Tag Archives: National

A British Columbia judge has sentenced a man with the longest record of Fisheries Act violations in Canadian history to six years in prison for "ravaging the ocean and flouting the law." Scott Steer a...

OTTAWA - Israeli customs data suggests lethal Canadian arms are still being exported regularly to Israel, despite Ottawa's claim that it has halted such shipments. "Canadian military products are deep...

RICHMOND - The man accused of allegedly hijacking a plane that triggered a security incident at Vancouver International Airport appeared briefly in a provincial court in Richmond, B.C., where his lawy...

QUBEC - The office of Quebec's auditor general says it is investigating the millions of dollars in subsidies given by the province to the electric battery industry. Major players in the sector have co...

British Columbia's Conservation Officer Service says a grizzly attack on a couple in the province's Interior over the weekend was likely "defensive in nature," and it's unlikely the bears were stalkin...

OTTAWA - Under pressure from the U.S. trade war and a slowing economy, Canada's provinces are all expected to run fiscal deficits this year - but a Conference Board of Canada report predicts those def...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... 10 candidates in Alberta byelection to debate Ten candidates vying to represent Battle River-Crowfoot in the H...

CAMROSE - Pierre Poilievre was greeted with cheers and applause by the hundreds of Albertans who showed up to watch a two-and-a-half-hour political debate on a sunny Tuesday evening in July. The Camro...

BURNABY - Former British Columbia legislator Katrina Chen sits on a couch in her Burnaby home, reading aloud from the children's book she's co-written. "'Maybe,' Mommy tells me, 'It's time for a stron...

CAMROSE - Elections Canada says voters in the upcoming Battle River-Crowfoot byelection will be required to write out the name of their preferred candidate given the unusually high number of people ru...