Canada

Integrity commissioner's office struggling to keep up with complaints, disclosures

OTTAWA - The office of the public sector integrity commissioner says it's being overwhelmed by its workload and that eliminating the backlog of files would require more analysts and lawyers. Commissio...

Sep 3, 2025

Five things to know about public service job action in British Columbia

VICTORIA - Job action affecting public service workers in British Columbia got underway this week, after a strike notice issued by the B.C. General Employees' Union expired on Tuesday. Here are five t...

Sep 3, 2025

Quebec wants court to declare branch of Swedish battery developer Northvolt insolvent

MONTREAL - The Quebec government wants a judge to declare insolvent the North American branch of Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt. Quebec filed the court application in an attempt to recoup some...

Sep 3, 2025

They had to navigate the health-care system growing up. Now they're students at Canada's newest med school

TORONTO - Toronto Metropolitan University opened Canada's newest medical school this week, with 94 students who administrators believe reflect the diversity needed among this country's future doctors....

Sep 3, 2025

Train cars leave the tracks in B.C.'s Kootenay region near Alberta's boundary

CALGARY - Federal investigators are looking into a train derailment in British Columbia's Kootenay region near the Alberta boundary. The Transportation Safety Board says in a statement that a team is ...

Sep 3, 2025

Montreal transit constables should be better armed, says workplace safety board

MONTREAL - Quebec's workplace safety board says Montreal's transit constables fear for their security and should be better armed. Its recommendation is included in a report the board produced for the ...

Sep 3, 2025

System failed Quebec girl whose 2019 killing led to youth protection reforms: coroner

MONTREAL - A coroner says Quebec's child protection services failed a young girl from Granby, Que., whose death in 2019 galvanized the province into reforming the system. Ghane Kamel's report says ins...

Sep 3, 2025

Temperatures reach 40 C in Lytton, B.C., as heat warnings persist across province

VANCOUVER - Heat warnings and air-quality advisories are persisting in parts of British Columbia after daily high temperature records fell in a dozen communities, and the mercury rose to 40 C in the F...

Sep 3, 2025

Families of Boeing crash victims, including Canadians, make potential final plea for criminal prosecution

DALLAS (AP) - Families of some of the 346 people killed in crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners held photos of their dead loved ones Wednesday outside a federal court in Texas, where a judge is hearing...

Sep 3, 2025

Canada will thank U.S. President Donald Trump in 20 years, former Quebec premier says

QUBEC - Jean Charest says Canada will eventually thank U.S. President Donald Trump for providing the country with a much-needed economic shakeup. The Quebec premier between 2003 and 2012 told business...

Sep 3, 2025