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Green groups greet climate deal with hope, frustration after last-minute compromise

Green groups greet climate deal with hope, frustration after last-minute compromise

A last-minute deal reached at the United Nations climate talks Saturday drew a mix of discouragement and determination from environmental groups and politicians in Canada.
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Review of street check policies arises out of B.C. police commissioner's report

Review of street check policies arises out of B.C. police commissioner's report

VANCOUVER — A man's complaint about being stopped and asked if he was "Abdul" by two officers in New Westminster, B.C., has prompted a call for provincewide consistency on street checks from the city's police board.
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COP26 to accelerate climate action already underway in Canada, experts say

COP26 to accelerate climate action already underway in Canada, experts say

The delegates are trickling home and Glasgow's streets are clearing of protesters. Now, experts say, the real work begins of putting meat and bone to the pledges and commitments made by world leaders to keep global warming below catastrophic levels.
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Quebec builds fences around caribou as experts decry lack of habitat protection

Quebec builds fences around caribou as experts decry lack of habitat protection

MONTREAL — The Quebec government’s decision to fence in another endangered caribou herd and to kill any wolves that approach the animals is worrying environmentalists, who say the province is again delaying a long-promised plan to re-establish the sp
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Documents detail impacts of federal aid on benefits for seniors, families

Documents detail impacts of federal aid on benefits for seniors, families

OTTAWA — Internal government documents are providing the clearest picture yet of the impact that emergency aid is having on federal support to low-income seniors and families.
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Quebec ticket holder wins Friday's $50 million Lotto Max jackpot

Quebec ticket holder wins Friday's $50 million Lotto Max jackpot

TORONTO — A lottery player somewhere in Quebec won Friday's whopping $50 million Lotto Max jackpot. There were also two Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each up for grabs, but neither was claimed. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Nov.
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Remembrance Day gatherings disrupted in British Columbia

Remembrance Day gatherings disrupted in British Columbia

The British Columbia branch of the Royal Canadian Legion says it's "unfortunate" that people with political agendas chose Remembrance Day to disrupt those who wanted to honour the sacrifice of military veterans. The legion's B.C.
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Supreme Court of Canada affirms 'starting-point' approach to criminal sentencing

Supreme Court of Canada affirms 'starting-point' approach to criminal sentencing

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says it is appropriate for appeal courts to set starting-point benchmarks for sentencing offenders in criminal cases.
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Alberta deletes Nazi 'both sides' reference in decades-old school guidance document

Alberta deletes Nazi 'both sides' reference in decades-old school guidance document

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is deleting a decades-old reference in a curriculum guidance paper that urges teachers to focus on positive and negative aspects of the Nazi Germany regime.
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Trade Minister Ng disappointed, not daunted by US protectionism

Trade Minister Ng disappointed, not daunted by US protectionism

OTTAWA — Canada's trade minister says she's disappointed at some of the protectionist measures being pushed by the new Biden administration in Washington, but she's not discouraged from partnering with her country's largest trading partner to strengt
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