Canada

Strange summer for B.C. politics gone wild, as alliances shift ahead of fall vote

VICTORIA - British Columbia's political landscape is undergoing a shake-up of seismic proportions a little over three months ahead of this fall's Oct. 19 election. Former political foes are forging on...

Jul 12, 2024

Federal Tory leader blasts Montreal mayor's approach to addictions, homelessness

MONTREAL - Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is attacking the Montreal mayor's approach to severe drug addiction and homelessness, accusing her of telling Montrealers to learn to live with ...

Jul 12, 2024

B.C. premier says 'zero per cent chance' for no-prescription opioid suggestion

BURNABY, B.C. - British Columbia Premier David Eby says there's a "zero per cent chance" the province will implement recommendations by the provincial health officer that alternatives to opioids and o...

Jul 12, 2024

B.C. university gives pro-Palestinian protesters trespass notice, deadline to vacate

NANAIMO, B.C. - Vancouver Island University says it has issued a trespass notice to pro-Palestinian protesters, telling them to vacate their encampment on the campus in Nanaimo, B.C., by Monday. The u...

Jul 12, 2024

B.C. wildfire crews battle blaze in ancient forest park with 1,000-year-old trees

British Columbia's wildfire service says crews are battling a 10-hectare blaze in a park that protects a portion of what the province calls the "only inland temperate rainforest in the world," with tr...

Jul 12, 2024

Wildfire season close to 10-year average heading into the peak summer months

OTTAWA - Federal officials say rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl that has caused flash floods in the Maritimes is also lowering the risk of wildfires in eastern Canada. So far, this wildfi...

Jul 12, 2024

Ambulances diverted from McGill University superhospital after water main break

MONTREAL - A Montreal health network diverted ambulances from its facilities, including the Royal Victoria Hospital, and cancelled outpatient and surgical appointments after a water main break early F...

Jul 12, 2024

Conservatives would close supervised drug consumption sites: Poilievre

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says supervised consumption sites are just "drug dens" and that he will close them if his party forms the next government. Poilievre visited a park near s...

Jul 12, 2024

Poilievre says Trudeau a 'human piñata' at NATO, still won't commit to spending goal

Pierre Poilievre says NATO allies treated Prime Minister Justin Trudeau like a human piata at the leaders' summit this week - but he still won't commit to the alliance's spending goal. The Conservativ...

Jul 12, 2024

Jewish advocates say details around investigation into human-rights chief murky

OTTAWA - Three weeks after the federal Liberals promised to do a "formal, independent review" of the appointment of Canada's new human-rights commissioner, the government hasn't provided any details a...

Jul 12, 2024