Category Archives: Canada
Anxious Canadian firms bet Trump will buckle before 50% tariff deadline
MONTREAL - Companies are opting to wait and see as the clock ticks down on U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff deadline, rather than rushing shipments across the border to beat the buzzer, ind...
Aug 14, 2026
Highway through Summerland, B.C., reopened with limited hours, stopping restrictions
PENTICTON - The main highway through Summerland, B.C., has temporarily reopened, giving people a limited glimpse into some of the destruction of a fast-moving fire that chased thousands from the city ...
Aug 14, 2026
Court approves $4.5M settlement in WestJet flight attendant harassment case
A British Columbia court has approved a $4.5-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit over workplace harassment of flight attendants at WestJet. The settlement was approved this week after a judge...
Aug 13, 2026
B.C. Finance Minister Brenda Bailey diagnosed with 'early-stage, treatable cancer'
VICTORIA - British Columbia Finance Minister Brenda Bailey says she has early-stage, treatable cancer. Bailey said in a post on social media that the diagnosis came a few weeks ago and she has been gi...
Aug 13, 2026
Iconic castle in Greater Victoria is to be transferred under B.C. treaty
VICTORIA - The minister responsible for treaty negotiations with First Nations in B.C. confirms public access to 30 properties, including a well-known castle, could be limited or lost completely follo...
Aug 13, 2026
Top B.C. Mountie Dwayne McDonald relieved of duty over unspecified allegations
OTTAWA - The commanding officer for the RCMP in British Columbia has been relieved of his duties after unspecified allegations from a decade ago. RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme issued a statement Thurs...
Aug 13, 2026
Fact File: Claims Liberal MP voted in House of Commons while in China are false
OTTAWA - After Liberal MP Shaun Chen announced Monday his plans to resign his seat in the House of Commons in September, he was accused online of breaking House rules by voting on legislation while he...
Aug 13, 2026
Canadian judge denies Russian cargo airline sanctions relief
OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge has shot down a plea for sanctions relief from the Russian company that owns the massive cargo plane Canada seized after the start of the Ukraine war. Volga Dnepr Airlin...
Aug 13, 2026
Elections Canada says 40% of people in Indigenous communities voted federally in 2025
OTTAWA - More than 40 per cent of registered electors living in Indigenous communities voted in the federal election last year, a new Elections Canada report shows. The highest level of voter particip...
Aug 13, 2026
Man extradited from Mexico to Vancouver in 1996 murder of Muriel Lindsay
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a Mexican national has been charged with second-degree murder in a cold case dating back three decades. Vancouver police say 68-year-old Juan Manuel Rueda Salud was...
Aug 13, 2026