Skip to content

National News

'Long days ahead,' says Eby as B.C.'s wildfire evacuation orders and alerts climb

'Long days ahead,' says Eby as B.C.'s wildfire evacuation orders and alerts climb

Escalating wildfires and worsening drought across British Columbia signal challenging times ahead, with the province and nation facing the worst fire season in 100 years, said Premier David Eby.
Read more >
U.S. hiker dies after falling from popular B.C. hiking trail near Whistler

U.S. hiker dies after falling from popular B.C. hiking trail near Whistler

WHISTLER, B.C. — Mounties in British Columbia say a 28-year-old American woman has died after falling from a popular hiking trail near Whistler.
Read more >
Uncertain demand clouds future of Canada's planned LNG exports, experts say

Uncertain demand clouds future of Canada's planned LNG exports, experts say

VANCOUVER — Canadian liquefied natural gas projects looking to fill gaps in the global market left by the absence of Russian gas may run into more challenging conditions than expected, industry experts have told a global conference in Vancouver.
Read more >
Ottawa could help health care with better international recruiting, premiers say

Ottawa could help health care with better international recruiting, premiers say

WINNIPEG — Canada's premiers reiterated calls for more federal help for health care Tuesday, while acknowledging that provinces can learn from each other in areas such as worker retention.
Read more >
Montreal police raid illegal magic mushroom store on opening day, arrest four people

Montreal police raid illegal magic mushroom store on opening day, arrest four people

Montreal police on Tuesday raided a store selling illegal magic mushrooms and arrested four people, but a spokesperson for the shop said he expected it to reopen within 24 hours.
Read more >
Corporate ethics czar launches forced-labour probes into Nike, Dynasty Gold in China

Corporate ethics czar launches forced-labour probes into Nike, Dynasty Gold in China

Ottawa's corporate-ethics watchdog has announced investigations into a gold-mining corporation and the Canadian branch of Nike over the possible use of forced labour by China's Uyghur minority in their supply chains.
Read more >
Get another COVID-19 booster in the fall, Canada's immunization panel recommends

Get another COVID-19 booster in the fall, Canada's immunization panel recommends

OTTAWA — Canadians should get another COVID-19 vaccine booster in the fall if it's been at least six months since their last dose or COVID-19 infection, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) said on Tuesday.
Read more >
Military prepares to pull crashed Chinook helicopter from Ottawa River

Military prepares to pull crashed Chinook helicopter from Ottawa River

OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces said it planned to begin the complicated process of pulling the wreckage of a downed CH-147F Chinook helicopter from the Ottawa River Tuesday, after a crash killed two pilots last month.
Read more >
As pandemic business loan repayment deadline looms, calls for extending deadline grow

As pandemic business loan repayment deadline looms, calls for extending deadline grow

OTTAWA — The federal government needs to extend the deadline for small businesses to repay pandemic loans, the New Democrats and a national association representing small businesses said this week.
Read more >
State of emergency declared in Quebec town due to flood risk, more towns evacuating

State of emergency declared in Quebec town due to flood risk, more towns evacuating

MONTREAL — A town near Quebec City declared a state of local emergency and other communities ordered preventive evacuations on Tuesday as torrential rain caused rivers across southern Quebec to burst free of their banks.
Read more >