Canada

Deal reached in Vancouver to help the homeless; and work to close park encampment

VANCOUVER - A formal agreement has been signed by British Columbia, the city and parks board to work together to end a 10-month encampment in Vancouver that has frustrated residents who lost access to...

Apr 06, 2021

Quebec university postpones intimate photo lawsuit against student

MONTREAL - A Montreal university has postponed the legal action it took against a student who posted on social media semi-nude photos of herself posing with a diploma featuring the school's logo. Univ...

Apr 06, 2021

Old-growth advocates say they are digging in after B.C. court grants injunction

Advocates for old-growth forests say they are digging in as they try to protect parts of a valley on southwest Vancouver Island from logging. A dozen or more people who belong to the Rainforest Flying...

Apr 06, 2021

Saskatchewan budget: Drivers and power customers win; vapers lose

REGINA - Saskatchewan tabled its 2021-22 spending plan on Tuesday, the second budget prepared during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's a look at some of the winners and losers: WINNERS Drivers: Motorists ...

Apr 06, 2021

Vapour tax and rebate cheques: Highlights of the Saskatchewan budget

REGINA - Premier Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party government tabled its 2021-22 budget on Tuesday. Here's a look at some of the highlights: - A $2.6- billion deficit with revenue projected at $14.5 bill...

Apr 06, 2021

Parts of Alberta's draft school curriculum plagiarized, academic finds

CALGARY - An expert in plagiarism says parts of Alberta's proposed curriculum for kindergarten and elementary schoolchildren were copied from other sources without credit.Sarah Elaine Eaton, a profess...

Apr 06, 2021

Montreal mosque says windows broken after man shot at building with air pistol

Montreal police say they will be investigating a video posted to social media that appears to show a man shooting an air pistol at a city mosque. The Centre Communautaire Islamique Assahaba in east-en...

Apr 06, 2021

Trudeau, O'Toole, demand accountability as Iranian officials indicted for PS752 crash

OTTAWA - Ten officials have been indicted in Iran over the 2020 military shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed 176 people, but the move did nothing to quell Canadian demands for account...

Apr 06, 2021

Vaccines are helping but won't solve the pandemic on their own, federal doctors warn

OTTAWA - Federal politicians and medical experts warn that COVID-19 vaccines are helping but will not be the pandemic panacea. Health Minister Patty Hajdu says even as vaccinations ramp up, workplaces...

Apr 06, 2021

Third request to federal government to join coal mine environmental review in Alberta

A third request has been made to the federal government to get involved in the review of a coal mine proposed for Alberta's Rocky Mountains. Landowners, Indigenous people and environmental groups are ...

Apr 06, 2021