Canada

B.C. premier says working with Ottawa can feel like 'beating our head against a wall'

HALIFAX - British Columbia's premier says trying to work with the federal government can feel like "beating our head against a wall." During a news conference in Halifax, Premier David Eby said he's c...

Jul 16, 2024

'I was terrified': Coutts protester says he fled after arrival of RCMP and helicopter

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A protester at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., described in court Tuesday a police presence so overwhelming and intimidating that he decided to go home early. "I observed the...

Sheldon Spackman Jul 16, 2024

Yukon water regulator said miner 'flouted' licence, saved millions, long before spill

WHITEHORSE, YUKON, CANADA - Two years before the disastrous ore slide and spill of cyanide solution last month at the Eagle Gold mine in Yukon, the former head of the Yukon Water Board accused the min...

Jul 16, 2024

Muslim charity calls court ruling on audit a green light for government overreach

OTTAWA - A major Muslim charity is disappointed about losing another court battle in an ongoing bid to halt a Canada Revenue Agency audit. The Muslim Association of Canada says a new Ontario Court of ...

Jul 16, 2024

Quebec court orders hospital to keep woman on life support so she can die in Nigeria

MONTREAL - A Quebec court ordered a Montreal hospital in April to keep a woman on life support to give her husband the chance to arrange for her to be sent home to die in Nigeria. McGill University He...

Jul 16, 2024

Ottawa says deal reached with Saskatchewan on carbon levy money owed

REGINA - The federal government says it has reached an agreement with Saskatchewan over the province not paying carbon levy money to Ottawa, though the case may still end up in court. National Revenue...

Jul 16, 2024

B.C.'s 'massive error' part of web of inaction that could have saved boy: advocate

VICTORIA - The ministry that is supposed to be protecting British Columbia's kids made what the children's representative says was a "massive error," resulting in the torturous death of an 11-year-old...

Jul 16, 2024

Liberal energy minister promises ban on oil furnaces for new builds as soon as 2028

OTTAWA - Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has announced an intention to ban the installation of oil furnaces in new construction as early as 2028. The federal government's planned phase-out of heati...

Jul 16, 2024

Quebec government quietly loosened its approach to drug possession over a year ago

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has quietly relaxed its approach to people caught with small quantities of drugs. In April 2023, the province recommended that simple possession cases should only be p...

Jul 16, 2024

Quebec liquor board says sales are up at some stores amid LCBO strike

MONTREAL - Quebec's liquor Crown corporation says it's seeing a surge in sales at some stores along the boundary with Ontario amid a strike by workers of that province's liquor control board. Socit de...

Jul 16, 2024