Canada

Evacuation alert lifted for Penticton, B.C., wildfire threat has 'subsided'

PENTICTON, B.C. - An evacuation alert has been lifted for nearly 3,700 properties in the path of a wildfire in British Columbia's south Okanagan region, while hundreds of others forced out of their ho...

Aug 24, 2020

Military lifts order grounding Snowbirds team, some restrictions still in place

OTTAWA - The Snowbirds are allowed back in the air after a deadly crash this spring saw the aerobatic team's iconic jets grounded in British Columbia for more than three months. The Royal Canadian Air...

Aug 24, 2020

Canadians join lawsuit to overturn opening Alaska wilderness to energy drilling

Canadian First Nations and environmentalists have joined a U.S. lawsuit aimed at overturning a decision that opens an Alaska wilderness to oil and gas exploration. The Gwich'In Tribal Council, which r...

Aug 24, 2020

Bernier says O'Toole not a real conservative, unlike his People's Party

OTTAWA - People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier launched a full-throated attack on Erin O'Toole Monday, accusing the newly minted Conservative leader of wearing a "true blue" mask during the leadership ...

Aug 24, 2020

U.S. trade office rejects WTO panel decision on Canadian softwood lumber

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade representative is taking issue with the latest decision from the World Trade Organization on Canada's long-standing dispute with its largest trading partner over exports of...

Aug 24, 2020

Halifax-area firm ready to roll out drug-dispensing machines to fight opioid crisis

HALIFAX - A Halifax-area company is rolling out five automated drug-dispensing devices across Canada this week that it says will help battle the country's opioid crisis. Dispension Industries Inc...

Aug 24, 2020

Climate change rears ugly head as Republicans rally re-election effort

WASHINGTON - Climate change, an issue all but forgotten in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, is roaring back to the forefront just as Donald Trump's Republicans begin their sprint to the No...

Aug 24, 2020

Garneau, Champagne pan Iran's report on downing of PS752 as limited, selective

OTTAWA - Two federal cabinet ministers say they expect more answers from Iranian officials about an air strike that downed a passenger plane earlier this year, killing everyone on board. Transport Min...

Aug 24, 2020

New study calls for new approach to tackling overdose crisis

VANCOUVER - Canada needs a new approach to tackle its overdose crisis, says the lead author of a new study that highlights a prevalence of overdoses involving non-prescribed fentanyl and stimulants in...

Aug 24, 2020

Ontario business schools foster 'hostile environment,' racialized students say

Business school students in Ontario are sounding the alarm about what they call outright racism from fellow students and a lack of equity and diversity training among faculty. A number of social media...

Aug 24, 2020