Canada

B.C. court to hear formal arguments in Huawei executive's extradition case

VANCOUVER - The formal extradition hearing for the Huawei executive accused of fraud in the United States is expected to start today in British Columbia Supreme Court with government lawyers making th...

Aug 11, 2021

Cost of used icebreakers Ottawa is buying from Quebec shipyard approaches $1B mark

OTTAWA - The cost of three second-hand icebreakers that the federal Liberal government is buying from Quebec shipyard Chantier Davie is inching closer to the $1-billion mark as Ottawa keeps quietly ad...

Aug 11, 2021

A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country

As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...

Aug 10, 2021

China sentences Canadian to 11 years in case tied to Huawei

DANDONG, China (AP) - A Chinese court sentenced Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor to 11 years in prison Wednesday in a spying case linked to Beijing's pressure campaign against the Canadian governm...

Aug 10, 2021

B.C. Prosecution Service says no further charges in legislature spending scandal

VICTORIA - The British Columbia Prosecution Service says two special prosecutors have declined further charges after receiving the final RCMP report into the spending activities of senior staff at the...

Aug 10, 2021

Yukon's chief medical officer announced as federal Liberal candidate

WHITEHORSE - Yukon's chief medical officer of health has been nominated as the candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the territory for the next federal election. Dr. Brendan Hanley says he can ...

Aug 10, 2021

Mendicino-Mayorkas meeting readout makes no mention of Canada-U.S. travel imbalance

WASHINGTON - Canada's immigration minister talked Canada-U.S. border issues Monday with the secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. But the federal government's official account of the ...

Aug 10, 2021

First Nations search for children who didn't return from North Vancouver school

VANCOUVER - Three British Columbia First Nations have launched an investigation to find answers about children who once attended the former St. Paul's Indian Residential School in North Vancouver but ...

Aug 10, 2021

Ottawa creates new regulator for immigration consultants to root out fraud

OTTAWA - The federal government is establishing a college for immigration and citizenship consultants to become the official regulator of the profession across the country. The federal Immigration Dep...

Aug 10, 2021

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he won't run again, new leader to be chosen

BRANDON, Man. - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he won't seek re-election and a new Progressive Conservative Party leader will be chosen before the next provincial election. Pallister, 67, made ...

Aug 10, 2021