Canada

Trudeau in Saskatoon today highlighting budget's youth, education and health measures

SASKATOON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Saskatoon today. An itinerary released by his office says he will make an announcement this morning to highlight measures focused on youth, educati...

Apr 23, 2024

Large study shows caribou herds in Alberta, B.C., growing from wolf culls, cow pens

Fresh research suggests western Canada's once-dwindling caribou numbers are finally growing. But the same paper concludes the biggest reason for the rebound is the slaughter of hundreds of wolves, a p...

Sheldon Spackman Apr 23, 2024

'Historic' law recognizing Haida Aboriginal title introduced in B.C. legislature

VICTORIA - The B.C. government says legislation formally recognizing the Haida Nation's Aboriginal title over the archipelago of Haida Gwaii was introduced in the legislature Monday. The province says...

Apr 22, 2024

Labour minister announces inquiry into costly 2023 port strike in B.C.

GATINEAU, Que. - Federal Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan says he has appointed an Industrial Inquiry Commission to dig deeper into the underlying causes of B.C.'s port strike last summer. The federal g...

Apr 22, 2024

'Trees going up like Roman candles' as fire season starts early in B.C., Alberta

CARIBOO, B.C. - Susanne Langan first noticed the Burgess Creek wildfire from her home in British Columbia's Cariboo region on Saturday afternoon as a distant, thin column of smoke. But as winds picked...

Apr 22, 2024

Singh noncommittal on keeping scheduled increases to Liberals' carbon price in place

COQUITLAM, B.C. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is raising eyebrows anew over his carbon pricing stance, refusing to say today whether or not he would keep scheduled increases in place if he becomes prime ...

Apr 22, 2024

Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'

VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity." ...

Apr 22, 2024

Ex-RCMP officer charged with foreign interference seeks to quash charges

LONGUEUIL, Que. - A former RCMP officer charged with helping China conduct foreign interference is asking the court to quash the indictment over a jurisdictional issue. Lawyers for William Majcher con...

Apr 22, 2024

Some Jewish Canadians say this Passover comes with solemnity and complex emotions

Some Jewish Canadians say they have complex emotions and feel more solemn than usual this Passover because of the war in Gaza and a rise in antisemitism in Canada. The major Jewish holiday lasts seven...

Apr 22, 2024

Consciousness a 'realistic possibility' in birds, fish, squid and bees, scholars say

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Biologists, cognitive scientists and philosophers across the globe say there is a reasonable possibility the vast majority of creatures on Earth are sentient in some way. The New Yo...

Apr 22, 2024