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B.C. mayors dealing with flooding and wildfire damage call on feds to deliver funds

B.C. mayors dealing with flooding and wildfire damage call on feds to deliver funds

VANCOUVER — British Columbia mayors whose communities were devastated by last year's flooding and wildfires want the federal government to deliver billions of dollars in promised funding as soon as possible.
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Trudeau wants more electric vehicles across Canada; does not rule out nuclear power

Trudeau wants more electric vehicles across Canada; does not rule out nuclear power

VICTORIA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he wants to make it easier for more Canadians to drive electric vehicles and he isn't ruling out nuclear power as a cleaner source of energy.
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Canada sanctions Russian defence sector as Joly pushes for Moscow's ouster from G20

Canada sanctions Russian defence sector as Joly pushes for Moscow's ouster from G20

OTTAWA — Canada's foreign minister told Indonesian leaders on Monday that Vladimir Putin and his foreign minister do not belong at the G20 summit in the southeast Asian country later this year.
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CRTC given $8.5M for online news regulation as critics question its capacity

CRTC given $8.5M for online news regulation as critics question its capacity

Ottawa has earmarked $8.5 million in the budget to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to develop a regulatory regime on digital giants' reuse of online news.
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Accused in Quebec City sword attack to argue not criminally responsible for killings

Accused in Quebec City sword attack to argue not criminally responsible for killings

QUEBEC — The man charged with killing two people and wounding five others in a Halloween night stabbing rampage in Quebec City wanted to be an "agent of chaos" and had been planning an attack for six years, a jury heard Monday.
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Food industry adjusting to large outbreak of avian flu in Canada, around the world

Food industry adjusting to large outbreak of avian flu in Canada, around the world

OTTAWA — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says the food industry is making adjustments to maintain supplies of poultry and eggs in the face of a large outbreak of avian flu in Canada and around the world.
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Liberal government's budget still lacking in gender-based analysis: advocates

Liberal government's budget still lacking in gender-based analysis: advocates

OTTAWA — Despite the Liberal government long styling itself as feminist, advocates say the recent federal budget lacked a sufficient gender-based analysis of its measures.
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2012 Quebec election-night shooting 'unpredictable,' police witnesses testify

2012 Quebec election-night shooting 'unpredictable,' police witnesses testify

MONTREAL — The provincial police officer charged with the personal security of then-premier-designate Pauline Marois during Quebec's 2012 fatal election shooting testified on Monday that he is satisfied with his team's work that day.
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Dry cells to be banned for women prisoners suspected of carrying contraband in bodies

Dry cells to be banned for women prisoners suspected of carrying contraband in bodies

OTTAWA — The federal government announced it would ban a controversial form of confinement for inmates suspected of carrying contraband in their vaginas, but critics say the government should reconsider the practice for everyone.
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RCMP officer killed in Nova Scotia's mass shooting died in exchange of gunfire

RCMP officer killed in Nova Scotia's mass shooting died in exchange of gunfire

HALIFAX — An RCMP officer who was killed in Nova Scotia’s 2020 mass shooting was racing to support another officer when the fatal encounter with the gunman occurred near a highway interchange.
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