Canada

Groundhog Day: Furry rodents will tell us if spring is around the corner

It's Groundhog Day, again. The beloved and occasionally controversial annual event that inspired the classic Bill Murray comedy film will see celebrity rodents make their spring predictions today. In ...

Feb 2, 2024

Quebec court upholds province's COVID-19 curfew after Charter challenge

MONTREAL - A provincial court justice of the peace has upheld the Quebec government's imposition of curfews during the COVID-19 pandemic, finding several people guilty of breaking the health order dur...

Feb 2, 2024

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 2, 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 1, 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 1, 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 1, 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 1, 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 1, 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 1, 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 1, 2024