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Government closes bottom-contact fishing near rare B.C. coral reef
VANCOUVER - Federal authorities have closed Canada's only known live coral reef in the Pacific Ocean to all commercial and recreational bottom-contact fishing. Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the ind...
Mar 07, 2024
Canada 'will be there' to help two Michaels after their detention in China: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back on the notion that Canada's willingness to help two citizens who were detained in China is an acknowledgement they engaged in espionage on Ottawa...
Mar 07, 2024
Alberta coal mine moves ahead without permits federal officials say are needed
Environmental groups are asking Ottawa to enforce its rules on an Alberta coal site that has started building an underground test mine without fisheries permits that officials have said are required. ...
Mar 07, 2024
As Ottawa reels over multiple homicide, a look at recent mass killings across Canada
Ottawa is reeling after police said six people, including four children, were found dead Wednesday evening in a townhouse in the south-end Barrhaven suburb. Here's a look at recent examples of mass ki...
Mar 07, 2024
B.C. researcher says liver oil, meat trade threaten deepwater shark populations
Prof. Nick Dulvy recalls when the northern cod fishery collapsed back in 1992. "That was nothing short of a social and economic disaster for Canada," Dulvy said, who's a biology professor at Simon Fra...
Mar 07, 2024
Trudeau says some Pro-Palestinian protests cross line into hate, harassment
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says pro-Palestinian protests that include hatred or harassing behavior cross a line. Trudeau says he's heard from too many members of Canada's Jewish community ...
Mar 07, 2024
Orchard expansion in Canada's wine country stirs fears a key wildlife corridor will be harmed
KELOWNA, British Columbia (AP) - Just below the fog line hanging over the central Okanagan Valley, rows of saplings for a cherry orchard expansion span the eastern stretch above Highway 33 on the outs...
Mar 07, 2024
Broadcast standards body finds no breaches in controversial Kamloops radio talk show segment
KAMLOOPS - The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has ruled a Kamloops radio talk show segment did not breach a professional ethical code despite generating more than 150 complaints.The segme...
Mar 07, 2024
Manitoba's Reid Carruthers joins Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen in Brier playoffs
REGINA - Manitoba's Reid Carruthers has clinched a playoff spot at the Canadian men's curling championship. Carruthers, whose team is skipped by Brad Jacobs, scored five points in the second end again...
Mar 07, 2024
Montreal public health reports two new measles cases, bringing Quebec total to 12
MONTREAL - Quebec health officials are reporting two more measles cases, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the province to 12. The new cases are both in Montreal, adding to the seve...
Mar 07, 2024
