Canada

Four arrested, including three youths, over 2021 death of man in Penticton, B.C.

PENTICTON, B.C. - Four people have been arrested over the death of a 22-year-old man in Penticton, B.C., more than two years after he was found gravely hurt in a field. B.C. RCMP spokesman Cpl. James ...

Apr 08, 2024

B.C. launches spring COVID-19 booster program, targeting vulnerable and unvaccinated

VICTORIA - British Columbia is rolling out another round of COVID-19 vaccination boosters, with invitations starting to go out Monday. Ministry of Health says people who haven't received a booster aga...

Apr 08, 2024

What's in Canada's new 'Our North, Strong and Free' defence policy

OTTAWA - Canada's military is set to take a bigger role in the North over the next two decades as climate change and increasingly aggressive foes threaten Arctic sovereignty. In all, the "Our North, S...

Apr 08, 2024

MPs clad in eclipse glasses stare at 'surreal' celestial event on Parliament Hill

OTTAWA - Not even the vital business of Parliament was enough to keep MPs from slipping outside to glimpse celestial history. Dozens of elected officials, including Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievr...

Apr 08, 2024

B.C. container terminal operator calls its emissions data a 'trade secret'

VANCOUVER - The B.C. company that operates Canada's largest container terminal is going to court against the federal government to keep five years of greenhouse-gas emissions data secret. GCT Canada L...

Apr 08, 2024

Crown blames most of Ali murder trial delays on defence and 'extraordinary events'

VANCOUVER - A Crown lawyer says holdups to the trial of a man found guilty of murdering a 13-year-old Burnaby, B.C., girl were mostly attributable to the defence and "discrete exceptional events," as ...

Apr 08, 2024

Arrests in northern B.C. over allegations of trafficking safe-supply drugs

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Police in Prince George, B.C., say they have arrested two people over allegations they were trafficking safe-supply drugs that are prescribed as an alternative to the toxic drug ...

Apr 08, 2024

Vatican's denouncement of gender theory, surrogacy 'deeply harmful': LGBTQ+ group

A leading Canadian LGBTQ+ rights group says the Vatican's declaration that gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy are violations of human dignity is "deeply harmful" and discriminatory. Egale Canada s...

Apr 08, 2024

Parts of southern Quebec to have front-row seat for total solar eclipse

MONT-MGANTIC, Que. - Quebecers are gathering across the province's southern region to get a view of today's total solar eclipse. Parts of southern Quebec will have a front-row seat to the rare phenome...

Apr 08, 2024

In the news today: Total solar eclipse set to fall over Canada

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Total solar eclipse set to bring darkness and celestial awe to Canadian crowds ...

Apr 08, 2024