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Senate passes net-zero bill, set to debate budget bill before rising for summer
OTTAWA - The Senate has passed a government bill to mandate the country reach net-zero emissions by 2050, doing so hours before the upper chamber rises for the summer and a possible fall election. Bil...
Jun 29, 2021
Green party president says Annamie Paul's job still in limbo, demands retraction
OTTAWA - The head of the Greens' governing body says an ultimatum to Leader Annamie Paul still stands, leaving her job in limbo as infighting continues to strain the top rungs of the party. Liana Cusm...
Jun 29, 2021
Meng makes 'unusual' request for admission of HSBC evidence in extradition case
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou say they are making an "unusual" request to admit new evidence in her extradition case, but they argue the documents prove the United States has m...
Jun 29, 2021
Meng makes 'unusual' request for admission of HSBC evidence in extradition case
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou say they are making an "unusual" request to admit new evidence in her extradition case, but they argue the documents prove the United States has m...
Jun 29, 2021
Indigenous leaders to meet with Pope Francis seeking apology for residential schools
OTTAWA - A delegation of Indigenous leaders will visit the Vatican later this year to press for a papal apology for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools. The Canadian Conference of Cathol...
Jun 29, 2021
Record set for illicit drug deaths for first five months of 2021 in British Columbia
VICTORIA - British Columbia's coroners service says more people have died from suspected illicit drug toxicity in the first five months of 2021 than in any other year during the same period. The agenc...
Jun 29, 2021
Royal B.C. Museum chairman apologizes after report finds racism, offensive exhibits
VICTORIA - The chairman of the Royal British Columbia Museum is apologizing to an Indigenous whistleblower after a report cited acts of racism and discrimination at the facility in Victoria. The repor...
Jun 29, 2021
Royal B.C. Museum chairman apologizes after report finds racism, offensive exhibits
VICTORIA - The chairman of the Royal British Columbia Museum is apologizing to an Indigenous whistleblower after a report cited acts of racism and discrimination at the facility in Victoria. The repor...
Jun 29, 2021
Ottawa to close 60 per cent of commercial salmon fisheries to conserve stocks
VANCOUVER - The federal government says it will close several commercial Pacific salmon fisheries in British Columbia and Yukon beginning this season to conserve fish stocks that are on the "verge of ...
Jun 29, 2021
Ottawa to close 60 per cent of commercial salmon fisheries to conserve stocks
VANCOUVER - The federal government says it will close several commercial Pacific salmon fisheries in British Columbia and Yukon beginning this season to conserve fish stocks that are on the "verge of ...
Jun 29, 2021