Canada

Federal budget bill passes Senate, becoming law despite Conservative opposition

OTTAWA - The federal budget has become law after passing third reading in the Senate without amendments this evening. The Liberal government revealed its fiscal plan in late March, promising to create...

Jun 22, 2023

NDP confident inquiry into interference will come, but details still being negotiated

OTTAWA - New Democratic House leader Peter Julian says Canadians can be confident that a public inquiry on foreign interference is going to happen. Opposition parties wanted the government to announce...

Jun 22, 2023

Federal justice minister orders new trial for two men convicted of murder in 1974

OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti is ordering a new trial for two Indigenous men who were convicted of murder by an all-white jury nearly 50 years ago. Brian Anderson and Allan Woodhouse were se...

Jun 22, 2023

Montreal police chief rejects street check moratorium despite racial profiling data

Montreal's police chief is refusing to impose a moratorium on street checks despite a second independent report concluding that racialized people are disproportionately targeted by the practice. Fady ...

Jun 22, 2023

Ottawa, First Nation sign procurement framework agreement for Giant Mine

YELLOWKNIFE - The federal government and Yellowknives Dene First Nation have signed a procurement framework agreement for the cleanup of Giant Mine, one of Canada's most contaminated sites. Ottawa say...

Jun 22, 2023

'Hugo is fine': RCMP say Richmond, B.C., resident harassed over false cruelty claim

RICHMOND, B.C. - Police in Metro Vancouver are telling the public to leave a pet owner and their dog Hugo alone after the resident was "mercilessly harassed" over unfounded claims of animal abuse. A s...

Jun 22, 2023

Lives remembered: A list of the 16 seniors killed in Manitoba bus crash

DAUPHIN, Man. - RCMP have released the names of 16 seniors who died following a fiery bus crash in western Manitoba on June 15. The bus had been taking a group from Dauphin and the surrounding area on...

Sheldon Spackman Jun 22, 2023

Winter cold snap in B.C. cut 2023 grape crop by up to 56 per cent: growers

KELOWNA, B.C. - Wine growers in British Columbia are calculating their losses from a bitter cold snap in the province last winter that has devastated vineyards. Industry representatives are at a Kelow...

Jun 22, 2023

Liberal bill requiring Google and Meta to pay for news content passes in Senate

OTTAWA - A federal bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms is set to become law. The Senate has passed th...

Jun 22, 2023

Canada, United States expand agreement to help each other fight wildfires

OTTAWA - Canada and the United States are expanding an agreement to share people and equipment to fight wildfires. Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and U.S. Ambassador David Cohen are sig...

Jun 22, 2023