Canada

More military expected to deploy to help B.C. wildfire fight, minister says

VANCOUVER - More soldiers are expected to be deployed today to help firefighters battle the nearly 400 active wildfires in British Columbia. Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma says 75 military me...

Jul 19, 2023

B.C. ports shut down again as union rejects tentative deal, resumes strike action

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's ports are facing an uncertain future after the longshore workers union rejected a tentative mediated deal and resumed strike action that had been put to a temporary halt...

Jul 19, 2023

RCMP or Surrey Police Service? The B.C. government to reveal its decision today

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is set to reveal its decision today on which force will police the City of Surrey, potentially ending a political tug of war over whether it will be the RCMP...

Jul 19, 2023

CP NewsAlert: B.C. port workers union rejects deal, strike back on, say employers

VANCOUVER - Employers say union leaders representing British Columbia's port workers have rejected a mediator's tentative agreement that had ended strike action last week. The BC Maritime Employers As...

Jul 18, 2023

Family remembers firefighter killed in N.W.T. as brave and passionate about his job

FORT LIARD, N.W.T. - The sky dumped buckets of rain, explosive thunder and lightning shook Jack Yeadon's home, and the father started to cry. Yeadon said it was the Creator telling him that his son wa...

Jul 18, 2023

Senator's convoy rant breached ethics code, watchdog says apology not sufficient

OTTAWA - The Senate ethics watchdog has found Conservative Sen. Michael MacDonald violated the code of conduct during the "Freedom Convoy" protest in February 2022. The Nova Scotia senator was caught ...

Jul 18, 2023

Alberta moves to decentralize health-care delivery, 15 years after centralizing it

EDMONTON - Alberta's new health minister has been given the green light to decentralize the entire health-care delivery system - 15 years after the province completed a multistage, multiyear process t...

Sheldon Spackman Jul 18, 2023

RCMP officers' group says Mounties shouldn't be 'scapegoats' in police shortage

VANCOUVER - The voice for almost 20,000 RCMP says its members should not be used as "political pawns" in the dispute between the British Columbia government and the City of Surrey over its policing si...

Jul 18, 2023

Filmmaker James Cameron calls Titan submersible implosion 'extreme outlier'

Canadian filmmaker and deep sea explorer James Cameron says the implosion of the Titan submersible that killed five people last month was an extreme outlier. The "Titanic" director told reporters in O...

Jul 18, 2023

Ontario, Quebec to see more tornado 'fuel,' but more data needed

MONTREAL - Climate change will likely bring more weather conditions to Ontario and Quebec that are favourable to the development of tornadoes, but it's still unclear whether Central Canada will actual...

Jul 18, 2023