Category Archives: Canada
Clinton, B.C., resident says his family has 'lost everything' in raging wildfire
CLINTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Steve Larabie says he and his family have lost everything in a wildfire that roared into the outskirts of Clinton, B.C., late Friday, describing a scene of explodin...
Jul 25, 2026
Federal government rejects expansion of Toronto's Billy Bishop airport
TORONTO - The federal government has rejected Ontario's plan to expand Toronto's Billy Bishop airport to accommodate jets on a longer runway. Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon said public consultati...
Jul 24, 2026
'Too big to rig': Alberta separation petition succeeds with 223K verified signatures
EDMONTON - A citizen-led petition seeking to force a vote on Alberta quitting Canada is officially successful. Elections Alberta announced Friday it verified nearly 223,000 signatures out of almost 28...
Jul 24, 2026
B.C.'s unionized nurses to end job action provincewide to review recommendations
VANCOUVER - The union representing 55,000 nurses in British Columbia has accepted a mediated proposal that could end its weeks-long strike action. The BC Nurses' Union says in a statement that its bar...
Jul 24, 2026
Canada, UAE conclude negotiations on a free-trade agreement
OTTAWA - The governments of Canada and the United Arab Emirates say they have concluded negotiations on a free trade agreement. International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu told a press conference in T...
Jul 24, 2026
Ottawa acknowledges "lasting impact" of forced adoptions but offers no apology
TORONTO - The federal government acknowledged this week that forced adoptions had a lasting impact on people and families in Canada after the Second World War but stopped short of offering the public ...
Jul 24, 2026
First Nation evacuees fleeing wildfire face safety risks in Toronto, leaders say
TORONTO - In a Toronto hotel off Highway 401, a bag check station screening for alcohol greets people in the lobby. Cat Lake First Nation operations manager Derek Spence said it's to limit drinking am...
Jul 24, 2026
Deadline for public servants to apply for early retirement arrives
OTTAWA - Public servants have just hours left to apply for the federal government's early retirement program. The deadline lands at 2:59 a.m. ET and the Treasury Board website says more than 9,100 app...
Jul 24, 2026
Elmer MacKay, longtime Progressive Conservative MP for Nova Scotia, dead at 89
OTTAWA - Elmer MacKay, a Nova Scotia politician who spent more than two decades representing the Central Nova district in the federal government, has died at age 89. Peter MacKay, one of his five chil...
Jul 24, 2026
'Like a hurricane': Clinton, B.C., residents flee for their lives from wildfire
When the flames advanced on the B.C. Interior village of Clinton late Friday, Nicolas Kosovic could barely believe what he saw. The operator of the Stagecoach Cafe believed he was one of the last peop...
Jul 24, 2026