Canada

B.C. stream watchers link 'unprecedented' coho salmon kill to tire toxin and drought

VANCOUVER - John Barker has been volunteering with the West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society for more than 20 years and says he's never seen anything like it, dozens of coho salmon, pre-spawn and silver...

Nov 19, 2023

List of people cleared to leave Gaza Strip via Egypt includes 135 Canadians

OTTAWA - A new batch of people with ties to Canada desperate to flee escalating violence in the Gaza Strip has been approved to leave the besieged territory as of today. The names of 135 Canadians are...

Nov 19, 2023

Sex assault centre director replaced over letter questioning alleged Hamas rapes

EDMONTON - The president of the University of Alberta says the school has replaced the director of its sexual assault centre over its endorsement of an open letter that questions the validity of sexua...

Nov 18, 2023

Top general worries about maintaining Pacific fleet on current budget 'trajectory'

HALIFAX - Canada's top soldier says the military's ability to keep funding a "persistent presence" of warships in the western Pacific is facing challenges on the current budget. Gen. Wayne Eyre was sp...

Nov 18, 2023

Quebec Premier François Legault defends decision to subsidize NHL pre-season games

RIVIERE-AU-RENARD, Que. - Quebec's premier is defending his government's decision to spend up to $7 million to bring the Los Angeles Kings to Quebec City for two NHL pre-season games next year. Franoi...

Nov 18, 2023

'Forge a new relationship': Indigenous leaders hopeful of new provincial government

WINNIPEG - When Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew took the unconventional move of appointing himself the minister responsible for Indigenous reconciliation, he did so with the intent of strengthening the rel...

Nov 18, 2023

Scientific report urges debate on genetic modification to control insect pests

Scientists are learning to turn the genetics of insect pests against themselves, altering the genome of familiar foes in ways that give farmers and doctors new ways to fight them. The burgeoning field...

Nov 18, 2023

Day 2 of Halifax International Security Forum to discuss Gaza war, tension with China

HALIFAX - The conflict in the Middle East and tensions between western nations and China are on the agenda today at the Halifax International Security Forum. The former prime minister of Israel, Ehud ...

Nov 18, 2023

Ukrainians fleeing war say there are barriers to starting new life in Canada

OTTAWA - The lunchtime chatter among a small group of employees in the crowded breakroom of a large corporate office in Markham, Ont., is increasingly edged with anxiety. After fleeing the war in Ukra...

Sheldon Spackman Nov 18, 2023

B.C. New Democrats gather in Victoria for convention ahead of next year's election

VICTORIA - British Columbia New Democrats gather in Victoria this weekend to debate policy and strategy at the party's convention ahead of next year's provincial election. Premier David Eby will addre...

Nov 18, 2023