Canada

Alberta's 'war room' is back with massive ad spend revealed in annual report

EDMONTON - New documents outline a massive increase in public funding for the Canadian Energy Centre's campaign to change attitudes toward Alberta's oil and gas. An agency founded by Alberta's United ...

Sheldon Spackman Sep 6, 2023

B.C. residents tour wildfire razing in area that has 'changed dramatically:' district

Some residents of one of the regions most devastated by wildfires in British Columbia will be touring the burned-out site today. The Columbia Shuswap Regional District says in a statement that "some a...

Sep 6, 2023

Thousands start journey home as Yellowknife evacuation order scheduled to lift

YELLOWKNIFE - Thousands of vehicles are expected to travel to Yellowknife in the coming days as a three-week evacuation order is set to lift at noon today. Territorial officials have said the migratio...

Sep 6, 2023

Mother tells B.C. murder trial she regrets leaving her daughter home alone

VANCOUVER - The mother of a 13-year-old girl killed six years ago told a British Columbia Supreme Court jury she regrets allowing the girl to stay home alone the day she went missing. Ibrahim Ali has ...

Sep 5, 2023

Viking-themed B.C. performers made mud dragons at Burning Man quagmire

Hjeron O'Sidhe has been leading a group of Viking-themed performance artists to the Burning Man festival in Nevada for 13 years running, and he wasn't about to let the rain and mud this year dampen th...

Sep 5, 2023

B.C. helps Williams Lake First Nation buy property at former residential school site

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A former British Columbia residential school site being investigated as a possible location of unmarked graves has been purchased by the Williams Lake First Nation with the help ...

Sep 5, 2023

Some evacuation orders to lift in B.C., but wildfire disruptions drag on

VANCOUVER - Residents of British Columbia's Shuswap region must wait another day for evacuation orders to lift in wildfire-ravaged areas of the community, complicating the return to school for some st...

Sep 5, 2023

Some of the races to keep an eye on in Manitoba's provincial election

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's election has been called for Oct. 3. Here are some of the races to watch: Southdale - Currently held by Audrey Gordon, the Progressive Conservative health minister. She won this ...

Sep 5, 2023

Winners of recent Manitoba elections have seen sizable majority governments

WINNIPEG - A Manitoba election has been called for Oct. 3. Here is a look at Manitoba elections and governments over the past 20 years: New Democrats, 2003 The NDP under then premier Gary Doer wins a ...

Sep 5, 2023

A profile of Dougald Lamont, leader of the Manitoba Liberal party since 2018

WINNIPEG - After years of working behind the scenes in politics, Dougald Lamont now has five years of experience as a Manitoba legislature member and six years at the helm of the provincial Liberals. ...

Sep 5, 2023