Canada

Quebec legislature returns for spring session amid Trump tariff threat

MONTREAL - The Quebec legislature resumes sitting Tuesday for a spring session likely to be dominated by the threat of a trade war with the United States and a renewed focus on secularism and identity...

Jan 28, 2025

Why the Year of the Snake is constricting festive decoration sales in B.C.

RICHMOND, B.C. - Cecilia Liang's Lunar New Year decoration stall has been an annual fixture in the Yaohan Centre in Richmond, B.C., for 25 years - but she knew some products would be a tough sell this...

Jan 28, 2025

Hitmen face sentencing for B.C. murder of former Air India suspect Malik

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - One of the admitted hitmen who killed former Air India bombing suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik is set to be sentenced for his part in the murder today in a New Westminster, B.C.,...

Jan 28, 2025

Trudeau to meet Polish PM and sign nuclear energy cooperation agreement

KRAKOW - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is travelling to Warsaw today to meet with his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk. The two leaders are set to sign the Canada-Poland Nuclear Energy Cooperation Agree...

Jan 28, 2025

Historic $32.5B tobacco proposal faces final test in series of hearings

TORONTO - A historic proposal that would see three major tobacco companies pay out billions to provinces and territories as well as former smokers across Canada is set to face its final test over the ...

Jan 28, 2025

Navy identifies sailor who died after small boat capsized in Halifax harbour

HALIFAX - The Royal Canadian Navy has identified the sailor who died Friday after a small boat capsized in the north end of Halifax harbour. Commodore Jacob French, commander of Canadian Fleet Atlanti...

Jan 27, 2025

Canada stops letting cross-border hikers enter B.C. via Pacific Crest Trail

OTTAWA - The Canadian Border Services Agency says hikers on a trail that crosses into British Columbia from Washington state will no longer be allowed to proceed without first entering Canada through ...

Jan 27, 2025

Police divers recover body from sunken vehicle after Yukon ice-fishing tragedy

WHITEHORSE - Yukon RCMP say one person is dead after a vehicle plunged into a lake in an ice-fishing tragedy over the weekend. Police say in a news release they received a call around 1 a.m. on Saturd...

Jan 27, 2025

Quebec police chiefs calling for increased caution in school zones as accidents rise

MONTREAL - An association representing Quebec's police chiefs is sounding the alarm that the number of collisions involving children transported by school bus has climbed back to levels seen before th...

Jan 27, 2025

B.C. firm seeks injunction stopping capital gains hike proposed by federal Liberals

A law firm acting on behalf of a B.C. company is seeking an injunction stopping the Canada Revenue Agency from enforcing a proposed capital gains tax hike that has yet to pass in Parliament. Thorstein...

Jan 27, 2025