Canada

B.C. New Democrat MP Randall Garrison says he will not be seeking re-election

OTTAWA - Longtime British Columbia NDP Randall Garrison says he will not seek re-election in the next federal vote. The representative for Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke on Vancouver Island announced his dec...

Apr 27, 2023

Health minister denies interfering in arm's-length drug-price agency before committee

OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says he has not exercised any undue political pressure on the independent federal agency that regulates the price of patented drugs on its efforts to lower me...

Apr 27, 2023

'Difficult' Surrey, B.C. police decision on RCMP or municipal force Friday: minister

VICTORIA - British Columbia Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says Surrey residents will know Friday who will police the Metro Vancouver city, the RCMP or the municipal Surrey Police Service. Farn...

Apr 27, 2023

Police say they're worried about mother after newborn found dead in Victoria lot

VICTORIA - Police in Victoria say they are worried about the welfare of a new mother whose baby was found dead. Officers and an ambulance were called Wednesday night to a report of a baby found in a p...

Apr 27, 2023

'Broken system:' Policing shortages facing N.B. communities highlight national issue

FREDERICTON - Some New Brunswick communities are being forced to find creative solutions to law enforcement because of RCMP policing shortages, a phenomenon experts say is symbolic of what much of sma...

Apr 27, 2023

Foreign-interference office coming 'soon' but not yet ready to launch: Mendicino

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says the Liberals are not ready to launch the foreign-interference office they promised in last month's federal budget, amid ongoing scrutiny of allegat...

Apr 27, 2023

Hot spell hikes risks of flooding, avalanches and fire across British Columbia

VANCOUVER - As British Columbia heads into its first warm spell of the year, forecasters are warning the heat could raise avalanche and flood risks, while the danger of wildfires has already nudged up...

Apr 27, 2023

Police say director of Montreal seniors home billed for services that weren't given

MONTREAL - The head of a private seniors residence in Montreal is facing fraud charges after he allegedly billed a regional health authority for resident services that were never provided. Quebec anti...

Apr 27, 2023

Federal public service strike enters ninth day, no sign of back-to-work legislation

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is showing no hints it will end the strike of its largest public sector union by legislating 155,000 federal civil servants back to work. The workers with the Public Se...

Apr 27, 2023

The Latest on what RCMP say happened in the mass killing on James Smith Cree Nation

MELFORT, Sask. - The RCMP are releasing details on a stabbing rampage last year in Saskatchewan. Eleven people were killed and 18 were injured on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village ...

Apr 27, 2023