Canada

Four-day rescue operation freed a humpback whale off northern B.C.: DFO

A humpback whale was so entangled in fishing gear, ropes and buoys that it took four days for a Fisheries Department crew to unravel the mess, Paul Cottrell said. The rescue off British Columbia's coa...

Sep 13, 2024

Chances of disruption increasing as Air Canada pilot talks near deadline

TORONTO - Air Canada says some operations will start to be affected today as time is running out before a potential shutdown because of a labour dispute with its pilots The airline on Thursday called ...

Sep 13, 2024

Ottawa loses bid to quash Israel advocates' lawsuit calling for halt to UNRWA funding

OTTAWA - The Federal Court has denied Ottawa's bid to quash a case in which advocates for Israel are asking for a reversal of Canada's temporary freeze on the main United Nations agency supporting Pal...

Sep 12, 2024

B.C. to scrap consumer carbon tax if federal government drops legal requirement: Eby

VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government will end the provincial carbon tax on consumers and shift the onus to "big polluters" if the federal government removes a legal requi...

Sep 12, 2024

Italian man who bought Churchill portrait surprised by international art caper

OTTAWA - An Italian lawyer who bought a portrait of Winston Churchill says he was surprised to learn five months later the answer to a puzzling, high-profile heist might be hanging on his living room ...

Sep 12, 2024

B.C. signs national pharmacare deal with Ottawa, promises to expand drug coverage

VANCOUVER - British Columbia has become the first province in Canada to sign a pharmacare agreement with the federal government that would help the province fund hormone replacement therapy and diabet...

Sep 12, 2024

Canada's consul general in New York at House committee today about official residence

OTTAWA - Canada's consul general in New York told members of a House of Commons committee on Thursday that he had nothing to do with the purchase of the country's new official residence in New York Ci...

Sep 12, 2024

CP NewsAlert: RCMP say three dead in targeted attack at home in Lloydminster, Sask.

LLOYDMINSTER, SASK. - RCMP say suspects are at large but the public is not at risk following a triple homicide at a home in Lloydminster, Sask. Staff Sgt. Brian Nicholl didn't give details about the v...

Sep 12, 2024

Dry conditions mean increased wildfire risk in B.C. through the fall

VANCOUVER - An expert with the BC Wildfire Service says relentless drought conditions for much of British Columbia sets the stage for more fire activity this fall. Neal McLoughlin, superintendent of p...

Sep 12, 2024

A timeline of harassment claims at Canada's spy agency

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service has recently faced a series of revelations about allegations of workplace harassment and assault. Here is a timeline about the situation. July 2019: A B.C.-b...

Sep 12, 2024