Category Archives: Canada
'Loopy', 'whacky' or a 'big blue tent'? Growing pains for Rustad's B.C. Conservatives
VICTORIA - When BC United staged a news conference in Victoria last week, party officials turned up with a prop - a literal tinfoil hat, emblazoned with a B.C. Conservative Party logo and the words "5...
Aug 27, 2024
B.C. brings in 'bell to bell' school phone ban, as new access rules target protesters
VANCOUVER - Cellphone use will be restricted in all British Columbia school districts when pupils return next week, as the province becomes the latest to curtail the use of the devices in classrooms. ...
Aug 27, 2024
Ontario teen, due to start at UBC, dies in fall off 50-metre cliff in Metro Vancouver
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - A 17-year-old from Ontario who was about to start his studies at the University of British Columbia is dead after climbing over a fence and falling off a cliff in a popular Met...
Aug 27, 2024
Grand chief hopeful $47.8B First Nations child welfare vote will be moved to October
OTTAWA - The grand chief of the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council says she's optimistic that chiefs from French-speaking nations will get more time to review the landmark $47.8-billion child...
Aug 27, 2024
How much microplastic is in your coffee? New device by UBC researchers could tell you
VANCOUVER - Researchers at the University of British Columbia say they've come up with a portable device that can cheaply detect the amount of microplastics in drinks and other liquids. Tianxi Yang, w...
Aug 27, 2024
Bye-bye to Banff pedestrian zone after Labour Day long weekend
BANFF, Alta. - It'll be one last hurrah for a pedestrian zone along the main downtown drag of Banff, Alta., this long weekend. The Rocky Mountain tourist town is telling businesses to take down outdoo...
Aug 27, 2024
Quebec government says it's taking action to end illegal dumping in Mohawk territory
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it wants to put an end to illegal dumping in the Mohawk community of Kanesatake northwest of Montreal. The Environment Department says "field interventions" are p...
Aug 27, 2024
Consul-general to New York set to testify about government purchase of residence
OTTAWA - Canada's consul-general in New York has been given a new opportunity to testify before a House committee about his official residence, which the government recently purchased for $9 million. ...
Aug 27, 2024
China slams Canada over decision to introduce electric vehicle tariffs
HALIFAX - China is slamming Canada's decision to impose a 100 per cent import tariff on Chinese electric vehicles, promising there will be retaliation. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the move...
Aug 27, 2024
Toronto's whooping cough cases more than double pre-pandemic average: public health
TORONTO - Toronto Public Health says the number of whooping cough cases are more than double the pre-pandemic average. The public health agency is reporting 99 cases in Toronto so far this year compar...
Aug 27, 2024