Canada

Trade ties, global economics on table as Trudeau arrives in Thailand for APEC

BANGKOK - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is now in Thailand for his third international summit in less than a week as Canada tries to expand its trade relationships in Asia. This is the third stop on a...

Nov 16, 2022

CRTC chair says online streaming bill won't police user-generated content, algorithms

OTTAWA - The chair of Canada's broadcasting regulator says a controversial online streaming bill will not result in the policing of user-generated content or the mandating of specific algorithms on pl...

Nov 16, 2022

Man accused of first-degree murder of B.C. Mountie appears in court

VANCOUVER - The man accused of fatally stabbing a Mountie in Burnaby, B.C., has made a brief appearance in provincial court in Vancouver. Jongwon Ham appeared virtually in court on Wednesday after a s...

Nov 16, 2022

Federal ministers reject request by Nunavut iron mine to double production

POND INLET - Federal cabinet ministers have denied a request to expand an iron ore mine on the northern tip of Baffin Island. Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal issued a letter to the Nunavut Impact...

Nov 16, 2022

Winter 'Freedom Convoy' blockades cost billions to Canada's economy, inquiry hears

OTTAWA - Transport Canada estimates as much as $3.9 billion in trade activity was halted because of border blockades across the country related to protests against COVID-19 restrictions last winter. T...

Nov 16, 2022

Canada adds new sanctions against Iran as crackdown on protests continues

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly has announced a fifth package of economic sanctions against Iran as the country continues its crackdown on human-rights protesters. Joly said in a stateme...

Nov 16, 2022

B.C. health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says no need for 'heavy hand' of mask mandate

VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer says she doesn't believe there's a need for the "heavy hand" of a mask mandate. Dr. Bonnie Henry says while influenza cases are up, 90 per cent ...

Nov 16, 2022

Federal government seeking feedback on promised school food policy as inflation rises

OTTAWA - The federal minister of families, children and social development says the government is looking for feedback on the creation of a national school food policy. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau t...

Nov 16, 2022

Ex-PQ leader and sex offender André Boisclair refused therapy in jail, denied parole

MONTREAL - Former Parti Qubcois leader Andr Boisclair has been denied his first chance at parole after serving one-sixth of his sentence for sex crimes. Boisclair was sentenced in July to two years in...

Nov 16, 2022

B.C. Liberal Party members vote to change name to BC United

VICTORIA - British Columbia Liberal Party members have voted to change the party's name to BC United. Leader Kevin Falcon says 80 per cent of the voters who cast a ballot were in favour of the name ch...

Nov 16, 2022