Canada

Ottawa to avoid selling Trans Mountain pipeline so long as risks remain

OTTAWA - The federal government is studying the best options for Indigenous communities to reap economic benefits from the Trans Mountain pipeline but Ottawa is not planning to sell the proj...

Jan 19, 2020

B.C. forest industry grasps for hope amid seven-month strike, shutdowns, changes

VICTORIA - The crisis facing British Columbia's forest industry is intensifying as markets decline, mills shut and a strike involving 3,000 forestry workers enters its seventh month. Th...

Jan 19, 2020

Family of Indigenous woman critical of Winnipeg police probe into her death

WINNIPEG - The family of an Indigenous woman found unclothed and injured in a train yard is criticizing how Winnipeg police investigated her death. Police said Jaeda Vanderwal, 22, died from blun...

Jan 18, 2020

Supreme Court dismisses B.C.'s appeal in Trans Mountain pipeline case

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has shut down British Columbia's attempt to regulate what can flow through an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta. The B.C. governmen...

Jan 18, 2020

Disrespectful that Horgan won't meet during northern B.C. tour: hereditary chief

HOUSTON, B.C. - One of five hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en Nation who oppose a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia says it's disrespectful that Premier John Horgan isn't plan...

Jan 18, 2020

Federal health minister says too early for broad drug decriminalization

VANCOUVER - Canada's health minister says talk about decriminalizing drugs to deal with the country's opioids crisis is premature until people have enough help to fight t...

Jan 18, 2020

Parks Canada sets new rules for climbing Canada's highest peak

Parks Canada has brought in new rules for climbers on the country's highest peak after having to rescue eight people in seven years. The rules, which are posted on the agency's website, include a...

Jan 18, 2020

Cdn military program seeking help to find and take out waste in space

OTTAWA - The Canadian military is looking for help taking out the trash in space. Over the last two years, the military's Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security program has awarded 16 contract...

Jan 18, 2020

More than 16,000 people nabbed by RCMP between border crossings in 2019

OTTAWA - The number of people intercepted by the RCMP as they crossed into Canada between official border points fell in 2019, newly released federal figures show, but overall, the number of asylum cl...

Jan 18, 2020

Newfoundland reeling in wake of monster blizzard that buried St. John's

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Environment Canada has ended a blizzard warning for the St. John's, N.L., area this morning but a state of emergency and storm surge warning remain in effect following a m...

Jan 18, 2020