Category Archives: Canada
More research is needed connect climate change to B.C.'s extreme weather: analyst
EDMONTON - An extreme weather researcher says it's not yet clear whether this year's floods and heat waves in British Columbia can be attributed to human-caused climate change. Aseem Sharma with Natur...
Dec 15, 2021
Engineers say better forecasting, warnings could protect B.C. from disasters
VANCOUVER - A panel of engineers says better forecasting and co-ordination could help prepare British Columbia for natural disasters, while they warn the spring thaw and rain could compound damage cau...
Dec 15, 2021
Critics still worried about immigration backlog after feds pledge $85M
OTTAWA - Opposition critics say they're still skeptical the federal government will be able to quickly plow through the massive backlog in immigration applications after Trudeau's Liberals promised to...
Dec 15, 2021
Judge stays prosecution of man accused of trying to spy for China
OTTAWA - A judge has stayed criminal proceedings against a man accused of breaching Canada's secrets law because of an unreasonable delay in bringing the matter to trial. Ontario Superior Court Justic...
Dec 15, 2021
Father of murdered Quebec girl, 7, pleads guilty to forcible confinement charge
MONTREAL - The father of a seven-year-old girl from Granby, Que., whose 2019 murder shocked the province and led to an inquiry has pleaded guilty to a forcible confinement charge. He pleaded guilty be...
Dec 15, 2021
Blood service recommends Health Canada end gay blood donation ban
OTTAWA - Canadian Blood Services has today recommended an end to the ban on sexually active gay men donating blood in a submission to Health Canada. It submitted a proposal, backed by research, sugges...
Dec 15, 2021
PM urges caution before Christmas as government mulls Omicron measures
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says people will have to be careful as they finalize their Christmas plans this year, now that the highly transmissible Omicron variant is spreading through Cana...
Dec 15, 2021
Conservatives should change stance, be prepared to challenge Bill 21 in court: MP
OTTAWA - A Tory MP says Conservatives need to re-examine their stance when it comes to a controversial secularism law in Quebec and be prepared to challenge it in court. Mark Strahl, a representative ...
Dec 15, 2021
Canadian Press newsmakers of the year since 1946
Children who didn't come home from residential schools have been chosen as the 2021 newsmaker of the year in a survey by The Canadian Press. Here is a list of past newsmakers as chosen in an annual po...
Dec 15, 2021
CP NewsAlert: Residential school victims named newsmaker of the year: CP poll
Children who didn't come home from residential schools have been chosen newsmaker of the year in a survey by The Canadian Press. News editors say the discovery of unmarked graves at the former schools...
Dec 15, 2021