Category Archives: Canada
B.C. Liberals say jobs the top election issue, while NDP pledges climate action
VANCOUVER - The New Democrats started the last full week of British Columbia’s election campaign by pushing a climate-change agenda while the Liberals put jobs at the top of their campaign bid t...
May 01, 2017
Body of one of four hunters missing in northeastern Alberta recovered
FORT CHIPEWYAN, Alta. - The body of one of four men who went missing in northeastern Alberta a week ago has been found. The RCMP say the body of 42-year-old Walter Ladouceur of Fort Chipewyan was reco...
May 01, 2017
2 dead, 3 treated, released after fishing boat goes down off Vancouver Island
TOFINO, B.C. - Two people are dead and three others were treated and released from hospital Sunday after a fishing boat went down off the west coast of Vancouver Island near the remote tourist communi...
Apr 30, 2017
Promises on jobs, affordability continue to dominate B.C. election campaign
VANCOUVER - With just over a week left in British Columbia’s election campaign, the leaders spent Sunday out on the hustings trying to shore up votes. Campaigning in the Kootenays, B.C. Liberal ...
Apr 30, 2017
Government drops most contentious proposals for reforming House of Commons rules
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is backing down from some of its most controversial proposals for reforming the way the House of Commons operates in the face of opposition filibustering that has tied ...
Apr 30, 2017
Threat of economic turmoil over softwood tariff becomes B.C. election issue
VICTORIA - A hefty American tariff on Canadian softwood could be devastating for British Columbia’s economy, but it may also be advantageous for political leaders on the campaign trail who are l...
Apr 30, 2017
B.C.'s First Nations leaders suspect high rate of overdose deaths
VANCOUVER - First Nations leaders in British Columbia say they suspect the deadly opioid fentanyl is having a disproportionate impact on their communities but they can’t get the numbers to prove...
Apr 30, 2017
Discrimination against two-spirit indigenous people linked to suicide crisis
OTTAWA - Ojibwa-Cree elder Ma-Nee Chacaby says coming out nearly 30 years ago was like unzipping her skin so she could reveal her true self. It was a moment of relief after years of pain. “IR...
Apr 30, 2017
Early cannabis sales 'unbelievably high' after legalization: feds' US consultant
OTTAWA - A U.S. consultant hired by Ottawa to assess Canada’s eventual recreational pot market says jurisdictions that regulate cannabis should expect “unbelievably high” sales growt...
Apr 30, 2017
Prince Edward Island is back on the map after series of oversights
CHARLOTTETOWN - Prince Edward Island is back on the map. A map at Vancouver’s airport has been amended to include Canada’s smallest province, after an earlier version overlooked it. “...
Apr 30, 2017