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Squamish, B.C., rejects LNG company's plan for floating work camp

Squamish, B.C., rejects LNG company's plan for floating work camp

SQUAMISH, B.C. — Plans to use a renovated cruise ship to house more than 600 workers at a liquefied natural gas facility near Squamish, B.C., have been voted down by the local council. The ship arrived in B.C.
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Head of port says cargo scanners won't solve the issue of exported stolen vehicles

Head of port says cargo scanners won't solve the issue of exported stolen vehicles

OTTAWA — Scanning more shipping containers for stolen cars may do little to curb auto theft, the head of the Halifax Port Authority said this week at a House of Commons committee.
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Conservatives call on Commons Speaker to resign, say he let Trudeau cross the line

Conservatives call on Commons Speaker to resign, say he let Trudeau cross the line

OTTAWA — Conservative MPs want House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus to resign after ejecting their leader — and not Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — during a heated debate Tuesday.
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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh confirms his party will support the Liberals' federal budget

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh confirms his party will support the Liberals' federal budget

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh on Wednesday ended any speculation his party would pull out of its deal with the minority Liberal government by finally agreeing to support the government's budget.
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Court rejects students' request for injunction against McGill encampment

Court rejects students' request for injunction against McGill encampment

MONTREAL — Pro-Palestinian activists who have pitched their tents on the McGill University campus scored a legal victory on Wednesday when a Quebec judge rejected a request for an injunction to stop their protest.
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Blair says he couldn't sell Canadians, cabinet on 'magical threshold' of NATO target

Blair says he couldn't sell Canadians, cabinet on 'magical threshold' of NATO target

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Bill Blair says it's hard to convince cabinet and Canadians that meeting the NATO spending target is a worthy goal, because "nobody knows what that means.
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Report on RCMP, government responses to mass shooting inquiry offers no evaluation

Report on RCMP, government responses to mass shooting inquiry offers no evaluation

HALIFAX — An independent committee has released its first report on how governments and the RCMP are responding to the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia, but it does not offer any assessment of the progress made so far.
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'A place that nobody wants to be:' Police search Saskatoon landfill for missing woman

'A place that nobody wants to be:' Police search Saskatoon landfill for missing woman

SASKATOON — The father of a missing woman looked out over the Saskatoon landfill Wednesday, as police wearing white chemical-resistant suits scoured through piles of debris looking for evidence of his daughter.
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Liberal MP says she's leaving politics over disrespectful dialogue, threats, misogyny

Liberal MP says she's leaving politics over disrespectful dialogue, threats, misogyny

OTTAWA — Liberal MP Pam Damoff says she won't run again in the next federal election, saying she has experienced misogyny, disrespectful dialogue in politics and threats to her life.
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Initial foreign interference inquiry report to be made public Friday

Initial foreign interference inquiry report to be made public Friday

OTTAWA — A federal commission of inquiry into foreign interference plans to release a report Friday on alleged meddling in the last two general elections.
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