Canada

Canada sending 2,000 decommissioned CRV7 rocket motors to Ukraine

OTTAWA - The Liberal government says it will start shipping decommissioned CRV7 rocket motors to Ukraine. National Defence said in a press release Thursday Canada will send an "initial tranche" of aro...

Jun 13, 2024

Stop gas expansion for home heating or risk leaving ratepayers on the hook: report

TORONTO - Provinces must stop natural gas expansion and invest in electrification to keep home heating reliable and cost-effective, a new report says, suggesting ratepayers and governments could other...

Jun 13, 2024

B.C. premier repeats call for more federal cash, calls Ottawa's claims 'disingenuous'

VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby is expanding his criticism of what he says is an unfair share of federal funding being given to Western Canada. Eby says Ottawa's "special treatment for Quebec and Ontari...

Jun 12, 2024

B.C. sets minimum wage, other rules for app-based ride-hailing, delivery work

VICTORIA - British Columbia has finalized regulations to provide a minimum-wage and basic protections for ride-hailing and delivery workers using app-based platforms such as Uber, DoorDash and SkipThe...

Jun 12, 2024

Joly crafting 'Arctic foreign policy' amid regional tensions, not a full strategy

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is readying an "Arctic foreign policy" aimed at preparing for a more tense time in international relations. Joly tells Bloomberg News that this will invol...

Jun 12, 2024

Court-imposed deadline to pass new citizenship law approaching next week

OTTAWA - The federal government has just a week left to make key changes to the Citizenship Act in response to a court ruling last year. The Ontario Superior Court has not yet agreed to extend the loo...

Jun 12, 2024

NDP bill to criminalize coercive control in intimate partner violence heads to Senate

OTTAWA - An NDP private member's bill that would criminalize a pattern of abuse known as coercive control is heading to the Senate. The legislation from Victoria MP Laurel Collins passed third reading...

Jun 12, 2024

Farnworth 'glad' Surrey joins completion of transition from RCMP to municipal force

VICTORIA - B.C. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth says he is pleased the City of Surrey will join in on the transition from the RCMP to a municipal police service following a council address by Mayor B...

Jun 12, 2024

Quebec police arrest three in $9-million fraud, data theft case involving Desjardins

MONTREAL - Montreal-area police have arrested three people in connection with a major data theft and $8.9-million fraud involving the co-operative financial group Desjardins. Police in Laval, Que., sa...

Jun 12, 2024

Undercover officer says accused at Coutts blockade spoke of killing police

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - An undercover officer at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., says an accused confided in her that he expected to die in the standoff and planned to slit the throats of police. Th...

Jun 12, 2024