Opposition parties rejected a call from Conservatives for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to fire his chief of staff over the handling of a complaint against Canada's former top soldier. The Tories' motion called for Katie Telford to lose her job after a committee heard from a former Trudeau adviser suggesting that in 2018 she knew of a complaint involving former defence chief Jonathan Vance. Trudeau has defended Telford by saying no one in his office knew the issue was of a ``Me Too'' nature. The Conservatives contend that is not true and say if Telford failed to tell her boss about the complai

The Conservation Officer Service says the woman attacked by a cougar yesterday on her remote property in the eastern Fraser Valley has injuries to her head, face and arms. The unnamed woman is now listed in stable condition in hospital while the search for the animal has been turned over to members of the predator attack team, part of the Conservation Officer Service. The service says the attack site, near Harrison Mills on the west side of Harrison Lake, has been secured and experts are working to identify and track the cougar involved. The public is asked to avoid the area while the team do

Canada is sending desperately needed medical supplies to India as the COVID-19 pandemic there spirals out of control. Global Affairs Canada says a shipment will include 25-thousand vials of the antiviral drug remdesivir and up to 350 ventilators from its emergency stockpile. The Canadian military will airlift the supplies to the subcontinent. India's COVID-19 deaths reached a new high of three-thousand, 780 in the last 24-hours as daily infections rose by more than 382,000. Foreign Policy CAN on Twitter: Minister Garneau and his Indian counterpart @DrSJaishankar had a warm virtual meeting at

Mali's Ministry of Health says a Malian woman has given birth to nine babies after only expecting seven. It appeared to be the first time on record that a woman gave birth to nine surviving babies at once. The 25-year-old mother gave birth by cesarean section on Tuesday in Morocco. Mali's health minister confirmed that the five girls, four boys and the mother are all doing well. Associated Press reporters saw the babies in incubators in the neonatal ward, some wiggling their hands and feet. The Guinness Book of World Records said in an email to The AP that its current record for most living b

Abbotsford Police Major Crime Detectives are seeking help from the public who may have dashcam footage of an alleged sexual assault in Abbotsford early Friday morning. Detectives are in the preliminary states of this investigation and details are limited, however, we can advise that the Major Crime Unit is investigating a sexual assault that occurred at approximately 1:00 am in the area of Peardonville Road and Livingstone Ave. The female victim was out for a walk, met the male suspect and they began to engage in conversation. They walked to the northeast area of the Peardonville overpass; a s

Health Canada's chief medical adviser says her advice is still to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as you can, with whatever vaccine you can. Dr. Supriya Sharma says the risk of a new blood clotting syndrome from the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot is extremely low. A third Canadian has now died of the syndrome, a New Brunswick resident in their 60s. This morning, Canada became the first country in the world to authorize the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for kids as young as 12, effective immediately. Dr. Sharma says that as early as next week, Health Canada could begin examining whether people who

An Alberta woman in her 50s is the country's second reported death from a rare blood clot disorder linked to the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The province's chief medical officer of health says the woman's death is tragic. But Dr. Deena Hinshaw says it's important to remember the risks of dying or suffering other severe outcomes from COVID-19 are far greater than the risks associated with the drug. Alberta continues to battle the highest case rate of COVID-19 infections in all of North America. Premier Jason Kenney held a news conference today to provide more details about new public

The Pacific National Exhibition says ongoing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions have forced the cancellation of the annual fair for a second year in a row. A statement from PNE management says even a scaled back in-person event will not be possible this summer. The exhibition, which is owned by the City of Vancouver and operating for more than a century, runs for the two weeks leading up to Labour Day, pumping $200 million into the Metro Vancouver region annually. The statement says the PNE creates 4,300 direct jobs, more than twice as many direct or indirect positions, and is the largest employe

Homicide investigators have now taken over the case after the death of a woman injured Tuesday night in a shooting in Surrey, B.C. A social media message from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team confirmed the unnamed victim died in hospital. Surrey RCMP say officers responded to reports of shots fired in a residential neighbourhood of northeast Surrey just before 9 p.m. Tuesday. Officers located the victim and arrested a man a short distance away. Police have not confirmed a motive for the attack. It's the latest in a string of targeted shootings in Metro Vancouver in recent days, incl