Canada

Hockey fans in Edmonton, and far, far away, count down hours until Stanley Cup final

EDMONTON - Hockey fans in Edmonton, and many who are far, far away, are counting down the hours until the Oilers hit the ice this weekend for the beginning of their first Stanley Cup final series in n...

Jun 4, 2024

Pharmacare bill passes in the House of Commons, heads to the Senate

OTTAWA - The Liberals' pharmacare bill is headed to the Senate after passing third reading in the House of Commons. The bill was the result of careful and lengthy negotiations between the Liberals and...

Sheldon Spackman Jun 3, 2024

'A slap in the face': B.C. mayors decry being rejected for federal disaster relief

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The mayors of three British Columbia communities devastated by flooding in November 2021 are calling for changes in how the federal government dispenses disaster relief after their ...

Jun 3, 2024

Oilers back in Cup final, and fans from Arctic Circle to Philippines celebrate

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - The Edmonton Oilers are back in the Stanley Cup final in a celebration reaching north of the Arctic Circle and drawing in fans from as far away as the Philippines. On Monda...

Jun 3, 2024

B.C. First Nation plans dig for remains at ex-school, signs deal with RCMP, province

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The British Columbia government says the Williams Lake First Nation is planning to excavate the site of a former residential school to recover possible human remains and has sign...

Jun 3, 2024

Hackers may have accessed 22 B.C. government inboxes, data on 19 employees: Farnworth

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's public safety minister says 22 government email inboxes with sensitive personal information on 19 employees may have been accessed during a cyber attack on the province'...

Jun 3, 2024

MPs 'wittingly' took part in foreign interference: national security committee

OTTAWA - A new report says some MPs began "wittingly assisting" foreign state actors soon after their election, including sending confidential information to Indian officials. The report from a commit...

Jun 3, 2024

Pride flag raised on Parliament Hill as politicians warn Canada is at a crossroads

OTTAWA - As the Pride flag was raised over Parliament Hill Monday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned what he called "rising hate" against LGBTQ+ people in Canada, particularly transgende...

Jun 3, 2024

'Take responsibility': University of Manitoba sorry for housing Indigenous remains

WINNIPEG - The University of Manitoba has publicly apologized for harm it has caused to First Nations, Inuit and Mtis communities more than a century after it began accepting and storing Indigenous re...

Jun 3, 2024

Speed restrictions, B.C. fishery closures, aim to protect southern killer whales

VANCOUVER - The federal government has announced salmon fishery closures and mandatory speed limits in areas where southern resident killer whales forage and travel in the ongoing effort to protect th...

Jun 3, 2024