Canada

Foreign interference inquiry to hear public safety minister on navigating secrecy

OTTAWA - A commission of inquiry into foreign interference will hear from Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc today, as it looks for ways to make as much information public as possible. Commissione...

Feb 02, 2024

Ottawa declassifies more details from Rodal report on Nazi war criminals in Canada

OTTAWA - The federal government has released previously classified details from a report that outlines the extent to which Canada provided a safe haven to former Nazis during the Cold War. Ottawa face...

Feb 01, 2024

Evacuation alerts lifted as flood risk recedes across B.C.'s South Coast

PEMBERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Pemberton resident Dean Matt's anxiety has waxed and waned this week with the levels of the swollen Lillooet River on B.C.'s South Coast. Matt, owner of a roofing...

Feb 01, 2024

National chief calls on Ottawa to resume policing talks after mass stabbing inquest

SASKATOON - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says a coroner's inquest into a mass killing in Saskatchewan shows Ottawa must return to the table to negotiate long-promised legislatio...

Feb 01, 2024

One dead in Western Quebec plane crash; TSB to deploy investigators Friday

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say a 57-year-old man is dead after a Cessna 172 plane crashed in Western Quebec early Thursday. The Transportation Safety Board says its investigators will be depl...

Feb 01, 2024

Increase in U.S. softwood lumber duties 'entirely unwarranted,' trade minister says

OTTAWA - The federal government is lashing out at the U.S. Commerce Department over plans to raise duties on Canadian softwood lumber. International Trade Minister Mary Ng says the U.S. has signalled ...

Feb 01, 2024

B.C. ski resorts shut as warm, wet weather strips mountains of snow

VANCOUVER - All three of Metro Vancouver's local ski hills are closed for a second day at what should be the peak of the season, as a spate of warm, wet weather strips mountains bare. Grouse Mountain ...

Feb 01, 2024

Health officer advises B.C. to offer smokable fentanyl in report backing safer supply

VANCOUVER - A review of prescribed safer supply programs in B.C. says the province should increase the range of drugs available to include smokable fentanyl and other substances. B.C. Provincial Healt...

Feb 01, 2024

World junior hockey players' sex assault case to be before London court on Monday

LONDON, Ont. - The sexual assault case of five players from Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team is set to be before a London, Ont., court on Monday. A court document shows Dillon Dube, Cal Foote, A...

Feb 01, 2024

B.C. transit providers seek essential service designation as strike threat looms

VANCOUVER - The manager of Metro Vancouver's transit system says it has applied to the B.C. Labour Relations Board to be designated an essential service, as a deadline for strike action looms. TransLi...

Feb 01, 2024