Canada

Ottawa gives Quebec $250 million to cover costs related to asylum seeker influx

QUEBEC - The federal government is giving Quebec $250 million in compensation for costs the province incurred following the influx of asylum seekers across the U.S. border. Quebec's immigration m...

Aug 29, 2019

Family calls for change at funeral for B.C. teen who died of apparent overdose

LANGLEY, B.C. - The family of a 14-year-old boy whose apparent overdose death was filmed and posted on social media delivered a powerful call for change at his funeral in Langley, B.C. Carson Cri...

Aug 29, 2019

Air Canada ordered to pay $21K to francophones over language violations

MONTREAL - The Federal Court has ordered Air Canada to pay a total of $21,000 to two francophones for repeated violations of their language rights, including seatbelts on which the instruction to...

Aug 29, 2019

Hong Kong activists barred from Pride march after alleged pro-communist threats

MONTREAL - Henry Lam said he was hoping to make history when he marched in Montreal's Pride parade on Aug. 18 with his husband. Lam and Guy Ho wanted to march in the Aug. 18 event with Action Fre...

Aug 29, 2019

Quebec players taunted with racial slurs at national baseball championships in N.B.

MONTREAL - An official with the Quebec team competing at last weekend's men's national baseball championships in New Brunswick is criticizing the way Baseball Canada handled racist taunts directe...

Aug 29, 2019

Oklahoma opioid ruling could pressure pharma companies to settle in BC: experts

VANCOUVER - An Oklahoma court ruling that found Johnson & Johnson helped fuel the state's opioid crisis and ordered the company to pay US$572 million could persuade drug manufacturers to...

Aug 29, 2019

Billboard company 'appalled' no one taking ownership of Bernier ads

OTTAWA - The owner of the billboards that featured ads promoting Maxime Bernier and his stance on immigration said they would have stayed up had the third-party group that paid for them not left his c...

Aug 29, 2019

Ottawa, B.C. to push electrification of gas industry to cut carbon emissions

SURREY, B.C. - The federal and British Columbia governments want to power the production of the natural gas industry in the province using electricity. As part of an agreement announced Thursday, the ...

Aug 29, 2019

Quebec boards say they have more classes than teachers as kids return to school

MONTREAL - As thousands of Quebec students return to class this week, school boards say they're short of teachers to educate them. Gina Guillemette, a spokeswoman for the Montreal-area ...

Aug 29, 2019

Erin bringing heavy rain to parts of the Maritimes, warnings in effect

HALIFAX - The remnants of post-tropical storm Erin were expected to bring heavy rain overnight to a fairly narrow band of the western Maritimes. Bob Robichaud, warning preparedness meteorologist ...

Aug 29, 2019