Category Archives: Canada

B.C. church group, caught between Israel-Hamas war, struggles to get home
VANCOUVER - A group from a British Columbia church that had been touring historical sites in Israel when Hamas fighters began killing civilians is struggling to find a way home with the confusion of t...
Oct 12, 2023

Industry prepares as avian flu cases expected to increase as birds migrate south
VANCOUVER - Animal health experts are warning about avian flu returning to poultry farms as wild birds begin migrating south for the winter. Ray Nickel, spokesman for the B.C. Poultry Association Emer...
Oct 12, 2023

Alberta premier's visit to House of Commons environment committee cancelled
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's scheduled appearance before a House of Commons environment committee next week has been cancelled. Smith had said she would speak before the environment and...
Oct 12, 2023

News media lobby group says Google concerns about Online News Act are valid
TORONTO - A lobby group for Canada's newspapers and magazines says it agrees with many of the issues raised by Google about a law that will force the tech giant to compensate those same publishers for...
Oct 12, 2023

What is the notwithstanding clause? An explainer on the rarely used provision
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government has invoked the notwithstanding clause of the Constitution in tabling legislation that prevents children under 16 from changing their names or pronouns at school w...
Oct 12, 2023

'We have to do what it takes': Israeli-Canadian reservists say they're ready to fight
MONTREAL - Temima Silver is waiting for the call to report for duty in the Israeli military. Born and raised in Ottawa, the 21-year-old moved to Israel in 2020 to join the Israel Defense Forces. Relea...
Oct 12, 2023

Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, acquitted on sex assault charge, settles lawsuit
OTTAWA - Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin has reached an undisclosed settlement in his lawsuit over how the Canadian military and federal government responded to an allegation of sexual misconduct. Fortin was re...
Oct 12, 2023

Treaties with Métis could be negotiated after self-government bill passes: minister
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree says the federal government could enter into treaties with Mtis nations after the passage of Bill C-53. He said in a recent interview t...
Oct 12, 2023

Bernie Sanders to address NDP convention in pre-recorded video
HAMILTON - United States Sen. Bernie Sanders is throwing his support behind Canada's New Democrats in a pre-recorded video the party aims to play at its policy convention on Friday. The former U.S. pr...
Oct 12, 2023

Health ministers are set to wrap up two days of meetings in Charlottetown
CHARLOTTETOWN - Federal Health Minister Mark Holland and his provincial and territorial counterparts are wrapping up two days of meetings in Prince Edward Island today. Earlier this week, Holland said...
Oct 12, 2023