Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Canada's fentanyl czar says the fight against the deadly opioid would get a boost from proposed new tools for law enforcement in the Liberal government's recently tabled border bill. Kevin Br...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver's mayor says British Columbia's government has committed to moving supportive housing out of the city's entertainment district, after the latest fire at a facility that's been th...

OTTAWA - Two years ago, more than 120,000 federal public servants went on strike. Now, the union representing those workers is going back to the bargaining table with the government with the goal of s...

MONTREAL - Quebec's environment minister says about 30 per cent more homes could be located in flood zones when new maps come into effect next year. Benoit Charette says the number of homes in the pro...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says she and Prime Minister Mark Carney won't be watching the Edmonton Oilers battle the Florida Panthers on home ice Saturday. Smith extended an inv...

VICTORIA - A man who set fire to a pastor's family home attached to a Ukrainian church in Victoria has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison. Victoria police say Walter Machinski was sentenced after...

RIMOUSKI - The Quebec man accused of mowing down a dozen pedestrians with his truck gave combative and volatile testimony today in court. During his cross-examination, Steeve Gagnon threatened to hit ...

OTTAWA - The area burned by wildfires so far this season is the second-largest on record in Canada, according to government data. Officials with Public Safety Canada held a technical briefing this mor...

The area burned by wildfires so far this season is the second-largest on record in Canada, according to federal government data. More coming. The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The Liberal government in Ottawa is signalling it plans to push its internal trade and major projects bill through the House of Commons next week at high speed. Government House leader Steven...