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Trudeau tours B.C. cherry farm, where weather events have affected crop

Trudeau tours B.C. cherry farm, where weather events have affected crop

KELOWNA, B.C. — The prime minister got a first-hand look at how heat and wildfires in British Columbia last year combined with mild temperatures in the earlier months of 2022 have left fruit growers with a lighter than normal crop.
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Fisheries report brings hope to Indigenous communities, sparks anger in industry

Fisheries report brings hope to Indigenous communities, sparks anger in industry

OTTAWA — A Mi'kmaw lawyer from the community at the centre of a violent backlash over its self-governed lobster fishery says she's "very hopeful" about a new Senate report that calls for the full implementation of Indigenous fishing rights.
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Wildfire threats grow in western provinces, as warmer and drier weather forecast

Wildfire threats grow in western provinces, as warmer and drier weather forecast

Canada's western provinces are dealing with a number of wildfires caused by warmer and drier weather. The B.C.
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Trudeau tours B.C. cherry farm, where weather events have affected crop

Trudeau tours B.C. cherry farm, where weather events have affected crop

The prime minister got a first-hand look at how heat and wildfires in British Columbia last year combined with mild temperatures in the earlier months of 2022 have left fruit growers with a lighter than normal crop
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Catholic dioceses failed in past to raise money promised to survivors. Will they now?

Catholic dioceses failed in past to raise money promised to survivors. Will they now?

When 48 Catholic church entities signed on to fundraise $25 million for survivors under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, it was spelled out they would do so through their 'best efforts.' Did they?
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Ottawa to provide $870 million to support B.C. flood, landslide recovery efforts

Ottawa to provide $870 million to support B.C. flood, landslide recovery efforts

VANCOUVER — The federal government is providing $870 million to support recovery efforts after destructive flooding in British Columbia last November, Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair announced Monday.
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Ex-PQ leader André Boisclair sentenced to two years less a day for sex assaults

Ex-PQ leader André Boisclair sentenced to two years less a day for sex assaults

MONTREAL — Former Parti Québécois leader André Boisclair was sentenced on Monday to two years less a day in jail after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting two young men in his Montreal apartment.
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Coalition Avenir Québec under fire for 'taking advantage' of woman in election ad

Coalition Avenir Québec under fire for 'taking advantage' of woman in election ad

MONTREAL — Quebec's governing party defended itself Monday against accusations it underpaid and took advantage of a woman who appeared in a widely promoted election advertisement.
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'Freedom Convoy' organizer Pat King granted bail

'Freedom Convoy' organizer Pat King granted bail

OTTAWA — Pat King, an organizer of the "Freedom Convoy" that paralyzed downtown Ottawa for three weeks last winter, has been granted bail. The decision was delivered in an Ottawa courtroom Monday by Superior Court Justice Anne London-Weinstein.
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Patrick Brown says he will seek re-election in Brampton mayoral race this fall

Patrick Brown says he will seek re-election in Brampton mayoral race this fall

Weeks after his bid for the federal Conservative leadership came to an abrupt end over allegations of wrongdoing, Patrick Brown announced Monday he will seek to stay on as mayor of Brampton, Ont.
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