr 24, 2023

Similarities in testimony from Vancouver officers at Myles Gray inquest

BURNABY, B.C. - Several patterns have emerged after the last few Vancouver police witnesses testified at a coroner's inquest into the death of Myles Gray in August 2015. The 14 officers who have testi...

Apr 24, 2023

Democracy, values give West an edge in race for green technology, Trudeau says

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada can be a leader in industries such as lithium mining if global companies make their imports contingent on being environmentally responsible and barri...

Apr 24, 2023

B.C. court decision a 'significant win' for parental rights, commissioner says

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's human rights commissioner says a court decision about workplace discrimination involving the mother of a young child is "a significant win for gender equality." Commissi...

Apr 24, 2023

Iqaluit water treatment plant to return to service after more than a year

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The City of Iqaluit says its water treatment plant is to return to service Tuesday morning, more than a year after it was shut down due to contamination. The plant was initially shu...

Apr 24, 2023