Canada

CSE issued prompt warning when threat to critical infrastructure first detected

WASHINGTON - Canada's electronic spy agency says it issued a prompt warning when it first learned that hackers had gained access to the country's gas distribution network. Communications Security Esta...

Apr 13, 2023

Health minister says stiffer regulations could prevent Ozempic-type prescribing

RICHMOND, B.C. - The federal health minister says regulations governing medical practice may have to be strengthened in each province to prevent "incompetence" by doctors who could write thousands of ...

Apr 13, 2023

Here's what happens to government services if federal public servants go on strike

OTTAWA - The union representing the largest number of federal public servants announced a countrywide strike mandate on Wednesday. The Public Service Alliance of Canada says workers are ready to strik...

Apr 13, 2023

B.C. may provide additional resources as transit police, RCMP step up patrols: Eby

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's premier says Mounties and Metro Vancouver Transit Police have increased their presence and stepped up patrols on bus and train lines so passengers can feel safe when tra...

Apr 13, 2023

Université de Montreal reviewing options for donation linked to Beijing

OTTAWA - The Universit de Montreal says in a statement that it is considering all options in light of new information about a $750,000 donation it received in 2016 that reportedly had ties to Beijing....

Apr 13, 2023

'It has become a cycle': Muslim Canadians more vigilant during Ramadan

TORONTO - Mosques across Canada have increasingly had to ask congregants to stay vigilant against potential attacks and harassment during the holy month of Ramadan, Muslim advocacy groups say, noting ...

Apr 13, 2023

Poilievre's pitch to defund CBC while keeping French services would need a law change

OTTAWA - If Pierre Poilievre wants to "defund the CBC" while maintaining its French-language programming, he'll have to overhaul the country's broadcasting law in order to do it. That's according to t...

Apr 13, 2023

Earthquake off B.C. coast measuring 6 little felt, no tsunami expected

VANCOUVER - An earthquake measuring 6 has shaken the seabed a few hundred kilometres off Vancouver Island. The National Tsunami Warning Center in Alaska says a dangerous wave is not expected from the ...

Apr 13, 2023

'Potentially devastating': Bird flu cases in mammals put scientists on alert

A rise in mammals infected with bird flu has put Canadian wildlife and public health experts on alert, as recent research by federal scientists warns of a "potentially devastating pandemic" if the vir...

Apr 13, 2023

MIA: No sign of Canadian quick-reaction force first pledged to UN in 2017

OTTAWA - The United Nations may soon start questioning Canada's definition of "quick" now that the government has given itself three more years to deliver a 200-soldier force for peacekeeping. Prime M...

Apr 13, 2023