Canada

LNG company plans to use 'floatel' near Squamish, B.C., without local permit

SQUAMISH, B.C. - The company behind a natural gas project near Squamish, B.C., has withdrawn its application for a local permit to house workers in a converted cruise ship, and is instead pressing ahe...

Jun 19, 2024

Health minister says he aims to launch national pharmacare program by next April

OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland says he hopes to launch a national pharmacare program by April 1, 2025. A pharmacare bill drafted by the Liberals and the NDP has made its way through the House o...

Jun 19, 2024

Canada's population grew to top 41 million in the first quarter: StatCan

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country's population topped 41 million people in the first quarter of this year as it grew by 0.6 per cent. The agency says the population reached 41,012,563 on Apr...

Sheldon Spackman Jun 19, 2024

Environment Canada says the extreme heat is continuing today in Ontario and Quebec

Central and southern Ontario and much of western Quebec are forecast to experience another day of sweltering weather. Environment Canada's heat warnings say daytime highs are expected to hit 30 to 35 ...

Jun 19, 2024

In the news today: NATO head to visit Ottawa and Fans on edge as Oilers remain alive

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... NATO secretary-general visiting Ottawa The head of the NATO alliance is set to meet with the prime minister in...

Jun 19, 2024

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to meet with prime minister in Ottawa

OTTAWA - The head of the NATO alliance is set to meet with the prime minister in Ottawa today. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is also slated to give a speech at an event hosted by the NATO Associa...

Jun 19, 2024

Federal government decision expected on controversial B.C. fish farms

OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to announce the way forward for fish farms along British Columbia's coast. The ocean-pen aquaculture operations have been a flashpoint between First Nations...

Jun 19, 2024

B.C.'s 'war in the woods' battlegrounds to be permanently protected

VICTORIA - Forests that were environmental and Indigenous rights battlegrounds over clearcut logging during British Columbia's "war in the woods" in the 1980s and 1990s are set to receive permanent pr...

Jun 18, 2024

B.C. liberties group to file complaint of violent arrests in pro-Palestine protest

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association says it will be filing a complaint with the Vancouver Police Department's civilian oversight board, saying police used "excessive use of fo...

Jun 18, 2024

Parliamentary budget officer says government not muzzling him over carbon price data

OTTAWA - Parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux says he is not being "muzzled" by the federal Liberals over economic data related to the impact of carbon pricing. Giroux is correcting the record aft...

Jun 18, 2024