Canada

Next steps on new health care deal tops agenda as premiers meet in Winnipeg

OTTAWA - The last time all of Canada's premiers sat down around the same table, their attention was focused on getting Ottawa to pay more to fix the understaffed, hospitals, shuttered emergency rooms,...

Jul 9, 2023

Union rally planned for Vancouver as B.C. port strike continues into second week

VANCOUVER - A rally is to take place in Vancouver today as the strike at British Columbia's ports stretches into its second week. International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada says the event supp...

Jul 9, 2023

Employers want arbitrator for maintenance issues as talks resume in B.C. port strike

VANCOUVER - Talks between the two sides in an ongoing port strike in British Columbia have resumed, ending a days-long stretch away from the negotiating table. The BC Maritime Employers Association is...

Jul 8, 2023

Environment Canada issues heat warnings for B.C., parts of Alberta and the North

Parts of southern and coastal British Columbia as well as large swaths of Alberta and the North are under heat warnings as temperatures are forecasted to soar near or above 30 degrees Celsius over the...

Jul 8, 2023

Bar that became epicentre of Lac-Megantic tragedy now a symbol of its rebuild

LAC-MGANTIC - The bar that became the epicentre of the deadly train disaster that struck Lac-Megantic, Que., 10 years ago marked the sombre anniversary on Friday in much the same way it spent the hour...

Jul 8, 2023

People flock to Newfoundland in search of the Come From Away kindness — and find it

GANDER, N.L. - Janet Hayward didn't show too much outward excitement Friday night as she walked toward a Gander, N.L., theatre to see the musical that inspired what she calls her "Newfoundland Quest" ...

Jul 8, 2023

Trudeau set to attend pair of Stampede pancake breakfasts

CALGARY - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Calgary for a second day, and he has a pair of Stampede pancake breakfasts on his plate. His first scheduled stop is an event with the Ismaili Muslim comm...

Jul 8, 2023

Conservatives say parties reach agreement on terms for foreign interference inquiry

OTTAWA, Ill. - The Conservatives say all parties agreed tonight on the scope for a public inquiry into foreign interference in Canada. The agreement appears to break the impasse between the governing ...

Jul 7, 2023

B.C. RCMP announce corruption, drug trafficking charges against former constable

SURREY, B.C. - The B.C. RCMP says a former probationary constable at the force's Surrey detachment has been charged with multiple offences after a months-long corruption investigation. Mounties say th...

Jul 7, 2023

Francophonie ministers stress collaboration on official languages action plan

VANCOUVER - Ministers have wrapped up a meeting in Vancouver with the hope of increasing francophone immigration and addressing the decline of French across Canada. The Ministers' Council on the Canad...

Jul 7, 2023