Category Archives: Canada

Canada urges UN to include women in looming talks that could give Taliban legitimacy
OTTAWA - Canada says the United Nations' controversial move to enter dialogue with the Taliban must include women, as the organization mulls recognizing the terrorist group as the government of Afghan...
Apr 27, 2023

Supreme Court won't hear appeal from city in Quebec that failed to stop 2012 fire
OTTAWA - A city in Quebec has exhausted its legal avenues to avoid paying thousands of dollars in damages after it failed to deploy enough firefighters to prevent a fire from ravaging a building. Cana...
Apr 27, 2023

Forcible restraint by police among factors in Myles Gray death, pathologist says
BURNABY, B.C. - A forensic pathologist says a "perfect storm" of factors led to Myles Gray's death, including his extreme exertion and the Vancouver police actions to restrain him. Dr. Matthew Orde to...
Apr 27, 2023

B.C. New Democrat MP Randall Garrison says he will not be seeking re-election
OTTAWA - Longtime British Columbia NDP Randall Garrison says he will not seek re-election in the next federal vote. The representative for Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke on Vancouver Island announced his dec...
Apr 27, 2023

Health minister denies interfering in arm's-length drug-price agency before committee
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says he has not exercised any undue political pressure on the independent federal agency that regulates the price of patented drugs on its efforts to lower me...
Apr 27, 2023

'Difficult' Surrey, B.C. police decision on RCMP or municipal force Friday: minister
VICTORIA - British Columbia Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says Surrey residents will know Friday who will police the Metro Vancouver city, the RCMP or the municipal Surrey Police Service. Farn...
Apr 27, 2023

Police say they're worried about mother after newborn found dead in Victoria lot
VICTORIA - Police in Victoria say they are worried about the welfare of a new mother whose baby was found dead. Officers and an ambulance were called Wednesday night to a report of a baby found in a p...
Apr 27, 2023

'Broken system:' Policing shortages facing N.B. communities highlight national issue
FREDERICTON - Some New Brunswick communities are being forced to find creative solutions to law enforcement because of RCMP policing shortages, a phenomenon experts say is symbolic of what much of sma...
Apr 27, 2023

Foreign-interference office coming 'soon' but not yet ready to launch: Mendicino
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says the Liberals are not ready to launch the foreign-interference office they promised in last month's federal budget, amid ongoing scrutiny of allegat...
Apr 27, 2023

Hot spell hikes risks of flooding, avalanches and fire across British Columbia
VANCOUVER - As British Columbia heads into its first warm spell of the year, forecasters are warning the heat could raise avalanche and flood risks, while the danger of wildfires has already nudged up...
Apr 27, 2023