Canada

Dreams of Chinese fame persist at Vancouver pageant, where stars are born

VANCOUVER - The eight women lining up to take questions included a pediatrician, a legal assistant and a piano teacher. But standing on stage in their bikinis at the River Rock Casino in Richmond, B.C...

Dec 17, 2022

Manitoba to help with feasibility study to possibly search landfill for slain women

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government will be joining an Indigenous-led committee tasked with determining whether it's possible to recover the remains of two First Nations women believed to be in a landf...

Dec 16, 2022

B.C.'s Coquihalla Highway reopens to four lanes as repairs continue after 2021 floods

HOPE, B.C. - A stretch along a key highway that sustained severe damage from landslides and flooding across southwestern British Columbia last year is back to four lanes after temporary repairs at thr...

Dec 16, 2022

Montreal public health says two children have died from strep A infections

Montreal public health officials say two children have died from strep A amid an uptick in infections across the city. Health authorities have reported four cases in the city as of Dec. 15 and the dea...

Dec 16, 2022

Record amount of opium found in Vancouver marine containers: border services

DELTA, B.C. - What started as a probe into some oddities with shipping pallets in Vancouver has ended with a record seizure of opium by the Canada Border Services Agency. The agency says its investiga...

Dec 16, 2022

'If all else fails, we will blockade': Chiefs call for Sask. bill to be scrapped

SASKATOON - Chiefs in Saskatchewan sent a message to the provincial government to scrap a controversial bill or the new year could start with blockades. "Political avenues, legal avenues are in place,...

Dec 16, 2022

Alberta wraps up fall legislature sitting dominated by controversial sovereignty act

EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition NDP says the first sitting under Premier Danielle Smith was a short, chaotic mess with the passage of a sovereignty act that dooms the province to confusion over who fo...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 16, 2022

Ottawa mayor, local businesses welcome expected return of federal workers to offices

Ottawa's mayor is among those celebrating the return of federal workers to offices. The Treasury Board's decision to stick with hybrid work means public servants will be back to in-person work two to ...

Dec 16, 2022

Progress on TRC calls to action moving at 'glacial pace': Indigenous think tank

TORONTO - An Indigenous-led think tank says progress is moving at a "glacial pace" seven years after the final report from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was released. The Yellowhead Institut...

Dec 16, 2022

Montreal meeting between prime minister and Quebec premier snowed out

MONTREAL - A snowstorm forced the cancellation of a meeting scheduled today in Montreal between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier Franois Legault. The leaders were supposed to discuss i...

Dec 16, 2022