Canada

Ontario trucker appeals prison sentence for killing woman in Edmonton hotel

EDMONTON - An Ontario trucker is trying to appeal his 12 1/2-year sentence after he was found guilty in the killing of a woman in his Edmonton hotel room. Bradley Barton was sentenced in July for mans...

Aug 16, 2021

Quebec premier promises $100 million for affordable housing in province's north

MONTREAL - Lamenting the "fly in and fly out" culture of workers in Quebec's northern communities, Premier Franois Legault said Monday his government would build more affordable housing in the north t...

Aug 16, 2021

First full day of Canada's election campaign begins with economic pledges

OTTAWA - The federal parties are beginning to lay out their plans to revive the country's economy after months of pain from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Liberals are promising to extend a hiring credit ...

Aug 16, 2021

Nova Scotia First Nation to launch self-regulated 'treaty' fishery in St. Marys Bay

SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. - Nova Scotia's Sipekne'katik First Nation says it is expanding its self-regulated lobster fishery in St. Marys Bay, despite concerns from the federal government. The band is to ma...

Aug 16, 2021

Two N.W.T. communities under containment order after new COVID-19 cases

YELLOWKNIFE - Two communities in the Northwest Territories are under a containment order after cases of COVID-19 were identified over the weekend. There is one confirmed case and five probable cases i...

Aug 16, 2021

Leap in B.C. wildfire activity prompts many more evacuation orders, alerts

A wildfire sparked Sunday near West Kelowna, B.C., now covers at least two square kilometres and has forced evacuations in a large neighbourhood within the City of West Kelowna. The out-of-control wil...

Aug 16, 2021

'Keeping these people alive': A volunteer team works to reverse overdoses in Edmonton

EDMONTON - A woman winces as a volunteer crouches down, lifts up her dress and looks at a deep gash running along her right leg. "You need to go to the hospital right now," Angie Staines says, as the ...

Aug 16, 2021

Meng Wanzhou's legal team resumes extradition defence in B.C. court

VANCOUVER - Meng Wanzhou's legal team is expected to argue today there is no evidence showing the Huawei executive caused international bank HSBC to violate U.S. sanctions law. The B.C. Supreme Court ...

Aug 16, 2021

Nova Scotians to vote Tuesday in provincial election believed tighter than expected

HALIFAX - As Nova Scotia's month-long election campaign draws to a close, it appears Tuesday's vote could be a lot tighter than initially expected. The incumbent Liberals, who are seeking a rare third...

Aug 15, 2021

High winds pose challenge for firefighters battling blazes: BC Wildfire Service

VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says it is watching wind conditions in several parts of the province which fuelled some of the larger blazes overnight. Fire information officer Erika Berg called t...

Aug 15, 2021