Canada

Ottawa rejects Alberta's request to introduce new tracking for 'safer supply' drugs

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is rejecting a proposal from the Alberta government to consider adding a "unique chemical identifier" to the pharmaceuticals being offered to users as an altern...

Feb 28, 2024

New Leger poll suggests support for Conservatives, Pierre Poilievre is growing

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests support for Pierre Poilievre is growing, and most Canadians are optimistic about their household finances. Support for the Tories was up one point to 41 per cent in the la...

Feb 28, 2024

Saskatchewan inquest to hear details from officers who took killer into custody

SASKATOON - A Saskatchewan coroner's inquest is expected to hear more from officers and paramedics who responded as a mass killer was taken into police custody. Myles Sanderson had been on the run for...

Feb 28, 2024

Bomb squad called to Abbotsford, B.C., thrift store after grenade is donated

ABBOTSFORD - Thrift stores can be a treasure trove of unusual finds, but a discovery in a donation bin at an Abbotsford, B.C., store set off a police and bomb squad response. Abbotsford Police say wor...

Feb 27, 2024

B.C. Premier Eby apologizes to Doukhobors, for wrongs that 'echoed for generations'

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby has officially apologized in the Victoria legislature to members of the Doukhobor religious community, including children who were forcibly taken from the...

Feb 27, 2024

Quebec doesn't seem serious about discussing asylum seeker costs: Ottawa

OTTAWA - Federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller says he doesn't think Quebec wants to have serious discussions about the costs and social consequences of the influx of asylum seekers. Miller told re...

Feb 27, 2024

His son died in a 2021 B.C. crane tragedy. He wants to know why they still happen

VANCOUVER - When Chris Vilness heard about the crane accident that killed a construction worker in Vancouver last week, he was angry, and he didn't have to imagine what the woman's family was going th...

Feb 27, 2024

Quebec provincial police make 22nd arrest in eastern Quebec drug war crackdown

MONTREAL - Provincial police have arrested a 22nd person they say is tied to a war between crime groups in Quebec City and the eastern part of the province. Organized crime experts say the conflict in...

Feb 27, 2024

No evidence that data was extracted from RCMP during recent cyberattack: commissioner

OTTAWA - The head of the RCMP said Tuesday there was no evidence to date that personal or operational information had been pilfered from the national police force's systems during a recent cyberattack...

Feb 27, 2024

Political eyes on Conservatives as MPs set to vote for ban on replacement workers

OTTAWA - The House of Commons is expected to vote today on a bill that would ban replacement workers from being used during strikes and lockouts at federally regulated workplaces. Liberals are watchin...

Feb 27, 2024