Category Archives: Canada
Visitor fought B.C. wildfire with frying pan. But it became an inferno
BOSTON BAR - Fernando Balanta says he was on a trip to the landfill in Boston Bar, B.C., on July 2 when the journey took a surreal turn. He and others found themselves trying to extinguish a fire that...
Jul 10, 2026
Ontario man sentenced to 20 years in U.S. for leading cross-border drug ring
An Ontario man convicted in the United States of running a drug-trafficking operation across the border into Canada has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Guramrit Sidhu of Brampton, Ont., pleaded ...
Jul 10, 2026
Second boat was with B.C. charter before fatal sinking, raising rescue questions
RICHMOND - Top Vancouver Fishing Charter company took to social media on June 28 to brag about how its two vessels had gone out together and would head back to port with a haul of fish. "This is what ...
Jul 10, 2026
FIFA World Cup, youth job gains gave the labour market a lift in June
OTTAWA - The FIFA World Cup and a better summer jobs market for young workers appeared to drive steady gains in Canada's labour market last month. Employers added 18,000 jobs in June, Statistics Canad...
Jul 10, 2026
Transport Canada detains boat linked to fatal B.C. sinking, citing violations
RICHMOND - Transport Canada has ordered the detention of a boat operated by a British Columbia fishing charter operation whose other vessel sank last month, leaving one person dead and six others miss...
Jul 09, 2026
B.C. government approves higher Mount Polley tailings dam, 12 years after disaster
VICTORIA - Ministers in British Columbia have approved plans to increase the height of the tailings storage facility at the Mount Polley copper and gold mine, the site of a catastrophic dam collapse m...
Jul 09, 2026
B.C. First Nation challenges dredging plan to accommodate larger tankers in Vancouver
NORTH VANCOUVER - A British Columbia First Nation says it has launched a legal challenge against a plan by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority to dredge Burrard Inlet to make room for oil tankers with...
Jul 09, 2026
CN Rail says safety is top priority as service resumes after Quebec train derailment
CN Rail says safety is its top priority, as train service resumes following a derailment on the edge of a suburban residential area northeast of Montreal. Repentigny, Que., Mayor Nicolas Dufour says t...
Jul 09, 2026
B.C. Conservative candidate tells Poilievre to 'unite, not divide' after Stampede jab
OTTAWA - Former B.C. Conservative leadership candidate Caroline Elliott is pushing back at Pierre Poilievre's recent jab about her campaign team, calling on the federal Conservative leader to work to ...
Jul 09, 2026
Over 70 Montreal households in emergency housing as affordability in city gets worse
MONTREAL - A little over a week after Quebec's unofficial moving day, 71 households in Montreal remain in emergency housing - almost twice as many last year when there 40 in that situation. Most of th...
Jul 09, 2026