Canada

Concerns mount over 'criminalization' of detained migrants in Canada

OTTAWA - Canada's border-security agency will soon require all border-security officers working with detained migrants to wear defensive gear that includes batons, pepper spray and bull...

Jul 16, 2019

In the news today, July 16

Five stories in the news for Tuesday, July 16 --- IRREGULAR MIGRANT NUMBERS DOWN THIS YEAR: DATA Newly published government figures show fewer asylum-seekers crossing "irregularly"...

Jul 16, 2019

Ministers making announcements at Davie, Seaspan shipyards today

OTTAWA - The federal government is promising major announcements today at shipyards in Quebec and Victoria. Cabinet minister Jean-Yves Duclos is to be at Davie Shipyard outside Quebec City a...

Jul 16, 2019

High-speed rail link would run from Vancouver to Seattle in under 1 hour: study

VANCOUVER - A proposed high-speed rail link connecting Vancouver, Seattle and Portland would cut the travel time between each city to under an hour and dramatically boost the economy of the ...

Jul 15, 2019

B.C. man dies of rare viral rabies infection after contact with a bat

VICTORIA - A British Columbia man has died of a rare viral rabies infection, the first such case in the province since 2003. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the man was in contact with...

Jul 15, 2019

Crown wants 2 years for man who took girl to U.S. to marry polygamous member

CRANBROOK, B.C. - A special prosecutor is recommending up to two years in prison for a former polygamous leader in Bountiful, B.C., convicted of removing a child from Canada to marry a membe...

Jul 15, 2019

Asylum figures show overall slower rate of irregular crossings

OTTAWA - Newly published government figures show fewer asylum-seekers crossing "irregularly" into Canada than last year, although June did see a small increase over other months this year. L...

Jul 15, 2019

Metis National Council faces financial audit by outside consulting firm

OTTAWA - The Metis National Council is embracing an outside financial audit requested by the federal government, the group's finance minister said Monday. David Chartrand said in an interview tha...

Jul 15, 2019

U.S. tug firm to be sentenced for 2016 spill in B.C. First Nation's territory

BELLA BELLA, B.C. - A Texas-based company is scheduled to be sentenced after pleading guilty to a diesel spill from a tug boat that ran aground and sank in a First Nation's fishing ground on...

Jul 15, 2019

Federal, B.C. governments consider options to help salmon blocked by landslide

CLINTON, B.C. - A system of pressurized tubes known as a "salmon cannon" is among the options the British Columbia and federal governments are considering to help fish trapped by a rock slide in ...

Jul 15, 2019