Category Archives: Canada
Contraband tobacco inhales 30 to 50 per cent of B.C. market, retailers, industry fear
VICTORIA - At first, Cory Holland thought government anti-smoking measures were working when he noticed tobacco sales at his British Columbia convenience store started to drop. Holland said he recalle...
Dec 16, 2022
'Money on the table': Those who don't file tax returns miss benefits delivered by CRA
OTTAWA - Canadians who don't file their tax returns are sometimes shocked to find out how much money they're owed by the government for years of missed benefits, says the head of a non-profit organiza...
Dec 16, 2022
Crown tasked with rare case of no body and no identity in alleged serial killer case
WINNIPEG - More than two weeks have passed since police laid additional murder charges against an alleged serial killer, including one for the killing of an unidentified woman whose remains have not b...
Dec 16, 2022
As clock ticks for Montreal nature talks, UN official warns of 'trust deficit'
OTTAWA - The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations says the ongoing tension around public financing to save nature stem from a "trust deficit" because wealthier countries have failed to fulfi...
Dec 16, 2022
Trudeau's call-out yields questions on everything from mermaid sex to dog pants
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may not have started the day thinking about whether mermaids reproduce like fish or like humans, but that's what one person is asking him to consider. In a tweet...
Dec 15, 2022
No guarantees, but expert says search of landfill for women's remains may succeed
WINNIPEG - In 2002, investigators started a massive search of Robert Pickton's pig farm in British Columbia and eventually found the remains of several women. Twenty years later, the lead forensic ant...
Dec 15, 2022
Respiratory illnesses surge beyond pre-pandemic numbers in Nunavut
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut health officials say there has been a surge of respiratory illnesses across the territory this year. Dr. Sean Watchel, the territory's chief public health officer, says case...
Dec 15, 2022
Liberal government seeking delay to expanding medically assisted dying program
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is seeking to delay the expansion of Canada's assisted-dying regime to include people whose sole underlying conditions are mental disorders. Justice Minister David Lame...
Dec 15, 2022
Escaped inmate sentenced to life for the 'cold-blooded' murder of a B.C. man
VANCOUVER - Friends and relatives of murder victim Martin Payne say they are haunted by the actions of "two selfish, reckless" people who chose their victim because his home was near the prison where ...
Dec 15, 2022
MPs put discussion of gun bill on pause for holidays amid concern over hunting rifles
OTTAWA - MPs studying the government's proposed definition of an assault-style firearm will resume talks next month about whether to hear from additional witnesses amid concerns the change would ban s...
Dec 15, 2022