Canada

Federal banking regulator OSFI keeps domestic stability buffer on hold at 3.5%

OTTAWA - The federal banking regulator is keeping its domestic stability buffer on hold as it says financial system vulnerabilities remain elevated but stable, while near-term risks continue to be low...

Jun 18, 2024

Senate passes bill to ban replacement workers in federally regulated workplaces

OTTAWA - Federally regulated workplaces will soon be banned from bringing in replacement workers during a legal strike, after the Senate passed a government bill Monday that is now set to become law. ...

Jun 18, 2024

Canada sanctions 13 more Russians for role in Navalny's imprisonment and death

OTTAWA - Canada is sanctioning 13 more Russians from the intelligence service, police force and corrections system for their role in the poisoning, imprisonment and death of opposition leader Alexei N...

Jun 18, 2024

Judge to sentence former Saskatchewan Mountie for shooting death of lover

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A judge is expected to give his sentencing decision today for a former Saskatchewan Mountie who shot and killed his lover in a park. Bernie Herman was convicted in January of ma...

Jun 18, 2024

Sikh activists mark anniversary of B.C. temple leader Nijjar's murder

SURREY, B.C. - A Sikh activist marking the anniversary of the killing of British Columbia temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar says the past year has shown they are vindicated in their claims that India...

Jun 18, 2024

B.C. environmental regulator orders LNG company to deploy 'floatel' near Squamish

A British Columbia government agency has ordered a liquefied natural gas company to deploy a cruise ship that's been renovated to house workers near Squamish, B.C. A statement from Woodfibre LNG says ...

Jun 17, 2024

B.C. premier urges PM to provide foreign interference information to protect province

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - Premier David Eby says British Columbia urgently needs information from Canada's spy agency to help combat alleged foreign interference at the provincial level. In a letter to ...

Jun 17, 2024

Halifax MP Fillmore to leave federal politics ahead of expected mayoral run

OTTAWA - Liberal MP Andy Fillmore says he won't return to the House of Commons in the fall. Fillmore was first elected as MP for Halifax in the 2015 election that brought Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...

Jun 17, 2024

Navalny's widow to meet with Trudeau, Joly in Ottawa on Tuesday

OTTAWA - The widow of former Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is expected to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly on Tuesday in Ottawa. Yulia Navaln...

Jun 17, 2024

Alberta to ban cellphones in K-12 classrooms starting in fall

CALGARY - Alberta Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says the province is moving to ban cellphones in kindergarten to Grade 12 classrooms starting in the fall. Nicolaides says cellphones help wit...

Jun 17, 2024