Canada

Bloc pension demands at odds with Liberal political strategy, economic plans

OTTAWA - The government has just weeks to decide if it will meet the $16-billion demand from the Bloc Qubcois to stave off an election for a few more months, but the stipulation may be at odds with th...

Sep 29, 2024

B.C.'s NDP, Conservatives nominate full slates of candidates for Oct. 19 election

VICTORIA - Elections BC says the New Democrats and Conservatives have nominated full slates of candidates for the upcoming Oct. 19 provincial election. Elections BC says in a statement the two main pa...

Sep 28, 2024

Canada announces $10 million for humanitarian assistance in Lebanon

OTTAWA - Canada is contributing $10 million for humanitarian assistance for civilians in Lebanon amid the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. International Development Minister Ahmed Hus...

Sep 28, 2024

Tentative deal reached in Metro Vancouver grain strike, federal minister says

Canada's labour minister says striking grain terminal workers in Metro Vancouver and their employers have reached a tentative labour deal. Steven MacKinnon announced the agreement between Grain Worker...

Sep 28, 2024

NDP uses BC United research to mount attacks on 'crackpot' B.C. Conservatives

VICTORIA - Almost 200 pages of research on the B.C. Conservative Party, which sources within BC United confirm were compiled before the party dropped out of the British Columbia election campaign to s...

Sep 28, 2024

Montreal's Maghrebi community sounds alarm on deadly gangs recruiting youth

MONTREAL - Members of Montreal's Maghrebi community are gathering in a city park this afternoon to sound the alarm about what they call the "scourge" of street gangs recruiting youth to carry out crim...

Sep 28, 2024

Critics see drug debate tainted by politicization in B.C. election campaign

VANCOUVER - When NDP Leader David Eby announced this month that the province would open "secure facilities" to provide involuntary care for people with severe drug addiction or mental health problems,...

Sep 28, 2024

Counting the cost of British Columbia's toxic drug crisis

The toxic drug crisis is one of the most contentious and widely debated issues ahead of British Columbia's provincial election on Oct. 19. Here's a look at the provincial statistics on toxic drug deat...

Sep 28, 2024

LGBTQ minister Pascale St-Onge to make history with parental leave

OTTAWA - Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge is set to make history by becoming the first openly lesbian cabinet minister to take parental leave when her wife gives birth in the coming weeks. "...

Sep 28, 2024

Jasper captive caribou breeding program slowly recovers from summer wildfire

JASPER - By this time, Jasper National Park's caribou breeding centre was supposed to be nearly done, ready for pregnant cows to bed down behind its fence, safe from predators and working on replenish...

Sep 28, 2024