Canada

Recent resignations suggest industry has too much sway with Health Canada: NDP

OTTAWA - NDP health critic Don Davies says the resignation of a scientific adviser from the federal pesticide regulator is yet another example of industry having too much influence at Health Canada. D...

Jul 19, 2023

A vast problem: Coast guard floats a new solution to problem of abandoned boats

The Canadian government's inventory of wrecked, abandoned or hazardous boats includes a U.S. warship, a derelict floating McDonald's known as the McBarge, a human-smuggling ship and an old BC Ferries ...

Jul 19, 2023

Judge signs off on Montreal archdiocese sex abuse class-action settlement

MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has signed off on a sex abuse class-action settlement involving the Montreal archdiocese. The agreement, announced earlier this year, includes a minimum $14.8 ...

Jul 19, 2023

Montreal traffic control worker dies several days after hit-and-run at worksite

MONTREAL - The traffic control worker seriously injured last week in a hit-and-run at a roadwork site in Montreal's east end has died. Montreal police say the 39-year-old man died on Monday. He was se...

Jul 19, 2023

Grassroots groups say Canada won't meet UN Sustainable Development Goals, lacks data

OTTAWA - A coalition of grassroots groups says Canada won't meet goals it set for 2030 as part of a United Nations initiative to bridge inequities around the world. The Sustainable Development Goals a...

Jul 19, 2023

Montreal man gets 22 years in U.S. prison in transborder fentanyl distribution ring

WASHINGTON - A Quebec man has been sentenced to 22 years behind bars for his role in a global fentanyl distribution scheme operated from inside a Canadian prison. Xuan Cahn Nguyen, 43, of Montreal, wa...

Jul 19, 2023

BC Coroners Service blames illicit drug supply for 184 deaths in June

VANCOUVER - The BC Coroners Service says 184 people died in the province in June due to the toxic, unregulated drug supply that has claimed more than 1,200 lives in the first half of this year. The co...

Jul 19, 2023

Oil and gas methane reductions less expensive than paying carbon tax, study finds

New research using the latest figures for Canada's methane emissions concludes it would be much cheaper for the energy industry to meet reduction targets for the potent greenhouse gas than it would be...

Jul 19, 2023

Nuke plans getting updated and BC port workers back on strike: In The News for today

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today. Nuclear threat prompts Feds review of fallout readiness Canada is dusting off and...

Jul 19, 2023

Nuclear threat from Ukraine war prompts Ottawa to update plans for catastrophe

OTTAWA - Canada is dusting off and updating emergency protocols to deal with fallout from a possible tactical nuclear exchange in Europe or the spread of radiation across the ocean from a Ukrainian po...

Jul 19, 2023