Category Archives: Canada

Quebec court authorizes class action against new isolation system in federal prisons
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit on behalf of federal prisoners in Quebec who were held in segregation units for more than 15 days after November 2019. La...
Aug 8, 2023

Canadians reassured to see military helping during local emergencies, Blair says
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Bill Blair says Canadians want to see the military come to their aid during natural disasters, and the Armed Forces will remain a key part of the government's response. "Ther...
Aug 8, 2023

Provinces may have to agree to Ottawa's 2035 clean power target to access funding
OTTAWA - The federal government is considering restricting billions of dollars in tax credits and grants for electricity projects to provinces that commit to the 2035 target for an emissions-free elec...
Aug 8, 2023

Prince Harry and wife Meghan purchase screen rights to Canadian author's book
TORONTO - A Canadian author says a production company belonging to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has bought the screen rights for her romantic novel. Carley Fortune says in an Instagram post she is t...
Aug 7, 2023

Wildfire prompts B.C. regional district to place 85 properties on evacuation alert
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Dozens more properties in the B.C. Interior have been placed on evacuation alert as the Bush Creek East wildfire near Adams Lake fills the air with thick smoke. The Thompson-Nicola Re...
Aug 7, 2023

Evolving wildfire conditions challenging for Yukon officials after village evacuation
WHITEHORSE - Yukon fire officials say they're hoping for a shift in the weather to work in their favour as a wildfire inches closer to the Village of Mayo, which was evacuated Sunday afternoon. Yukon ...
Aug 7, 2023

MCU star Ryan Reynolds among 14 new appointees to the Order of British Columbia
VANCOUVER - Ryan Reynolds has received his home province's top honour after being named to the Order of British Columbia. The "Deadpool" star and mainstay of the Marvel Cinematic Universe was among 14...
Aug 7, 2023

Québec solidaire members pick byelection candidate, ignore calls to nominate a woman
QUEBEC - Members of the left-wing party Qubec solidaire have chosenOlivier Bolduc to run in an upcoming provincial byelection, rebuffing suggestions from party leadership that a woman should be nomina...
Aug 7, 2023

B.C.'s low-income renters thought they'd get free AC units, but some face hurdles
VANCOUVER - Summer isn't fun for Surrey, B.C., renter Inderjit Singh Ghuman. It means restless nights with his wife and son in an overheating ground-floor basement suite that lacks air conditioning. "...
Aug 7, 2023

As ambassadors seek answers from Poilievre, Tory caucus offers foreign policy hints
OTTAWA - Ambassadors around Ottawa are looking for clues to decipher the Conservative Party's foreign policy, as leader Pierre Poilievre offers few hints of how he'd approach the world stage as prime ...
Aug 7, 2023