Canada

B.C. Conservatives awaken from decades in dormancy ahead of 2024 vote

VICTORIA - The first blip on the radar signalling a potentially new player in British Columbia politics occurred in the summer byelection to fill the seat vacated by former New Democrat premier John H...

Dec 12, 2023

Police say person took loaded gun into Ibrahim Ali murder trial: lawyer

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Ibrahim Ali in his first-degree murder trial says police told him a person close to the proceeding brought a handgun into the Vancouver courtroom on Friday with "intent to kil...

Dec 11, 2023

New N.W.T. premier to focus on emergency readiness, working with Indigenous leaders

YELLOWKNIFE - Few understand better the need for communities to be prepared for weather emergencies and disasters than the new premier of the Northwest Territories. R.J. Simpson, elected premier by fe...

Dec 11, 2023

Tories have 'successfully' scapegoated carbon price in affordability crisis: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Conservative party has been successful at "scapegoating" the carbon price as the reason everything is more expensive. Trudeau says in a year-end intervi...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 11, 2023

AI systems 'can be weaponized,' warns top U.S. cyber official in promoting safeguards

OTTAWA - Top cybersecurity officials are urging technology firms to bake safeguards into the futuristic artificial intelligence systems they're cooking up, to prevent them from being sabotaged or misu...

Dec 11, 2023

Police violated protesters' rights in Wet'suwet'en pipeline blockades, Amnesty says

VANCOUVER - A report by Amnesty International says police in British Columbia conducted arbitrary arrests and "aggressive surveillance, harassment and intimidation" of First Nations protesters blockin...

Dec 11, 2023

Three dead after shed fire outside home improvement store in Calgary

CALGARY - Fire officials say three people are dead after a fire in a shed outside a home improvement store in Calgary. Crews responded to the fire just before 4 a.m. at a Lowe's in the city's northwes...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 11, 2023

Quebec man faces manslaughter charge after killing at tree pruning company

LAVAL, Que. - Police north of Montreal say a man has been charged with manslaughter after an alleged break-in and theft at a tree pruning company in November. Sylvain Duchesne, 44, appeared in a Laval...

Dec 11, 2023

Hajdu expected table Liberal government's First Nations water bill today

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu is expected to table much-anticipated legislation to improve water quality in First Nations communities today. Hajdu previously said the legislation s...

Dec 11, 2023

Speaker Greg Fergus apologizes to committee for video shown at political convention

OTTAWA - House Speaker Greg Fergus apologized to a committee of MPs this morning for a video he made that was shown at a recent Ontario Liberal Party convention. Fergus was called to speak to the comm...

Dec 11, 2023