Canada

In the news today: Rocky road ahead for Jasper's small businesses

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Jasper's fire-affected small businesses face rocky road ahead Jasper's small business community is facing a di...

Jul 31, 2024

Sand from the Sahara Desert causing recent lull in the hurricane season: scientists

HALIFAX - Tiny grains of sand from the Sahara Desert are to blame for the almost month-long lull in this year's Atlantic hurricane season, scientists say. But it could soon come to an end. Every June ...

Jul 31, 2024

Quebec introduces salmon fishing restrictions amid decline in migration to rivers

MONTREAL - Quebec has introduced new restrictions on Atlantic salmon fishing because of annual fish migrations that are well below average in most of the province's rivers. But a conservation group th...

Jul 31, 2024

TSB to release report on ship fire and containers lost off B.C.'s coast

VANCOUVER - The Transportation Safety Board will release its report today on the fire and loss of more than 100 containers from a cargo ship off British Columbia's coast. The containers fell off MV Zi...

Jul 31, 2024

Murder-conspiracy trial tied to Coutts, Alta., COVID-19 blockade set to go to jury

LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, CANADA - A jury is set to begin deliberating today the fate of two men accused of conspiring to kill police at the Coutts, Alta., blockade in 2022. The panel has been hearing test...

Sheldon Spackman Jul 31, 2024

Historic B.C. mining town of Barkerville to reopen following wildfire threat

BARKERVILLE, B.C. - The British Columbia gold rush town of Barkerville is set to reopen Friday after a nearby wildfire forced residents and tourists to evacuate the region earlier this month. The hist...

Jul 31, 2024

Court upholds B.C. prison warden's order disallowing guitars in prison cells

OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge has thrown out a convicted killer's challenge of a British Columbia prison warden's decision not to allow the inmate to have an electric guitar in his cell. A decision h...

Jul 30, 2024

More Listeria infections reported amid outbreak linked to plant-based milk recall

The Public Health Agency of Canada is reporting six additional cases of listeriosis linked to a national recall of plant-based milk beverages. The agency says a total of 18 cases have now been confirm...

Jul 30, 2024

BC MLA Teresa Wat says quitting BC United and joining B.C. Conservatives to beat NDP

RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Teresa Wat says quitting the Opposition BC United Party to join John Rustad's British Columbia Conservatives is the only path available for a free-enterprise coali...

Jul 30, 2024

Privy Council to continue anti-racism efforts, clerk says after report release

OTTAWA - The head of the federal public service says he is personally committed to "continuous action" to address racism and discrimination in the workplace, following the public release of an interna...

Jul 30, 2024