Canada

Advance voting begins for the British Columbia provincial election on Oct. 19

VICTORIA - Keen voters in British Columbia's provincial election can start casting ballots at hundreds of advance voting locations today. Elections BC says there are 343 advance voting places, althoug...

Oct 10, 2024

Joly, Mendicino to appear at foreign interference inquiry today

OTTAWA - A federal inquiry into interference in Canada's affairs is slated to hear today from Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly. Former public safety minister Marco Mendicino is also scheduled to t...

Oct 10, 2024

BC Coroners Service says no record of fatal overdose where Rustad says he saw man die

VANCOUVER - The BC Coroners Service says it has no record of any recent drug toxicity death at a Vancouver intersection where B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad said he saw a man die on his way to a...

Oct 09, 2024

Higher rates of mental disorders, suicidal thoughts among transgender people: study

TORONTO - Serious mental health disorders and thoughts of suicide are more prevalent among people who are transgender or gender diverse in Canada, researchers say. Their study published recently in th...

Oct 09, 2024

Feds move ahead with sustainable investing guidelines, but details still scarce

TORONTO - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is moving ahead with guidelines around sustainable investing and corporate climate disclosures, but details on the plans are sc...

Oct 09, 2024

'Wired' after election debate, NDP's Eby says he'll focus on relaying improvements

RICHMOND, B.C. - British Columbia New Democrat Leader David Eby says he was "wired" and had trouble falling asleep after the televised election debate, adding that he would see his performance as succ...

Oct 09, 2024

Boissonnault appointed to lead federal government's effort to rebuild Jasper

JASPER, ALTA. - Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault has been tasked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to lead the federal government's share of the work to rebuild Jasper, Alta. In July, a wildfire ...

Oct 09, 2024

Canada adds $15M to aid for Lebanon and will match $6M in donations

OTTAWA - Canada is adding another $15 million to its humanitarian aid package for Lebanon after an escalation in the conflict between Israel and the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah. Internation...

Oct 09, 2024

Gunshots hit Montreal building owned by man with two other properties hit by arson

MONTREAL - Montreal police arrested three people, including two teenagers, after gunshots were fired Tuesday night at a building owned by a man with two properties targeted by deadly fires. Police say...

Oct 09, 2024

Liberal MP says his House of Commons penalty should have been the same as Poilievre's

OTTAWA - Liberal MP Yvan Baker says there should not have been different punishments doled out to him and to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre for comments each of them made in the House of Commons...

Oct 09, 2024