Canada

12 charges laid against former B.C. teacher for alleged historical sex offences

VANCOUVER - A retired North Vancouver elementary school teacher is facing a dozen charges connected to alleged sex offenses. Brian Moore has been charged with 10 counts of indecent assault on a male, ...

Feb 16, 2023

Federal ministers send Nunavut diamond mine proposal to environmental review

Federal ministers have agreed with the Nunavut Impact Review Board that a proposal for a new diamond mine in the territory should undergo a public review. De Beers Canada Inc. is seeking to build its ...

Feb 16, 2023

Alberta appoints oilpatch veterans to advise government on province's energy future

EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith will turn to a panel of five oilpatch veterans to advise her government on the future of Alberta's energy industry. The panel will be chaired by David Yager, a longti...

Feb 16, 2023

Victoria officer's lost notebook obtained by criminals, used in alleged offence: cops

Victoria Police are warning dozens of people that their names and other personal information contained in an officer's lost notebook are now being "circulated among the criminal element." A statement ...

Feb 16, 2023

Senator says more awareness needed of 'invisible crime' of Indigenous identity theft

OTTAWA - A Manitoba senator says Indigenous identity fraud is a damaging but often "invisible crime" that inflicting serious harm on Indigenous women. Mary Jane McCallum, who is Cree, wants the Senate...

Feb 16, 2023

B.C.'s auditor general says data gaps during COVID-19 vaccine rollout posed risks

VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general says the Ministry of Health should have access to a registry of residents and staff in long-term care facilities as well as heath-care workers after concl...

Feb 16, 2023

B.C. MLA the latest politician with mixed messaging for non-English media

VICTORIA - British Columbia Liberal leader Kevin Falcon says he supports supervised drug injection sites, but when member of the legislature Teresa Wat spoke to the audience of a Mandarin news show la...

Feb 16, 2023

Alberta health minister promises $158M in budget to recruit front-line health staff

EDMONTON - Alberta's health minister says there will be $158 million in the upcoming budget to attract more physicians and other health-care professionals to fill gaps in care. Jason Copping says the ...

Feb 16, 2023

Downed objects most likely benign, Biden says, vowing new rules for U.S. skies

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden says the three unknown flying objects he ordered shot down over the U.S. and Canada earlier this month were likely no danger to national security. Biden says the objec...

Feb 16, 2023

Quebec tables legislation to allow advance requests for medical assistance in dying

QUEBEC - The Quebec government has tabled legislation to allow people with incurable diseases to make advanced requests for medical assistance in dying before they become incapacitated. The primary ch...

Feb 16, 2023