Canada

Toronto woman mourns family killed by devastating earthquake in Syria

TORONTO - A Toronto woman says she's devastated after seven members of her family were killed in the massive earthquake that hit parts of Syria and Turkey earlier this week. Aya Hammoud, who came to C...

Feb 09, 2023

B.C. lumber industry on edge after Biden ups the ante on Buy American policies

WASHINGTON - British Columbia's lumber industry is anxiously parsing U.S. President Joe Biden's latest Buy American language to better understand the implications for Canadian exporters. The B.C. Lumb...

Feb 09, 2023

In The News for Feb. 9 : Canada mourns victims of Montreal daycare bus attack

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 9 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Feb 09, 2023

Quebec premier to visit Montreal suburb where daycare bus attack killed two children

LAVAL, Que. - Quebec Premier Franois Legault is to visit a Montreal suburb today where a transit driver crashed a bus into a daycare, killing two children and injuring six others. Legault says he will...

Feb 09, 2023

Trust in governments shows signs of life as pandemic starts to fade

OTTAWA - An annual survey on how trusting Canadians are suggests their faith in governments is rebounding as the COVID-19 pandemic begins to fade. The 2023 CanTrust Index published by Proof Strategies...

Feb 09, 2023

B.C. fines Teck Coal more than $16 million over Elk Valley infractions

The British Columbia government has fined Teck Coal Limited more than $16 million for exceeding pollution thresholds as well as failing to build an active water treatment facility on time at one of it...

Feb 08, 2023

Urban search and rescue team from Burnaby, B.C., deploys to quake zone in Turkey

VANCOUVER - A team of urban search and rescue specialists from British Columbia has deployed to Turkey's earthquake zone after independently offering to help with what one Turkish official described a...

Feb 08, 2023

Devastation in Turkey echoes past quakes and offers B.C. lessons: profs

VANCOUVER - The earthquake that ravaged Turkey and Syria this week offers both lessons and warnings for people in British Columbia as images emerge of the human devastation and costly damage, Canadian...

Feb 08, 2023

Driver charged with first-degree murder in 'nightmare' bus attack on Quebec daycare

LAVAL, QC - A transit driver has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder after two children were killed and six were seriously injured when a city bus crashed into a daycare north of Montr...

Feb 08, 2023

Quebec reports steep rise in organ donations after medical aid in dying legalized

MONTREAL - Quebec is reporting a tripling of the number of organ donors in the last five years, including a major jump last year in donations through medical aid in dying. Transplant Qubec says it rec...

Feb 08, 2023