Category Archives: Canada
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British Columbia's Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship recommended that logging be prevented in an area where threatened southern mountain caribou live, but that was overruled by the gove...
May 16, 2026

Talks between TTC and CUPE Local 2 continue past deadline
Efforts to avoid a strike by Toronto Transit Commission employees are going into overtime. A statement released early Saturday morning says both the TTC and CUPE Local 2 have agreed to extend talks be...
May 15, 2026

Eby says Ottawa is rewarding Alberta's 'bad behaviour' with pipeline agreement
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the federal government is rewarding Alberta for "bad behaviour" by agreeing to push for a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast. Prime Minister Mark...
May 15, 2026

Convicted sex abuser, former SNC Lavalin CEO both stripped of Order of Canada
OTTAWA - A convicted sex offender and a former engineering executive who was found guilty of corruption have been stripped of their appointments to the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian ...
May 15, 2026

Reaction to the Alberta-Ottawa agreement on carbon pricing, pipeline plans
CALGARY - Shovels could hit the ground on a new West Coast oilsands pipeline as early as September 2027, the federal and Alberta governments said Friday, after they announced a plan to gradually incre...
May 15, 2026

Quebec reimbursing farmers for fuel tax, says measure will help competitiveness
DRUMMONDVILLE - Quebec Premier Christine Frchette has responded to pressure from the agriculture sector, promising to reimburse millions of dollars to farmers for fuel taxes linked to the province's c...
May 15, 2026

Senior and two officers in hospital after driver tears through Vancouver's West End
VANCOUVER - A man who drove along a sidewalk, hitting trees, vehicles and a senior on a scooter is in custody after two Vancouver police officers used their vehicle to stop the driver. The senior on t...
May 15, 2026

Man accused of kidnapping B.C. girl, 7, was already wanted for armed assault
CHILLIWACK - The man accused in the attempted abduction of a seven-year-old girl at a school in Chilliwack, B.C., this week was already wanted for an alleged armed assault in Vancouver last month, and...
May 15, 2026

Ontario now testing asymptomatic people for hantavirus; low-risk cases to stop isolating if negative
TORONTO - Ontario's ministry of health said it is now testing asymptomatic people with connections to a hantavirus-stricken cruise, a shift from government remarks made earlier this week, as health of...
May 15, 2026

Lessons from an astronaut: Artemis II crew shares advice on risk, work and friendship
MONTREAL - Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and his Artemis II crewmates have shared some of the life lessons they learned preparing for and carrying out their record-breaking lunar flyby last month. ...
May 15, 2026