Category Archives: Canada
Vancouver closing out first no-snow winter in 43 years. There may be more on the way
VANCOUVER - Vancouver is poised to close out its first official snow-free winter in 43 years, in what environmental researchers say may become a new norm for southwestern British Columbia rather than ...
Mar 19, 2026
Critics urge Ottawa to help Inuit resist Chinese surveillance, economic dependence
OTTAWA - The Carney government is leaving Inuit communities at risk of Chinese surveillance and economic dependence and isn't facing up to the threat China poses to the North, critics say. "Inuit comm...
Mar 19, 2026
Floating furniture and local state of emergency as rain pounds B.C.'s coast
Les Martson said he could see furniture floating in the basement of a friend's home when he surveyed the site of flooding near Ocean Falls, B.C., along the province's central coast. The community is a...
Mar 18, 2026
Jennifer Pan pleads guilty to manslaughter in mother's death after new trial ordered
Jennifer Pan has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2010 death of her mother, nearly a year after the Supreme Court of Canada ordered a new first-degree murder trial for the Markham, Ont., woman in...
Mar 18, 2026
Alberta government moves to drastically reduce access to medically assisted dying
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government took steps Wednesday to drastically restrict who's eligible for medical assistance in dying. Smith's United Conservative Party government introdu...
Mar 18, 2026
Jury finds Quebec man charged with killing his children guilty on all charges
LAVAL - A jury has found a man who drowned his two children in their Laval, Que., family home in October 2022 guilty on all charges. Kamaljit Arora, 49, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the ...
Mar 18, 2026
Saskatchewan introduces budget with spending hikes but also $819-million deficit
REGINA - Saskatchewan has introduced a new budget that avoids tax hikes and program cuts but carries with it a big deficit. Finance Minister Jim Reiter tabled the 2026-27 budget on Wednesday. It proje...
Mar 18, 2026
CBSA opens 372 immigration investigations to 'disrupt extortion networks' in Canada
OTTAWA - Canada Border Services Agency says it has opened 372 immigration investigations in an effort to "disrupt extortion networks" across the country. It says the CBSA began formally monitoring imm...
Mar 18, 2026
Chinese police officer and wife denied residency in 'crimes against humanity' ruling
A Chinese couple have lost a bid to immigrate to Canada after a Federal Court judge agreed there are reasonable grounds to believe the police officer husband was complicit in crimes against humanity. ...
Mar 18, 2026
Most Canadians want to ban or regulate algorithmic pricing, poll shows
OTTAWA - Most Canadians want the government to ban or regulate the use of algorithms to set prices, a new poll suggests - with half of respondents saying the practice is unfair because it can result i...
Mar 18, 2026