Canada

Statistics Canada reports wholesale sales down 0.6% in June

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says wholesale sales, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain, fell 0.6 per cent to $82.4 billion in June. The agency...

Aug 15, 2024

In the news today: Barber defence to make final arguments

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Barber defence to make final arguments The criminal mischief trial of two prominent "Freedom Convoy" organizer...

Aug 15, 2024

Why it took nearly a year to link multiple Listeria cases to some plant-based milks

The Public Health Agency of Canada says it was only after multiple Listeria cases emerged in Ontario in June that it recognized a broader outbreak that had started back in August 2023. Questions have ...

Aug 15, 2024

'Freedom Convoy' organizer Chris Barber's lawyers to make final arguments

OTTAWA - The criminal mischief trial of two prominent "Freedom Convoy" organizers is prepared to hear final arguments from the defence today. The Crown alleges Tamara Lich and Chris Barber worked in c...

Sheldon Spackman Aug 15, 2024

B.C. Supreme Court certifies class action over herbicide alleged to cause Parkinson's

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has certified a class-action lawsuit against global agriculture firm Syngenta over claims that its herbicide products cause Parkinson's disease. A decision released ...

Aug 14, 2024

Former Conservative MP, cabinet minister Chuck Strahl dies

OTTAWA - Former Conservative MP and cabinet minister Chuck Strahl has died at the age of 67. Strahl was first elected in 1993 and represented the B.C. riding of Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon until his reti...

Aug 14, 2024

Eby tells BC Wildfire Service to act on failures that led to firefighter's death

LANGLEY, B.C. - B.C. Premier David Eby says he wants the BC Wildfire Service to enact reforms after a workplace report identified safety failures that led up to the death of a young wildland firefight...

Aug 14, 2024

Indigenous nation closes B.C.'s Chilcotin River bridge, citing riverbank cracks

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A bridge over British Columbia's Chilcotin River was closed to traffic Friday after new cracks were discovered along the hillside near a massive landslide that had blocked the ri...

Aug 14, 2024

Canada must respond to mpox crisis in Africa to prevent spread here, experts say

The World Health Organization has declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern and experts say it's critical for Canada to respond. The WHO declaration comes as mpox - formerly kno...

Aug 14, 2024

Saskatchewan First Nation calls for help after community evacuated due to wildfire

SANDY BAY, SASK. - The leadership of a Saskatchewan First Nation has called for help and says the province is failing to act hours after issuing an evacuation order for Sandy Bay, Sask. due to an esca...

Aug 14, 2024