Category Archives: Canada

CP NewsAlert: B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad elected in his riding
VANDERHOOF, B.C. - British Columbia Conservative Leader John Rustad has been re-elected in his riding of Nechako Lakes. Rustad was kicked out of the Opposition BC United Party for his support on socia...
Oct 19, 2024

Here's the latest on British Columbia's wet and wild election
British Columbians have gone to the polls on an election day marked by torrential rain and high winds across much of the province. Here's the latest on the race to form the next provincial government ...
Oct 19, 2024

Fearing demolition, Montreal skateboarders rally to protect DIY skatepark from city
MONTREAL - Montreal skateboarders are rallying to protect a Do-It-Yourself skatepark known as Project 45 from what the city has said are plans to redevelop the space but skaters fear are plans to demo...
Oct 19, 2024

'Hateful and mean': LGBTQ+ advocates slam Sask. Party's proposed change room policy
Blake Tait says he's still healing from being outed by his school's guidance counsellor when he was 14. Feeling safe at his school in Saskatoon, he started telling people he was transgender. But he fe...
Oct 19, 2024

'Sleeping with an elephant:' What will a Republican or Democrat win mean for Canada?
WASHINGTON - Pierre Trudeau famously described living next to the United States as "sleeping with an elephant," a sentiment his son is intimately aware of amid this year's tumultuous and polarized Ame...
Oct 19, 2024

Where will B.C.'s election be won or lost? Here are five bellwether ridings to watch
British Columbia voters are heading to the polls, and political podcast co-host Mike McDonald says he is watching five ridings as bellwethers. Here are the five ridings he's watching as indicators of ...
Oct 19, 2024

B.C. voters face a once-unthinkable election choice, after stunning rise of Rustad
VANCOUVER - The choice facing British Columbians in the provincial election today would have been unthinkable just a few months ago. The B.C. Conservatives, whose party won less than two per cent of t...
Oct 19, 2024

Groundwater at Eagle Gold mine in Yukon shows high cyanide levels
The Yukon government says groundwater samples at the site where a mine's ore containment facility failed in June "continue to reveal high levels of cyanide." In a written update, the Yukon government ...
Oct 18, 2024

Lawyer for family members of Pickton's victims wants copy of killer's 'tell all book'
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver lawyer representing families of the victims of serial killer Robert Pickton says he'll be asking for a copy of a "tell all book" seized from Pickton's cell after he died follow...
Oct 18, 2024

Ottawa says businesses can request tariff exemption on Chinese goods
OTTAWA - The federal government says businesses can now request remission from newly announced tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and steel and aluminum products. Ottawa says the relief is aimed at ...
Oct 18, 2024