Canada

Migrant worker group tells of complaints about Okanagan winery in foreign worker ban

A British Columbia organization that helps migrant workers says it's been repeatedly contacted by employees of a winery in the Okanagan Valley that has been permanently banned from hiring temporary fo...

Jan 7, 2025

Trudeau travelling to Washington for former U.S. president Jimmy Carter's funeral

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office says he will attend former U.S. president Jimmy Carter's funeral in Washington, D.C. on January 9. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. He was the 39t...

Jan 7, 2025

B.C. woman already banned from midwifery is charged after infant dies

LADYSMITH, B.C. - A British Columbia woman who describes herself as a childbirth advocate has been charged with manslaughter after police say an infant she helped deliver died days after its birth. RC...

Jan 7, 2025

David Eby among premiers heading to Washington to tamp down Trump tariff threat

VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says he and his counterparts from across Canada will take leadership in the fight against threatened tariffs from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. Eby ...

Jan 7, 2025

Quebec woman charged after allegedly abandoning newborn outdoors on New Year's Day

TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - A 38-year-old Quebec woman has been charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life after allegedly abandoning her newborn shortly after giving birth outdoors on New Year...

Jan 7, 2025

Ontario First Nations to negotiate child welfare reforms with Ottawa

OTTAWA - First Nations in Ontario are charting their own path with the federal government to reform the child welfare system weeks after critics said the deal reached last July was too weak to accept....

Jan 7, 2025

Donald Trump says he will go ahead with tariff threat against Canada and Mexico

WASHINGTON - United States president-elect Donald Trump is doubling down on his plans to impose tariffs on Canada in his first news conference since the certification of his election win. Trump says h...

Sheldon Spackman Jan 7, 2025

Ship stuck in St. Lawrence River for two weeks could be freed today

MONTREAL - A ship that has been stuck in the St. Lawrence River northeast of Montreal since Christmas Eve could be freed today. Authorities finished unloading the ship's cargo of corn on Monday, and a...

Jan 7, 2025

Canada Post returns to full service for domestic parcels; letters still delayed

OTTAWA - Canada Post says it has reinstated on-time service guarantees and returned to full service levels for domestic parcels after a strike brought deliveries to a halt last year. However, it says ...

Sheldon Spackman Jan 7, 2025

Biden praises Trudeau as friend, defender of freedom following resignation news

OTTAWA - U.S. President Joe Biden says he is proud to call Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a friend as both men now prepare for their departures from leadership. Biden says he spoke with Trudeau on the ...

Jan 7, 2025