Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Class-action lawsuit certified against CN and CP railways over Lytton, B.C., fire
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says a class-action lawsuit against Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways can move ahead after a catastrophic fire in June 2021 burned most...
Dec 02, 2025
Class-action lawsuit certified against CN and CP railways over Lytton, B.C., fire
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says a class-action lawsuit against Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways can move ahead after a catastrophic fire in June 2021 burned most...
Dec 02, 2025
Quebec justice minister tables bill to restrict 'parasite' ticket resellers
QUBEC - The Quebec government has tabled a new bill to crack down on online ticket resales and to regulate subscription services. On Tuesday, Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette said ticket reseller...
Dec 02, 2025
B.C. requires witness for those using supply drugs to stop diversion to streets
VICTORIA - Rules are being tightened for British Columbia's overdose-prevention safer supply program to require a witness when a user takes their drugs in an effort to stop the pills from being sold o...
Dec 02, 2025
B.C. requires witness for those using supply drugs to stop diversion to streets
VICTORIA - Rules are being tightened for British Columbia's overdose-prevention safer supply program to require a witness when a user takes their drugs in an effort to stop the pills from being sold o...
Dec 02, 2025
Police in Kelowna, Abbotsford, B.C., warn of fake speeding tickets issued by text
KELOWNA - Police in two B.C. cities are warning area residents after a number of cases where fraudsters are texting potential victims telling them they need to pay their fines for speeding tickets. RC...
Dec 02, 2025
Confidence bill on Mental Health Act passes through B.C. legislature
VICTORIA - The B.C. New Democrat government has survived a confidence vote over its changes to the Mental Health Act that reduce the legal exposure of health care workers who deliver involuntary care ...
Dec 02, 2025
AFN vote against northern pipeline shows there are better ideas to move oil, Dix says
VICTORIA - British Columbia's energy minister says a vote from chiefs at the Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa to uphold the oil tanker ban is more support for the provincial argument that...
Dec 02, 2025
Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in the US, urges them to go back to their homeland and fix it
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump during a lengthy Cabinet meeting on Tuesday said he did not want Somali immigrants in the U.S., saying residents of the war-ravaged eastern African country are...
Dec 02, 2025
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Federal authorities are preparing a targeted immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota that would primarily focus on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S., a move tha...
Dec 02, 2025