Canada

Vancouver tent city to temporarily close over unsafe and unhygienic conditions

Vancouver officials say dozens of homeless people staying in the city's only legal encampment have to temporarily move because the site has become unsafe and unhygienic. Deputy city manager Sandra Sin...

Mar 12, 2024

By the numbers: Canada's disaster financial assistance program

OTTAWA - Canada's Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements program, or DFAA, was launched in 1970, setting a formula for how provinces and territories would split costs with the federal government w...

Mar 12, 2024

B.C. to hike commercial vehicle crash penalties after 35 over-height truck incidents

VICTORIA - Penalties for commercial truck crashes into overpasses or other infrastructure in British Columbia are set to soar, including fines of up to $100,000 and jail sentences up to 18 months. The...

Mar 12, 2024

Investigation concludes into release of Saskatchewan man who went on stabbing rampage

SASKATOON - An investigation into the statutory release of a man who went on a stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan has released 14 recommendations for the Correctional Service of Canada and the parole bo...

Mar 12, 2024

Surrey, B.C., council restricts access over 'disruptive' pro-Palestine protests

SURREY, B.C. - City council in Surrey, B.C., says it is restricting public access to its meetings after persistent disruptions from pro-Palestinian protesters. Mayor Brenda Locke began Monday's meetin...

Mar 12, 2024

'Pure nightmare': Montreal-based musician wins $1.5 million in defamation lawsuit

CALGARY - A Quebec-based electronic music artist hopes to get his career and life back on track after triumphing in an Alberta defamation lawsuit tied to social media posts accusing him of being a sex...

Mar 12, 2024

Federal disaster aid for Fraser Valley floods, landslides taking too long: B.C. MP

OTTAWA - The federal government estimates it will need to pay almost $3.4 billion for its share of the disaster recovery bills for flooding and landslides that devastated British Columbia's Fraser Val...

Mar 12, 2024

Trudeau speaks with Haiti's outgoing PM about crisis, need for political agreement

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has spoken with Haiti's now-departing prime minister about the ongoing humanitarian, security and political crises in that country. A readout issued by the PMO l...

Mar 12, 2024

In the news today: Haiti's Prime Minister to resign after transitional council formed

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Ariel Henry bows to pressure, saying he'll resign once a council is formed to l...

Mar 12, 2024

Quebec to present 'restrained' budget today amid economic stagnation

Quebec's finance minister says the budget he is expected to present later today will be "restrained" amid what he describes as a provincial economy in stagnation. On Monday Eric Girard told reporters ...

Mar 12, 2024