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Nearly a billion in wildfire costs helps to push B.C.'s projected deficit to $6.7B

Nearly a billion in wildfire costs helps to push B.C.'s projected deficit to $6.7B

VICTORIA — A record-high $966 million in wildfire spending and lower natural gas prices have combined to add $2.5 billion to British Columbia's projected deficit for this fiscal year, pushing that number to $6.7 billion.
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Justice minister says Liberal bail-reform bill will work, but says he can't say how

Justice minister says Liberal bail-reform bill will work, but says he can't say how

OTTAWA — Federal Justice Minister Arif Virani said Wednesday he is confident the Liberals' bail-reform package will have an impact and make the country safer, but he says he cannot measure what exactly that will be.
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Quebec coroner hears from grieving families; concern over gunman's medication change

Quebec coroner hears from grieving families; concern over gunman's medication change

MONTREAL — The older brother of a mentally ill man who killed three people at random during a 24-hour shooting spree in the Montreal area last year told a coroner Wednesday he questions why his medication regime had been changed before the killings.
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Military's key witness takes stand at court martial for Lt.-Gen. Whelan

Military's key witness takes stand at court martial for Lt.-Gen. Whelan

GATINEAU, Que. — The complainant in the court martial for Lt.-Gen.
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Witnesses at Peter Nygard's sexual-assault trial describe bedroom suite at Toronto HQ

Witnesses at Peter Nygard's sexual-assault trial describe bedroom suite at Toronto HQ

TORONTO — The Toronto office of Peter Nygard's clothing company housed a bedroom suite featuring a door built into a mirrored wall that could only be opened by a control panel, his sexual-assault trial heard Wednesday as witnesses detailed the layout
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Report says Alberta energy regulator followed rules in Kearl mine wastewater release

Report says Alberta energy regulator followed rules in Kearl mine wastewater release

EDMONTON — A third-party report into the release of millions of litres of oilsands wastewater at Imperial Oil's Kearl mine has found Alberta's energy regulator followed its rules in keeping the public and area First Nations informed — but concludes t
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Immigration drives massive Canadian population increase: StatCan

Immigration drives massive Canadian population increase: StatCan

OTTAWA — Immigration is almost solely responsible for the largest annual population boom Canada has seen since 1957, new estimates from Statistics Canada show.
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Hajdu says 'co-developed' First Nations water legislation to be tabled this fall

Hajdu says 'co-developed' First Nations water legislation to be tabled this fall

OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says she hopes to table a piece of legislation this fall that she says is the closest the federal government has come to co-developing law with First Nations.
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Rota debacle renews calls to examine history, including war crime records

Rota debacle renews calls to examine history, including war crime records

OTTAWA — Canada could revisit calls to declassify documents about the presence of Nazi war criminals in the country, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Wednesday, as the fallout continued over Parliament's recognition last week of a man who fought
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Survivors of fishing boat sinking didn't think they had much time left: rescuer

Survivors of fishing boat sinking didn't think they had much time left: rescuer

MONTREAL — The three survivors of a fatal fishing boat sinking off the coast of Quebec Monday didn't think they would survive much longer when a search and rescue helicopter appeared, according to one of the rescuers. Sgt.
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