Canada

Parliamentary report on Emergencies Act decision is 18 months past due — and counting

OTTAWA - For a committee struck to review an emergency, the approach to reporting back to Canadians has been less than urgent. The erstwhile group of senators and MPs studying the federal government's...

May 04, 2024

Man charged with second-degree murder in White Rock, B.C., stabbing: RCMP

WHITE ROCK, B.C. - Mounties say a man has been charged with second-degree murder in a fatal stabbing that shook the community of White Rock, B.C., last month. A statement from the Integrated Homicide ...

May 03, 2024

A timeline about the killing of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar

Police in British Columbia say they have charged three Indian nationals with the killing of Sikh activist and gurdwara leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C., last year. Here is a timeline relate...

May 03, 2024

Fisheries Department warns boaters against disturbing orphan B.C. killer whale calf

ZEBALLOS, B.C. - The Fisheries Department says its monitoring and patrolling ocean waters off northwest Vancouver Island to ensure boat traffic doesn't interfere with an orphan killer whale calf's abi...

May 03, 2024

Canada, Manitoba to develop Red Dress Alert for missing Indigenous women and girls

OTTAWA - Canada and Manitoba are partnering to launch an alert system that would inform the public when an Indigenous woman or girl goes missing, they announced Friday in Winnipeg, ahead of a national...

May 03, 2024

B.C. police to make 'significant' announcement on Sikh leader's killing

SURREY, B.C. - Homicide police in British Columbia say they will be providing a "significant update" on the killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, amid reports that arrests have been made in t...

May 03, 2024

Hacker breaches B.C. libraries and demands ransom after taking emails, phone numbers

CARIBOO, B.C. - B.C. libraries have been targeted by a hacker who demanded a ransom or they would release user data that includes the phone numbers and email addresses of some clients. The Cariboo Reg...

May 03, 2024

Foreign interference may have changed the result in one riding, inquiry finds

OTTAWA - A public inquiry has found foreign meddling attempts didn't change who won the last two elections, but they may have changed the result in one riding in 2021. A preliminary report by commissi...

May 03, 2024

Five things to know about foreign interference from the inquiry's interim report

OTTAWA - After holding public hearings and gathering evidence in private, inquiry commissioner Marie-Jose Hogue has released an interim report into foreign interference in Canada's last two general el...

May 03, 2024

What the foreign interference inquiry has to say about foreign election meddling

OTTAWA - A public inquiry into allegations of foreign meddling in Canada's last two elections released its preliminary findings Friday, and concluded attempts to interfere did not impact the integrity...

May 03, 2024