Canada

Families of workers killed in B.C. train derailment allege negligence in lawsuit

FIELD, B.C. - Families of two of three people killed in a train derailment near the British Columbia-Alberta boundary have filed lawsuits alleging negligence. The westbound Canadian Pacific train was ...

Apr 19, 2021

Several votes following budget could trigger an election, at least in theory

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's minority Liberal government faces three votes in the wake of Monday's budget, any one of which could theoretically plunge the country into an election.But NDP Leader Jagmeet ...

Apr 19, 2021

University of Victoria women's rowing coach resigns by mutual agreement

VICTORIA - The University of Victoria says the head coach of its women's rowing program has resigned effective immediately. In a statement posted on the school's varsity athletics website, it says the...

Apr 19, 2021

All of Iqaluit's COVID-19 cases are adults, most in their 20s and 30s

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says all those currently infected with COVID-19 in Iqaluit are adults. Dr. Michael Patterson also says about three-quarters of them are in thei...

Apr 19, 2021

Alberta scientists urge adoption of bill that would protect against coal mining

EDMONTON - Some 35 scientists from the University of Alberta are urging the provincial government to rethink its plans for expanding coal-mining in the Rocky Mountains. The researchers, all from the u...

Apr 19, 2021

Quebec and Ontario impose travel restrictions to slow surging COVID-19 variants

Ontario and Quebec have imposed new interprovincial travel restrictions in an effort to slow the surging COVID-19 variants that are putting increasing strain on Ontario's hospital system. Starting tod...

Apr 19, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, April 19, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 10:50 a.m. Ontario is reporting 4,447 new cases of COVID-19 today and 19 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. Health...

Apr 19, 2021

Liberals to release federal budget with eye on managing crisis, post-pandemic growth

OTTAWA - The federal government will this afternoon unveil its spending plans to manage the remainder of the COVID-19 crisis and chart an economic course in a post-pandemic Canada. The Liberals' first...

Apr 19, 2021

Huawei CFO's team expected to ask judge for adjournment in final extradition hearings

VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou are expected to ask a B.C. Supreme Court judge today to delay the final leg of hearings in her extradition case. The court said in a statement last week that the H...

Apr 19, 2021

Judicial recount in Yukon election to occur in Whitehorse today over tie riding

WHITEHORSE - The final seat count in the Yukon election could be determined by the drawing of lots today if a judicial recount confirms a tie in a battleground riding. Elections Yukon applied to the Y...

Apr 19, 2021