Canada

Regulator fines engineers 8 years after Mount Polley disaster in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Three engineers have been disciplined nearly eight years after British Columbia's worst mining disaster. The tailings dam at the Mount Polley copper and gold mine failed in August 2014, re...

Mar 13, 2022

Who's in, who's out and who else may join the Conservative party leadership race

OTTAWA - With Sept. 10 picked as the date for when the Conservative Party of Canada will have a new leader, time is ticking for prospective candidates and their teams to get into place. Those running ...

Mar 13, 2022

Wind storm knocks out power to thousands in N.S., hits some internet service in N.L.

HALIFAX - Thousands of people across Nova Scotia are without power this morning as a nasty wind and rain storm sweeps across the Maritimes into Newfoundland and Labrador. As of 10 a.m. local time Nova...

Mar 13, 2022

Military crew now all out of hospital after CH-149 Cormorant helicopter crash in N.L.

GANDER, N.L. - All of the crew members hospitalized following a Cormorant military helicopter crash last week at the Gander, N.L., airport have been discharged from hospital. Four of the six crew of a...

Mar 13, 2022

Not achievable: Mining association objects to proposed federal coal effluent rules

Canada's mining industry is pushing back against proposed tougher federal coal effluent rules, saying the draft regulations aren't practical or backed by science. "We just do not see a path to achievi...

Mar 13, 2022

Thousands of death, millions of vaccines: A look at COVID-19 in Canada by the numbers

It's been two years since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Here's a look at the pandemic by the numbers in Canada. 3.3 million -- The number of total cases of COVID-1...

Mar 13, 2022

Ottawa urged to pause proposed B.C. port expansion, consider alternative plan

VANCOUVER - A plan to build a new shipping container terminal the size of nearly 144 football fields at a major Metro Vancouver port has sparked a rival proposal along with concerns for endangered orc...

Mar 13, 2022

Communication snafus plagued RCMP's response to Nova Scotia mass shooting: documents

HALIFAX - Repeated communication failures were partly to blame for the Nova Scotia RCMP's inability to stop a gunman from killing 22 people over a 13-hour span in April 2020, recently released documen...

Mar 13, 2022

Patrick Brown takes on his next political challenge: Running for Conservative leader

BRAMPTON, ONT. - Patrick Brown, the former member of Parliament who unceremoniously resigned as Ontario's Progressive Conservative leader and returned as Brampton's mayor, plans today to embark on his...

Mar 13, 2022

Quebec sugar shack owners say the COVID-19 pandemic saved the iconic industry

MONTREAL - Sugar shack owners across Quebec are reopening their dining rooms for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and strangely, they are crediting the novel coronavirus with r...

Mar 13, 2022