Canada

Escape of non-native salmon on B.C. coast puts farm phase-out plan in spotlight

VANCOUVER - The escape of an estimated 20,000 non-native fish off Vancouver Island demonstrates the urgent need to phase out ocean-based farming and calls into question the federal governmen...

Dec 24, 2019

Air Force accepts first new search-and-rescue plane despite issue with manuals

OTTAWA - The Canadian military has accepted the first of 16 new search-and-rescue planes despite outstanding issues with the aircraft's manuals. The new plane was officially handed over by European ma...

Dec 24, 2019

ICBC sorry for suggesting deceased BC Mountie liable for on-duty deadly crash

VICTORIA - The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia is apologizing for wrongly suggesting a deceased Mountie was liable for the on-duty crash that claimed her life, saying it's taking to steps to...

Dec 23, 2019

Canadian 'whistleblower' detained for years in Middle East to learn fate Tuesday

MONTREAL - The family of a Canadian geologist jailed in Dubai on fraud charges is cautiously optimistic he'll be exonerated in a court hearing scheduled for Tuesday. Andre Gauthier...

Dec 23, 2019

Judge authorizes plan to transform six Quebec dailies into employee cooperatives

MONTREAL - Quebec's Superior Court has authorized a plan that transforms six insolvent regional French-language newspapers across the province into employee cooperatives and reduces pen...

Dec 23, 2019

Company seeks injunction: Co-op, union in court over pickets at Regina refinery

REGINA - A nearly three-week labour dispute between a Saskatchewan petroleum refinery and hundreds of its workers moved from the picket line into the courtroom Monday, with the company seeking an inju...

Dec 23, 2019

Chinese embassy takes swipe at 'some politicians' over talk of freeing Canadians

OTTAWA - The Chinese embassy is taking a swing at "some Canadian politicians" over what it describes as "erroneous remarks" about the relationship between the two countries and the cases of two Canadi...

Dec 23, 2019

N.S. sawmills seeking new markets in wake of announced Northern Pulp closure

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia sawmill operators say their outlook after the closure of Northern Pulp is one of troubling uncertainties and, so far, few answers from the provincial government&nb...

Dec 23, 2019

Conservative party's fundraising boss takes over temporary helm of party

OTTAWA - The director of fundraising for the federal Conservatives has taken over as acting director of the party as it continues to grapple with the fallout from the resignation of leader Andrew Sche...

Dec 23, 2019

Bump in low-income rates expected as StatCan sets to redraw poverty line

OTTAWA - The national statistics office is looking at changes to the federally adopted poverty line which, if approved, could mean more people are considered to live below the low-income threshold. Th...

Dec 23, 2019