Canada

Asylum seekers face hurdles, discrimination as they compete for housing in Montreal

MONTREAL - Pedro Fonseca, a 43-year-old asylum seeker from Colombia, says if he doesn't start receiving social assistance from the Quebec government soon, he'll likely become homeless. He says he coul...

Mar 02, 2023

National security agencies, Elections Canada set to testify on foreign interference

OTTAWA - The head of Canada's spy agency is among the witnesses expected at a Parliamentary committee studying allegations of foreign interference in elections today. Representatives from the Canadian...

Mar 02, 2023

Climate activists splash Royal B.C. Museum's mammoth 'Woolly' with pink paint

VICTORIA - A centrepiece of the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria, Woolly the mammoth, was defaced with pink paint by protesters trying to draw attention to climate change. A statement issued by the new c...

Mar 01, 2023

Special prosecutor decides against charges in B.C. money laundering investigation

VICTORIA - Charges won't be laid in one of British Columbia's largest money laundering probes, despite a government directive for a special prosecutor to conduct a second review of a police investigat...

Mar 01, 2023

Collision claims three and seriously injures two more on highway north of Kamloops

CLEARWATER - RCMP say three people are dead and two others are seriously injured in a crash north of Kamloops, B.C. Const. James Ward with the B.C. Highway Patrol says a report came in Wednesday morni...

Mar 01, 2023

Trudeau Foundation to return $200,000 donation over possible connection to China

OTTAWA - The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation says it is returning $200,000 it received seven years ago after a media report alleged a potential connection to Beijing. The Globe and Mail, citing an u...

Mar 01, 2023

'Havana syndrome' report won't undermine U.S. support for victims: White House

WASHINGTON - The White House says a new report debunking the idea that "Havana syndrome" was the work of a foreign adversary won't diminish President Joe Biden's support for its victims. U.S. intellig...

Mar 01, 2023

Company planning to make COVID-19 vaccine in Canada could go out of business

MONTREAL - An American company that signed a deal with the federal government to produce COVID-19 vaccines in Montreal is warning investors it could go out of business within the year. Executives at M...

Mar 01, 2023

Alberta to introduce bill to include federal officials in trespassing rules

EDMONTON - The Alberta government says federal officials have trespassed on private land and they are putting forward a bill to stop it. Government House Leader Joseph Schow declined to provide detail...

Mar 01, 2023

B.C. and Ottawa reach $27 billion health funding agreement

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has agreed in principle to a $27.47 billion deal for health-care funding from the federal government. The agreement is a step toward completing a $196-billi...

Mar 01, 2023