Canada

First Nations, regional district in B.C. working together to restore diverted river

A British Columbia regional district and three neighbouring First Nations have agreed to work together to restore a river that has been diverted for the last 70 years in order to generate hydroelectri...

Nov 28, 2021

Quebec Liberal Party redefining itself, will focus on environment in October election

QUEBEC - The Quebec Liberal Party says it will be focusing on the environment as it seeks to redefine itself less than a year before the next provincial election. Dominique Anglade, the leader of the ...

Nov 27, 2021

B.C. closing highways as downpour begins in latest storm striking southern region

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Transportation Ministry is proactively closing several highways today as another storm hammers the already saturated south coast. The province says it will close Highway ...

Nov 27, 2021

Media experts agree action is needed, but urge caution on how streaming is regulated

OTTAWA - The Liberals have promised to quickly reintroduce legislation aimed at reforming the Broadcasting Act, which has media experts cautioning the government against bringing newer media platforms...

Nov 27, 2021

Police make second arrest in fatal stabbing of Montreal teen outside school

Montreal police say they've arrested a second person in the stabbing death of 16-year-old Jannai Dopwell-Bailey. The suspect, identified by police as Andrei Donet, 18, appeared in court today on sever...

Nov 26, 2021

Bullets flew past work stations at RCMP detachment in B.C.: senior officer

VANDERHOOF, B.C. - A senior RCMP officer says Mounties and office staff dived for cover on Thursday in Vanderhoof, B.C., as bullets smashed through their detachment office windows. Chief Supt. Warren ...

Nov 26, 2021

Gen. Wayne Eyre felt need to respond to predecessor's letter to senior officers

OTTAWA - Canada's newly minted chief of the defence staff says he felt he needed to speak up and remind senior military officers who they work for after his predecessor sent them a letter arguing to g...

Nov 26, 2021

Indigenous leaders denounce Quebec Premier Legault as 'paternalistic,' 'arrogant'

MONTREAL - Quebec Indigenous leaders are denouncing Premier Franois Legault for his decision not to meet with them during a two-day event called the Grand Economic Circle of Indigenous People and Queb...

Nov 26, 2021

Quebec adopts new bill setting stage new special court for sexual assault victims

Quebec's legislature unanimously adopted a bill Thursday creating a specialized tribunal for cases of sexual violence and domestic assault. Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette has said the specializ...

Nov 26, 2021

CSIS efforts to derail threats to 2019 election sometimes skirted law: watchdog

OTTAWA - The national spy watchdog says Canada's intelligence service sometimes strayed from the law when trying to disrupt threats from hostile foreign states in the 2019 election. In a new report, t...

Nov 26, 2021