The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project has cleared another legal hurdle.The Supreme Court of Canada has decided not to hear five challenges from environment and Indigenous groups from British Columbia. Some had wanted the top court to consider whether the Liberal cabinet violated the Species at Risk Act when it decided to approve the pipeline expansion a second time in June 2019, arguing the project would harm the highly endangered southern resident killer whales.The Federal Court of Appeal had overturned cabinet's first approval in 2018, citing insufficient consultation with Indigenous

An Amber Alert has been issued for a 14 year old boy who Toronto police say was abducted in the northwestern part of the city.Police said in a tweet Wednesday night that they are "extremely concerned" for the safety of Shammah Jolayemi.The teen was last seen Wednesday at 8:25 a.m. in the area of Jane Street and Driftwood Avenue, they said. Const. Michelle Flannery, a spokesperson for Toronto police, said investigators do not know who abducted Shammah.Investigators said a black Jeep Wrangler with oversize front tires and a front push bar with round fog lights was seen in the area where the boy

Quebec public health officials are reporting the province's second presumptive case of the new coronavirus. The province’s Health Department announced this morning that the patient had returned from a trip, but it did not say from where. Tests performed by the province's public health lab came back positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but the result needs to be confirmed by the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg. If confirmed, it would be the second case in the province and the 35th in Canada, with the others all in Ontario and British Columbia. Officials say they are seeki

The head of the Public Health Agency of Canada says several Canadians are in serious condition with the new coronavirus in Japan, and one is also in serious clinical shape in Canada. Doctor Theresa Tam says all the other 32 cases in Canada are mildly ill, and several have recovered completely. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland chaired the first meeting of the Trudeau government's new committee on the coronavirus outbreak. She says the panel takes its cue from science on managing the virus known as COVID-19. Health Minister Patty Hajdu (HY-doo) says if there ever is an outbreak in commun

Workers have served strike notice at the Fairmont Empress, a well known landmark hotel in Victoria. A statement from Unifor Local 4276 says it represents almost 500 workers in several departments from housekeeping to groundskeeping. The strike notice expires at 8 a.m. Saturday. The union says it is seeking modest gains in wages, benefits, and workload and blames concession demands from the company for the impasse. Tracey Drake, the hotel's director of marketing and public relations, says in an email the ``main goal'' is to continue negotiations and she is optimistic that the remaining issues

University students from Halifax to Victoria and many places in between are holding marches and rallies to show support for Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs. The group Indigenous Youth for Wet'suwet'en whose members have been camped on the steps of the BC legislature since last month released a statement saying students at more than 32 universities and many high schools have pledged to take part in today's rallies. Posts on social media show groups of students marching at universities in Halifax, Kingston and London, while students at Simon Fraser University plan a demonstration at 2:30 this af

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has created a new cabinet committee to deal with the novel coronavirus outbreak, which began in China but now has spread around the world.The COVID-19 cabinet committee will complement the work being done by the government's incident response group.Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland will chair the group, while Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos will be vice-chair.The other members will include Industry Minister Navdeep Bains, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, Health Minister Patty Hajdu, Economic Development Minister Melanie Joly, Finance Minister Bi

CN Rail is starting to call back workers laid off because of rail blockades tied to an Indigenous pipeline protest in B.C. Via Rail trains are moving once again from Ottawa to Toronto and between Toronto and Montreal. But the Mohawks in Kahnawake Quebec are maintaining a rail blockade south of Montreal. The community is trying to determine what to do next since an arrangement was forged on the weekend with the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs in B.C. and cabinet ministers.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he knows people are impatient over the disputed natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia. Trudeau says the opposition of some Wet'suwet'en leaders to the Coastal GasLink pipeline has led to difficult times for many Canadians over the past few weeks. He says his government has been focused on trying to find a solution, but added that current tensions stem from Canada's dark history of mistreatment of Indigenous peoples.