Category Archives: Canada
There's a hungry Arctic predator with a lot of arms that eats polar bears
On the Arctic sea floor lie hungry predators that can eat polar bears. The voracious carnivores are seastars, better known as starfish, and a new study by a national research group says they tie with ...
Jan 28, 2023
129 neglected cattle seized from B.C. property with 'numerous' dead animals: SPCA
CAWSTON, B.C. - Animal protection officers with the SPCA have seized 129 cattle from a property in southeastern British Columbia. The society says the neglected cattle were being housed in substandard...
Jan 27, 2023
B.C. health minister Dix 'delighted' premiers finally set to meet PM on funding
VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister says he's "delighted" Canada's premiers are set to meet with the prime minister early next month to discuss a potential deal to increase federal health fu...
Jan 27, 2023
Alberta Justice spokespeople deliver duelling statements on prosecutor email review
EDMONTON - An Alberta government email review of whether Premier Danielle Smith's office interfered with Crown prosecutors has taken a confusing turn, with duelling statements from two spokespeople on...
Jan 27, 2023
B.C. First Nations face complex, stressful choice: should school sites be excavated?
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The chief of the Williams Lake First Nation says he would support excavating possible unmarked graves at the site of the former St. Joseph's Mission residential school if that's ...
Jan 27, 2023
A Quebec coroner says Montreal's Champlain Bridge needs anti-suicide barrier
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner says Montreal's Samuel-De Champlain Bridge must have a suicide-prevention barrier installed, after a 38-year-old man jumped to his death from the structure last May. Dr. Je...
Jan 27, 2023
Canadian police chiefs speak out on death of Black man beaten by U.S. officers
TORONTO - Canadian police chiefs are speaking out on the death of a Black man who was beaten by police during a traffic stop in the United States. The condemnation of the actions that led to Tyre Nich...
Jan 27, 2023
'We must meet this moment': Trudeau delivers speech to Liberal caucus
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on his Liberal caucus to meet the moment as Canadians deal with the high cost of living, a struggling health care system and the effects of climate change...
Jan 27, 2023
WHO decision on COVID-19 emergency won't effect Canada's response: Tam
OTTAWA - The World Health Organization will announce Monday whether it thinks COVID-19 still represents a global health emergency but Canada's top doctor says regardless of what the international body...
Jan 27, 2023
Elizabeth May says Greens will investigate after member information shared online
OTTAWA - Elizabeth May says the Green Party will investigate and conduct a "root to branch review" of all of its data-retention systems after member information was mistakenly posted online. The Green...
Jan 27, 2023