Category Archives: Canada
B.C. man gets months-long sentence for assault, threats, as he waits for murder trial
The man accused in a high-profile killing of his estranged wife has been sentenced in a separate case of choking and uttering threats in Kelowna, B.C. Provincial court Judge David Ruse sentenced James...
Nov 27, 2025
Eby brands pipeline 'energy vampire' as First Nations vow it will never happen
British Columbia Premier David Eby and First Nations have thrown up a wall of opposition to a proposed northern oil pipeline, after Alberta and the federal government signed a memorandum of understand...
Nov 27, 2025
Comments and reaction on Ottawa-Alberta pipeline memorandum of understanding
CALGARY - Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed Thursday a memorandum of understanding that includes shared goals on green technology and a new oil pipeline to the West ...
Nov 27, 2025
Anand says Canada has no current plans to re-engage with Iran
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Thursday Canada is not open to re-establishing diplomatic ties with Iran at this time, and pushed back on senators who claim Canada has abandoned its...
Nov 27, 2025
News publishers’ copyright lawsuit against OpenAI cleared to go ahead in Ontario
OTTAWA - An Ontario court has decided a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers against OpenAI will proceed in that province. OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, had put forward a jurisdic...
Nov 27, 2025
Carney, Smith sign pipeline deal, open door to changing B.C. tanker ban
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have signed a memorandum of understanding that commits them to working toward building an oil pipeline to the West Coast - and opens the d...
Nov 27, 2025
Elections Canada says protocol wasn't followed in Nunavik during federal election
OTTAWA - Elections Canada says voting services in Nunavik during the spring federal election were "significantly hindered" by a lack of planning and oversight that caused some polls to close early. Fo...
Nov 27, 2025
Supreme Court of Canada returns murder case to Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has sent a murder case back to the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal in light of potential new evidence. A decade ago, a jury found Nathan Johnson guilty of first-degree...
Nov 27, 2025
Drax to shut B.C. wood pellet plant by year's end, says not 'commercially viable'
WILLIAMS LAKE - A company operating a wood pellet plant in the British Columbia Interior says the facility will be shuttered by the end of the year due to a lack of available fibre. U.K.-based Drax, w...
Nov 27, 2025
Carney, Smith sign pipeline deal, open door to changing B.C. tanker ban
CALGARY - Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have signed an agreement that commits them to working toward building an oil pipeline to the West Coast - and opens the door to ...
Nov 27, 2025