Category Archives: Canada
Foreign interference inquiry resumes after damning accusations levied against India
OTTAWA - The public safety minister is expected to testify at a federal inquiry into foreign interference just one day after announcing explosive allegations about crimes of murder, coercion and extor...
Oct 15, 2024
Carbon pricing rebates land in bank accounts as Liberals defend embattled policy
OTTAWA - Canadians are set to receive carbon pricing rebates Tuesday, as the Liberals defend one of their most embattled policies. The government says this is the first time all banks will label the p...
Oct 15, 2024
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