Canada

Intense weather systems head for B.C. as province reopens, repairs major road routes

VICTORIA - Rainstorms of increasing intensity are forecast to hit British Columbia over the coming days, prompting warnings for people to be prepared to evacuate floodwaters if necessary. Public Safet...

Nov 26, 2021

B.C. grants Cullen Commission six more months to file money laundering report

VANCOUVER - An inquiry commission has received a six-month extension to file its final report into money laundering in British Columbia. A statement from the Commission of Inquiry into Money Launderin...

Nov 25, 2021

Nunavut declares tuberculosis outbreak in Pangnirtung

IQALUIT - Nunavut's chief public health officer has declared a tuberculosis outbreak in a Baffin Island community. Dr. Michael Patterson says there has recently been an increase in cases in Pangnirtun...

Nov 25, 2021

David Suzuki apologizes for remark on pipelines being "blown up" over climate change

Environmentalist David Suzuki has apologized for comments he made about pipelines being blown up if government leaders don't urgently address climate change. In a statement on Thursday, Suzuki says hi...

Nov 25, 2021

Lewis to fight Liberal plan to axe charity status for anti-abortion pregnancy centres

OTTAWA - Leslyn Lewis, in one of her first acts as an MP on Parliament Hill, says she plans on inviting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to a pregnancy centre that risks losing its charity status over op...

Nov 25, 2021

Suspect in custody after reports of shooting at B.C. detachment, no one injured

VANDERHOOF, B.C. - Police say a suspect is in custody after officers responded to reports of a shooter at an RCMP detachment in northern British Columbia. Cpl. Madonna Saunderson said there are no rep...

Nov 25, 2021

Amita Kuttner says party must stop infighting, focus on environmental issues

OTTAWA - Amita Kuttner, the newly named interim leader of the Green Party of Canada, says their job is to "heal" the party after months of infighting and strife. Kuttner, 30, who identifies as nonbina...

Nov 25, 2021

Freeland says Canada may retaliate against U.S. softwood lumber duty rate

OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is prepared to retaliate against an American increase of duties on Canadian softwood lumber producers. Freeland was responding today to cri...

Nov 25, 2021

Nova Scotia mass killing helped drive high national homicide rate in 2020: StatCan

HALIFAX - The mass killing in Nova Scotia and the COVID-19 pandemic helped push the number of homicides nationally in 2020 to its highest level in nearly 30 years, Statistics Canada reported Thursday....

Nov 25, 2021

Boeing told its bid to sell fighter jets to Canada did not meet Ottawa's requirements

OTTAWA - The federal government has told Boeing that its bid to replace Canada's aging CF-18s with a new fleet of the American company's Super Hornet fighter jets did not meets its requirements. Three...

Nov 25, 2021