Canada

Bloc Quebecois leader and caucus isolating after staffer catches COVID-19

OTTAWA - The Bloc Quebecois says leader Yves-Francois Blanchet and the party's whole caucus are in self-isolation after a member of his staff tested positive for COVID-19. A statement from the party s...

Sep 14, 2020

CN rail train carrying potash derails near Hope, B.C., no injuries reported

HOPE, B.C. - CN Rail says at least 20 rail cars carrying potash derailed today near Hope, B.C. The company says no injuries, fires or dangerous goods are involved. The railway says prelimin...

Sep 14, 2020

B.C. announces early lung cancer screening program touted as first in Canada

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has announced a new lung cancer screening program it says is the first of its kind in Canada aimed at early diagnosis of the deadliest form of the disease. ...

Sep 14, 2020

Office furniture shortages loom as Canadians stay home this fall

OTTAWA - Canadians should brace for a shortage of office furniture, such as desks and chairs, as people continue to study and work from home this fall. Ikea Canada spokeswoman Kristin Newbigging says ...

Sep 14, 2020

Ministers warn COVID-19 researchers anew of threat of foreign actors

OTTAWA - A trio of federal cabinet minister is warning COVID-19 researchers to take additional precautions to protect their efforts from thieves and vandals. The statement today says the federal gover...

Sep 14, 2020

As fires rage and storms churn, climate and U.S. campaign on collision course

WASHINGTON - Climate change and presidential politics are again on a collision course in the United States. Joe Biden is taking the climate-crisis fight to Donald Trump as ferocious wildfires rage up ...

Sep 14, 2020

Tory leader says won't touch Quebec secularism law, supports Bill 101 expansion

MONTREAL - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says Quebec's secularism law and the independence of its legislature should be respected. The Tory leader made the comments today, following a meeting with ...

Sep 14, 2020

Cable of Sea to Sky Gondola near Squamish, B.C., cut again, causing major damage

SQUAMISH, B.C. - The operators of a popular tourist gondola near Squamish, B.C., say the cable of the ride has been severed for the second time. Squamish RCMP say the damage to the Sea to Sk...

Sep 14, 2020

Canada hopes to avert new U.S. tariff war, but stands ready to fire: Champagne

WASHINGTON - Canada's foreign affairs minister says the federal government is still trying to cool its dispute with the United States over aluminum exports, but remains poised to retaliate if nec...

Sep 14, 2020

U.S. wildfire smoke blankets B.C., wafts east to Alberta, affecting air quality

VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says air quality advisories posted across most of British Columbia since last week should spread east across Alberta due to wildfire smoke from ...

Sep 14, 2020