Category Archives: Canada
Uncertainty hangs over COP29 as tense climate finance negotiations down to the wire
Canada's environment and climate change minister was critical of Azerbaijani leadership at the United Nations climate summit as tense negotiations on a new finance deal came down to the wire. Steven G...
Nov 22, 2024
Decision expected today in trial for Convoy protester Pat King
OTTAWA - A judge is expected to issue a decision this morning in the criminal case against one of the most prominent figures of the 2022 "Freedom Convoy" in Ottawa. Pat King pleaded not guilty to misc...
Nov 22, 2024
Canada Post reports $315M Q3 loss before tax compared with $290M loss a year earlier
OTTAWA - Canada Post says it lost $315 million before tax in the third quarter compared with a loss before tax of $290 million a year earlier. The corporation says revenue growth in its direct marketi...
Nov 22, 2024
Meta fights CRTC, refuses to publicly release info on news blocking measures
OTTAWA - Meta is refusing to publicly disclose information that could determine whether it is subject to the Online News Act despite blocking news from its platforms. It has declined to follow CRTC di...
Nov 22, 2024
'Emotional time' for B.C. poultry farmers who have to cull thousands of birds
Mark Siemens is a third-generation egg farmer in B.C.'s Fraser Valley and he recalls his grandfather sharing a story about fighting an unknown disease that raced through the farm decades ago, forcing ...
Nov 22, 2024
Woman accused in drowning of girl at Alberta lake had been under house arrest
STONY PLAIN, Alta. - A bail hearing has heard that a woman accused in the drowning death of a five-year-old girl in an Alberta lake didn't know the child and was supposed to be under house arrest. Mar...
Nov 22, 2024
No evidence linking Modi to criminal activity in Canada: national security adviser
OTTAWA - A senior official says the Canadian government is not aware of any evidence linking Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to alleged criminal activity perpetrated by Indian agents on Canadian s...
Nov 21, 2024
Cargo jet removed after sliding off runway at Vancouver airport
RICHMOND - A Boeing 767 cargo jet that went off a runway at Vancouver International Airport has been safely removed. Vancouver International Airport says the north runway will remain closed until furt...
Nov 21, 2024
Third deer infected with chronic wasting disease in B.C.
VICTORIA - A new case of chronic wasting disease, an incurable illness that has the potential to decimate deer populations, has been identified in British Columbia. The B.C. Ministry of Water, Land an...
Nov 21, 2024
Liberal MP accuses opposition MPs of wasting time on another Boissonnault probe
OTTAWA - A Liberal MP says his committee colleagues are wasting time by launching a third inquiry into the former employment minister instead of focusing on important legislation for Indigenous People...
Nov 21, 2024