Canada

Poilievre promises to end ban on single-use plastic straws, other items

MONTREAL - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to end the federal single-use plastic ban on items like straws and grocery bags if his party is elected. Poilievre campaigned in Montreal t...

Apr 18, 2025

B.C. researchers confirm footprints of three-toed dinosaur with club-like tail

Armoured dinosaurs with clubbed tails once roamed in what is now northeastern British Columbia, a new study suggests, leaving three-toed footprints across the landscape when the Rocky Mountains were s...

Apr 17, 2025

'Freedom Convoy' organizer asks for stay of proceedings after guilty verdict

OTTAWA - "Freedom Convoy" organizer Chris Barber has asked for a stay of proceedings, two weeks after an Ontario judge found him and Tamara Lich guilty of mischief for their roles in the 2022 mass pro...

Sheldon Spackman Apr 17, 2025

Frank Stronach committed to stand trial after preliminary inquiry into two charges

TORONTO - An Ontario court has committed billionaire businessman Frank Stronach to stand trial on two charges related to two complainants as part of his Toronto sexual assault case. Ontario Court Just...

Apr 17, 2025

U.S. students look north as Trump freezes funding to American universities

VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia has briefly reopened admissions for its graduate programs to take applications from U.S. citizens in what is a growing trend for Canadian institutions as...

Apr 17, 2025

Trump says tariffs making America rich while also suggesting trade deals are coming

U.S. President Donald Trump showed little signs of backing down on his plans to tariff the world today - even as members of his administration continue to claim the duties will lead to the negotiation...

Apr 17, 2025

Eby says Canadians need to 'keep the pressure up' despite California's charm campaign

VICTORIA - British Columbia's premier says Canadians need to "keep the pressure up" on the United States by buying local and avoiding travel there, despite a recent push from California to draw visito...

Apr 17, 2025

Air traffic back to normal at Vancouver's airport after days of delays

RICHMOND - The agency that provides air traffic control for Canada's airports says traffic flow at Vancouver International Airport has resumed normal operations in time for Easter weekend travel. The ...

Apr 17, 2025

Municipal politician from Gaspé Peninsula facing sex-crime charges

A municipal politician from a small town in Quebec's Gasp Peninsula is facing sex-related charges. Bruno-Pierre Godbout, a councillor in the community of Chandler, was charged this week with sexual as...

Apr 17, 2025

Supreme Court of Canada clarifies treatment of student loan debt under bankruptcy law

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a person must wait seven years after completely finishing their post-secondary studies before they may be released from student loan debt under the federal ba...

Apr 17, 2025