Canada

B.C. will stand up to 'unfair' duties after sawmill closures: Forests minister

British Columbia's forests minister says the province will fight against "unfair duties and stand up for forestry workers" after Canfor Corp. announced the closure of two northern B.C. sawmills, partl...

Sep 05, 2024

Canfor shutting two northern B.C. sawmills with 500 employees, blames U.S. tariffs

VANCOUVER - Canfor Corp. has announced it is shutting two northern British Columbia sawmills in a move it says will impact about 500 workers, partly blaming "punitive" U.S. tariffs imposed last month....

Sep 04, 2024

Elephant seals used researchers' deep sea sonar equipment as 'dinner bell'

VICTORIA - Scientists say new research shows how northern elephant seals used sonar from a deep sea research facility off the British Columbia coast like a "dinner bell" as they hunted for prey. Unive...

Sep 04, 2024

Lawsuit over management of The Stronach Group's wealth settled out of court: company

TORONTO - The Stronach Group says a lawsuit filed by Frank Stronach's son and granddaughter over management of the family business's wealth has been settled out of court. The company headed by Frank S...

Sep 04, 2024

Union members authorize possible B.C. port strike but no notice issued

VANCOUVER - The union representing foremen at British Columbia's ports say members have voted overwhelmingly to authorize strike action if necessary in an ongoing labour dispute with port employers. I...

Sep 04, 2024

Recognizing racial profiling key to 'historic' Montreal class-action judgment: lawyer

MONTREAL - A Montreal lawyer who co-piloted a successful class-action lawsuit against the City of Montreal for racial profiling by police says what's most important is not the financial compensation b...

Sep 04, 2024

Review of B.C. refinery stench says cold snap triggered series of events

BURNABY, B.C. - Parkland Corp. has released a review into an unplanned shutdown of its Burnaby, B.C., refinery in January that blanketed parts of Metro Vancouver with a foul stench. The review release...

Sep 04, 2024

Playground built to honour victim of Saskatchewan mass stabbing two years later

WELDON, Sask. - Children have been swinging, sliding and climbing on a playground built to honour one of the victims of a mass stabbing two years ago northeast of Saskatoon. Chelsey Erickson, who orga...

Sep 04, 2024

CP NewsAlert: VPD says one man dead, another's hand cut off, in stranger attacks

VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say a man has been arrested after a pair of "unprovoked stranger attacks" in the city's downtown that left one man dead and severed another victim's hand. More coming. The...

Sep 04, 2024

The NDP-Liberal deal is done. What happens now?

OTTAWA - The NDP has pulled out of a confidence and supply agreement with the Liberals. What happens now? In March 2022, the Liberals and NDP penned a deal that would keep the minority government led ...

Sep 04, 2024