Canada

B.C. set to use Alert Ready system when next storm strikes in days ahead

VICTORIA - British Columbia says it's prepared to use a national emergency alert system should the third in a trio of ongoing storms pose a risk to life and safety in the coming days. Alert Ready is a...

Nov 28, 2021

Government to introduce bill outlawing conversion therapy for adults and children

OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to reintroduce a bill that would ban conversion therapy on Monday in a move that would both fulfill an election campaign promise and potentially close looph...

Nov 28, 2021

India pushes renewed trade talks with Canada in aftermath of two Michaels China woes

OTTAWA - Canada and India are quietly setting the stage to reboot formal free trade talks as the Trudeau government seeks economic alternatives to China following the dispute over the Meng Wanzhou-two...

Nov 28, 2021

First Nations, regional district in B.C. working together to restore diverted river

A British Columbia regional district and three neighbouring First Nations have agreed to work together to restore a river that has been diverted for the last 70 years in order to generate hydroelectri...

Nov 28, 2021

Quebec Liberal Party redefining itself, will focus on environment in October election

QUEBEC - The Quebec Liberal Party says it will be focusing on the environment as it seeks to redefine itself less than a year before the next provincial election. Dominique Anglade, the leader of the ...

Nov 27, 2021

B.C. closing highways as downpour begins in latest storm striking southern region

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Transportation Ministry is proactively closing several highways today as another storm hammers the already saturated south coast. The province says it will close Highway ...

Nov 27, 2021

Media experts agree action is needed, but urge caution on how streaming is regulated

OTTAWA - The Liberals have promised to quickly reintroduce legislation aimed at reforming the Broadcasting Act, which has media experts cautioning the government against bringing newer media platforms...

Nov 27, 2021

Police make second arrest in fatal stabbing of Montreal teen outside school

Montreal police say they've arrested a second person in the stabbing death of 16-year-old Jannai Dopwell-Bailey. The suspect, identified by police as Andrei Donet, 18, appeared in court today on sever...

Nov 26, 2021

Bullets flew past work stations at RCMP detachment in B.C.: senior officer

VANDERHOOF, B.C. - A senior RCMP officer says Mounties and office staff dived for cover on Thursday in Vanderhoof, B.C., as bullets smashed through their detachment office windows. Chief Supt. Warren ...

Nov 26, 2021

Gen. Wayne Eyre felt need to respond to predecessor's letter to senior officers

OTTAWA - Canada's newly minted chief of the defence staff says he felt he needed to speak up and remind senior military officers who they work for after his predecessor sent them a letter arguing to g...

Nov 26, 2021