Canada

B.C. prepares to remove some housing approval powers from local governments: minister

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is considering taking away some of the permit powers municipal governments have to approve housing construction in an effort to get more homes built in the p...

Feb 21, 2022

Ottawa police tell downtown businesses they can reopen after protesters clear out

Ottawa police are reassuring businesses that closed their doors during the three week occupation of the downtown core that they should now feel safe to reopen. They posted a tweet last night advising ...

Feb 21, 2022

Queen plans to keep working after testing positive for COVID-19

LONDON (AP) - The Queen tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday and is experiencing mild, cold-like symptoms, Buckingham Palace said, adding that she still plans to carry on working. The diagnosis prom...

Feb 20, 2022

Quebec police investigating deaths of two couples in separate incidents

MONTREAL - Police in Laval, Que., are investigating the deaths of a man and a woman in their 70s. Police in the Montreal suburb say the couple's son called 911 shortly after 7:30 p.m. Saturday, after ...

Feb 20, 2022

Physician assistants could fill part of B.C.'s need for more doctors: advocates

VANCOUVER - Joanna Chan wants to come back to British Columbia to work as a physician assistant and she's not alone. The Canadian Association of Physician Assistants says a recent survey of its 800 me...

Feb 20, 2022

As inquiry into Nova Scotia mass shooting begins, questions linger about its approach

HALIFAX - A public inquiry into the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history is set to begin hearings this week in Nova Scotia. And as the proceedings open Tuesday in Halifax, the three presidin...

Feb 20, 2022

What you need to know about mischief charges and the Ottawa protests

VANCOUVER - Some of the most high-profile organizers of protests against government and COVID-19 mandates in Ottawa are facing charges that include mischief and counselling to commit mischief. What do...

Feb 20, 2022

'Just move on': Alberta trucker protest may have left a community divided

COUTTS, Alta. - A protest that closed the main crossing between Alberta and the United States may have ended this week, but there's some concern it has created a different kind of division in the bord...

Feb 19, 2022

Scale up B.C. drug-checking programs to save lives: centre on substance use

VANCOUVER - Checking illicit drugs for deadly toxins is the best option to prevent fatal overdoses without a safer supply, but that service should be expanded to rural and remote communities in Britis...

Feb 19, 2022

Quebec health system unprepared to handle Omicron-fuelled long COVID cases

Montrealer Claudia Hbert says she started to feel extreme fatigue and to get fevers three weeks after returning from Senegal in March 2020, with only a few months left to a complete her Universit de M...

Feb 19, 2022