Canada

Statistics Canada to release third quarter GDP report today

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is set to release third quarter gross domestic product figures this morning. The agency's preliminary estimate pointed to one per cent annualized growth over the three-month...

Nov 29, 2024

As Australia bans social media for children, Quebec is paying close attention

MONTREAL - As Australia moves to ban social media for children under 16, Quebec is debating whether to follow suit. The provincial government decided last spring to study the possibility of setting a ...

Nov 29, 2024

Study of 2023 Okanagan wildfires recommends limiting development in high-risk areas

A study into the devastating wildfires that struck British Columbia's Okanagan region in 2023 has recommended that government and industry limit development in high-fire-risk areas. The study, conduct...

Nov 28, 2024

Loose wheel from truck crashes head-on into SUV on B.C. highway

DELTA, B.C. - Police say an elderly woman has been taken to hospital after a wheel that came off a moving truck's axle crashed into her SUV on a British Columbia highway. BC Highway Patrol says the cr...

Nov 28, 2024

Outcome remains unclear as final UN plastic treaty talks reaches halfway mark

OTTAWA - Canadian officials say negotiations on an international plastics treaty have been predictably difficult, with no indication yet on whether there will even be a treaty at all. Negotiators from...

Nov 28, 2024

'Clearly identifiable signs': Quebec report highlights domestic violence risk factors

MONTREAL - A Quebec committee that examines domestic violence deaths has found that many victims aren't accessing the help they need even if the signs of violence are clear. The Comit d'examen des dcs...

Nov 28, 2024

Montreal shopping mall playing ‘Baby Shark’ song to prevent unhoused from loitering

MONTREAL - A shopping mall and office complex in downtown Montreal is being criticized for using the popular children's song "Baby Shark" to discourage unhoused people from loitering in its emergency ...

Nov 28, 2024

Montreal billionaire sued for allegedly paying minors for sex wants names of accusers

MONTREAL - A lawyer representing Quebec electronics billionaire Robert Miller says his client must know who his accusers are in a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging he paid minors for sex. Karim R...

Nov 28, 2024

Eliminating open-net fish farms in B.C. would cost taxpayers billions: report

CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - A report commissioned by the BC Salmon Farmers Association says the proposed federal ban on marine net-pens in British Columbia would cost taxpayers billions and have "severe co...

Nov 28, 2024

Blair says future of defence relies on building relationships with Indigenous Peoples

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Bill Blair says his department's future success depends upon building and strengthening relationships with Indigenous communities in a way that's consistent with reconciliati...

Nov 28, 2024