Canada

Smith says no COVID-19 pardons because Canadian system doesn't work like the U.S.

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she is no longer pursuing amnesty for COVID-19 health-rule violators because Canada doesn't work that way. "Because we've been so influenced by the (Unit...

Jan 16, 2023

Officer who survived deadly avalanche making 'incremental progress': City of Nelson

NELSON, B.C. - The City of Nelson, B.C., says a police officer who suffered critical injuries in an avalanche that killed a colleague last week is making "incremental progress" but faces a long road t...

Jan 16, 2023

Remains of three victims found at site of Quebec propane explosion, police say

MONTREAL - The remains of three people have been found at the site of last week's explosion and fire at a propane distribution company north of Montreal. Quebec provincial police confirmed today that ...

Jan 16, 2023

Trudeau should have visited First Nation during Saskatchewan stop: Indigenous leaders

SASKATOON - The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says it is dismayed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not visit the First Nation where a child's bone was found at a former residential schoo...

Jan 16, 2023

A whistle, a watch and DNA identify Canadian soldier 106 years after death in France

OTTAWA - A whistle, a pocket watch and DNA analysis helped a Canadian Forces forensic team identify the remains of a Vancouver soldier more than 100 years after he died in France. A National Defence s...

Jan 16, 2023

B.C. tenants ordered to pay $500,000 after unit in 'near-hoarding state' catches fire

VANCOUVER - Two Vancouver tenants have been ordered to pay more than $500,000 following a November 2017 apartment fire that a judge ruled was "foreseeable." B.C. Supreme Court Justice Matthew Kirchner...

Jan 16, 2023

New standards on long-term care released, with Liberal government bill yet to come

OTTAWA - A team of experts has released a detailed handbook on how to boost quality of life and prevent the spread of infection in long-term care homes that could inform anticipated federal legislatio...

Jan 16, 2023

Canadian MPs say Ottawa must help women who were Afghan lawmakers escape Taliban

OTTAWA - An all-party group of MPs is calling on the Canadian government to help Afghan women who were lawmakers before the Taliban takeover get to safety. Police in Kabul said Sunday that former MP M...

Jan 16, 2023

Police in India charge two men in deaths of family who froze crossing into U.S.

Police in India say two men are facing charges in the deaths of a family who froze a year ago while trying to cross from Manitoba into the United States. Deputy Commissioner Chaitanya Mandlik of the A...

Jan 16, 2023

P.E.I. premier asking Ottawa to reduce toll for Confederation Bridge

CHARLOTTETOWN - The premier of Prince Edward Island is asking the federal government to reduce the toll for the Confederation Bridge to make trips to the mainland more affordable. Dennis King says he ...

Jan 16, 2023