Canada

Pacific Salmon Treaty failing to address harvest of struggling B.C. stocks: advocates

VANCOUVER - Significant numbers of salmon returning to spawn in British Columbia are being caught in southeast Alaskan fisheries, hindering Canada's efforts to preserve and rebuild stocks that are dec...

Feb 16, 2022

Justin Trudeau's emergency law not the same as the one his father invoked in 1970s

MONTREAL - The similarities between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act on Monday and his father's use of a previous emergency law more than 50 years ago wasn't lost...

Feb 15, 2022

Study on reconciliation focuses on perceptions across Canada

A study by a group gauging progress on reconciliation suggests non-Indigenous Canadians have developed a deeper understanding of the harms that were done by residential schools. But it also found ther...

Feb 15, 2022

Russian invasion threat to Ukraine imminent, says Joly, amid diplomacy, cyberattacks

OTTAWA - Canada's foreign affairs minister says the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine remains high as cyberattacks undermined earlier optimism Tuesday that the Kremlin might be drawing down its ...

Feb 15, 2022

CP NewsAlert: B.C. to lift most COVID restrictions, but masks, vaccine rules remain

VICTORIA - British Columbia will drop capacity limits for indoor and outdoor gatherings including at sporting events, fitness centres, restaurants, bars and nightclubs on Wednesday night. People will ...

Feb 15, 2022

Convoy protesters pursue new funding, including own crypto token, as feds swoop in

OTTAWA - Figures behind the protests blockading Parliament Hill and various border crossings are championing new ways to finance their movement - including through their own crypto token - as Ottawa i...

Feb 15, 2022

Panel agrees with Canada that Trump-era U.S. solar panel tariffs violate USMCA

WASHINGTON - When it comes to trade dispute victories in the post-NAFTA era, Canada just tied it up, 1-1. A dispute resolution panel has agreed that tariffs on Canadian-made solar products imposed in ...

Feb 15, 2022

Vancouver police use DNA to identify child victims in 'Babes in the Woods' cold case

VANCOUVER - The child victims in what police say is Vancouver's oldest unsolved murder case have been identified as two young brothers. Police say David and Derek D'Alton were six and seven when they ...

Feb 15, 2022

Federal government eases COVID-19 border restrictions

OTTAWA, ON - Canada's Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced that COVID-19 border restrictions are easing.He says we are past the peak of the Omicron wave in Canada and some border restrictions ca...

Feb 15, 2022

Nunavut eases restrictions in some communities; rapid tests coming

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Restrictions are to ease in 15 Nunavut communities starting Monday as COVID-19 cases slowly drop across the territory. Outdoor gatherings in the communities will increase to 15 peop...

Feb 15, 2022