Canada

Build vaccine stockpile, use wastewater testing for H5N1 bird flu, experts urge

TORONTO - Health Canada has authorized three influenza vaccines that could be used if bird flu became a pandemic, the agency says. The federal government also has an agreement with vaccine manufacture...

Nov 13, 2024

Vancouver officer sexually assaulted colleague, but police group chat targeted victim

VANCOUVER - A disciplinary investigation has found a former Vancouver police sergeant shared "disrespectful" commentary on a fellow officer's court testimony about being sexually assaulted by a collea...

Nov 13, 2024

Spy service officer denies threatening Montreal man who was later imprisoned in Sudan

OTTAWA - A CSIS official denies they threatened a Montreal man who was later imprisoned and allegedly tortured by authorities in Sudan. The spy service employee, who can only be identified as Witness ...

Nov 13, 2024

Prime Minister Trudeau makes trip to Bermuda to eulogize longtime family friend

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is travelling to Bermuda today to give a eulogy at the funeral for businessman Peter Green. Green was a lifelong family friend to Trudeau and, as reported by the...

Nov 13, 2024

RCMP say three men arrested in B.C. have ties to Mexican drug cartels

SURREY, B.C. - RCMP federal investigators have arrested three men in British Columbia they believe are connected to a transnational organized crime group connected to Mexican drug cartels bringing coc...

Nov 13, 2024

In the news today: Justin Trudeau and Canada criticized by Donald Trump's appointees

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Trump's appointees have criticized Trudeau, warned of border issues with Canada Donald Trump's second administ...

Nov 13, 2024

Trump's appointees have criticized Trudeau, warned of border issues with Canada

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's second administration is filling up with some of his most loyal supporters and many of the people landing top jobs have been critical of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and s...

Nov 13, 2024

What do you do when a goose dies in your backyard, amid concerns about avian flu?

Carolyn Law didn't think much of it when a snow goose landed in her Richmond, B.C., backyard, on Halloween. But hours later it had barely moved. Then it started bobbing its head repeatedly. About eigh...

Nov 13, 2024

'No yellow brick road': Atwood weighs in on U.S. election at Calgary forum

CALGARY - Margaret Atwood has been called prescient - particularly when it comes to her famous 1985 dystopia "The Handmaid's Tale" and the recent rollback of reproductive rights in the United States -...

Nov 12, 2024

Swearing in ceremonies at B.C. legislature mark start of new political season

VICTORIA - Two newly elected members of British Columbia's Green Party will officially take their seats in the legislature following the first of three swearing-in ceremonies after last month's provin...

Nov 12, 2024