Canada

B.C. Conservatives expected to release costs of promises days before election

VANCOUVER - It's the last week of the British Columbia election campaign after a busy long weekend of promises for the B.C. Conservatives, including a new Children's Hospital for Surrey. B.C. Conserva...

Oct 15, 2024

Canada spat leads India newspapers, as analysts await reactions from peer countries

OTTAWA - Canada's decision to expel New Delhi's top envoy and five other diplomats is front-page news in India, as an analyst wonders how other countries will respond. On Monday, the RCMP warned the p...

Oct 15, 2024

Why India and Canada are in an escalating rift, with each expelling diplomats

OTTAWA - Ottawa's decision Monday to expel India's top envoy and five other diplomats is just the latest development in tensions that have simmered for months between the two countries. Here's a look ...

Oct 14, 2024

A timeline of recent Canada-India tensions, as both countries expel diplomats

Monday's announced expulsion of six Indian diplomats from Canada comes after months of tensions between the two countries, which came to a head after the assassination of B.C. Sikh leader Hardeep Sing...

Oct 14, 2024

Longueuil gets permit to go ahead with deer cull in local park that has been overrun

MONTREAL - A Montreal suburb has received a provincial Environment Department permit to go ahead with a long-awaited white-tailed deer cull in a local park that has become overrun with them. The City ...

Oct 14, 2024

India to withdraw High Commissioner from Canada as he's named 'person of interest'

OTTAWA - India announced it will withdraw its High Commissioner from Canada after receiving official word that he is a person of interest in a Canadian violent criminal investigation. In a statement, ...

Oct 14, 2024

Lack of salmon may not be the problem after all for endangered orcas, report suggests

VANCOUVER - A key assumption about dwindling numbers of southern resident killer whales pins the blame on a lack of salmon, but a study out of the University of British Columbia has found they have tw...

Oct 14, 2024

Twenty years after fatal Halifax cargo jet crash, safety improvements lag

HALIFAX - The deadly crash of an MK Airlines cargo plane in Halifax on Oct. 14, 2004, heightened concerns about crew fatigue and inadequate training, but 20 years later, key safety improvements have y...

Oct 14, 2024

NDP frustrations with B.C. Conservative campaign promises prompts McRib parody post

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's New Democratic Party says it is responsible for a parody social media post that has B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad promising to bring back McDonald's McRib sandwic...

Oct 14, 2024

B.C. Conservatives release education policy plans ahead of election day

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Conservatives have unveiled their education policy plans about six days before the Oct. 19 voting day. The plan includes reinstating provincial exams for Grade 10 and 12 students,...

Oct 13, 2024