BCOct 08, 2025
All B.C. government liquor, cannabis stores now behind workers' pickets
All remaining British Columbia-run liquor and cannabis stores in the province are now behind picket lines as public service workers step up union job action. The escalation by the BC General Employees' Union also includes all Service BC workers, raising the total number of members participating in job action to almost 25,000.
Private liquor and cannabis stores in B.C. remain open, but they are supplied by provincial government distribution warehouses that are also behind picket lines.
Service BC provides residents with services related to drivers licensing, income and disability ass
CanadaOct 08, 2025
House committee adds language, security checks to 'Lost Canadians' bill
The House of Commons immigration committee is recommending most adults eligible for birthright citizenship under the "Lost Canadians" bill fulfil similar requirements to immigrant applicants, on language, knowledge of Canadian history and security checks.
MPs on the committee adopted amendments on Tuesday to Bill C-3, which will go back to the House of Commons for approval.
The bill responds to a 2023 Ontario court ruling overturning a Stephen Harper-era law which prohibited Canadians born aboard from passing down citizenship if their children were not born in Canada
The bill proposes that in
CanadaOct 08, 2025
Canada Post union set for meeting with Ottawa as strike stretches on
The union representing striking Canada Post employees says it will meet with the federal minister in charge of the Crown corporation after accusing Ottawa of trampling on the collective bargaining process.
Postal workers took to the picket lines nearly two weeks ago after Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound announced sweeping changes to Canada Post's mandate that would allow the struggling postal service to overhaul its operations in the midst of negotiations with the union.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is asking the minister to roll back the changes that include permitting the end o
CanadaOct 08, 2025
Cadaver dogs fail to find remains in search for missing Nova Scotia children
Nova Scotia RCMP say two tracking dogs trained to search for human remains have failed to find any trace of two children reported missing from their rural home more than five months ago.
The Mounties say that in late September, the two cadaver dogs and their handlers covered 40 kilometres around the small community of Lansdowne Station, N.S., where six-year-old Lilly Sullivan and her four-year-old brother Jack were reported missing May 2.
Investigators say the dogs searched the property in the province's northeast where the children went missing, trails along and near a pipeline, and an area w
BCOct 08, 2025
Transportation Safety Board sending team to accident site near Squamish, B.C.
The Transportation Safety Board says it's sending a team of investigators to the site of a helicopter crash near Squamish, B.C., that occurred this morning.
Board spokesman Chris Krepski says the accident happened just before 9:30 a.m. and involved a Bell 214 B1 helicopter that was carrying an external load.
Krepski says the pilot was taken to Vancouver with serious injuries.
He says the board couldn't confirm who the owner of the aircraft is, and could only share preliminary information after receiving a report.
He says more information about the crash will be available once investigators arr
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