The cruise-ship season in Canada is all but dead as Ottawa extends a ban on ships in Canadian waters until the end of October.Transportation Minister Marc Garneau says passenger ships with overnight accommodations for more than 100 passengers can't operate in Canadian waters until at least Oct. 31.In March the government barred ships with more than 500 passengers until July 1 but Garneau is expanding that ban today.He says he understands that this will have a big economic impact on the tourism industry and that the government is looking at what to do about that.Last year 140 cruise ships brou

Minneapolis police station torched amid George Floyd protestProtesters angered by the death of a black man who died while pleading for air as a white police officer kneeled on his neck have torched a Minneapolis police station that the department abandoned.Thursday marked a third night of violent protests following the death of George Floyd, who died in a confrontation with officers outside a grocery store. Fires burned Friday morning in Minneapolis and nearby St. Paul.National Guard members were being stationed in locations to help stem looting.Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's defended the cit

There are 88,512 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. Quebec: 49,702 confirmed (including 4,302 deaths, 15,618 resolved) Ontario: 26,866 confirmed (including 2,189 deaths, 20,673 resolved) Alberta: 6,955 confirmed (including 143 deaths, 6,160 resolved) British Columbia: 2,558 confirmed (including 163 deaths, 2,153 resolved) Nova Scotia: 1,055 confirmed (including 59 deaths, 977 resolved) Saskatchewan: 639 confirmed (including 10 deaths, 568 resolved) Manitoba: 283 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 273 resolved), 11 presumptive Newfoundland and Labrador: 261 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 2

Donald Trump launched a Twitter war of a different sort Thursday, picking a fight with the online platforms that helped to shape his political career. A feud that, should it escalate, could curtail free speech in the United States and even run afoul of North America's new trade pact. Angered by Twitter's decision to place fact-check flags on two of his recent tweets, Trump signed an executive order Thursday authorizing a review of Section 230 of the U.S. Communications Decency Act. Act is considered a cornerstone of the modern-day internet that protects online platforms from being held liable

The COVID-19 outbreak at the Mission prison in BC's Fraser Valley has been declared over. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says there have been no new cases for two incubation periods in what was one of the largest outbreaks in the province. More than 130 inmates and staff tested positive for the virus and one inmate died. Henry says the protocols that were developed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the prison are being used in federal correctional facilities across the country. Two more people died in the province and nine others were diagnosed with the virus, while two thousan

A lottery ticket worth 24 million dollars has been purchased in Aldergrove. The B.C. Lottery Corporation says the ticket was the only one to match all six numbers in last night's Lotto 6/49 draw. The exact location where the ticket was bought will be announced once the winner comes forward to claim the jackpot. It's the second major prize to be won in the province in six weeks after a B.C. resident won 16-million dollars in the April 15th draw.

Quebec Premier Francois Legault's request for the military to stay on in nearly two-dozen long-term care homes until September is raising several concerns. Legault wants to buy time so the province can hire and train as many as 10,000 orderlies to take over when the troops leave. Instead of tying up hundreds of trained military medical personnel for another four months, sources say Ottawa is looking at whether the Canadian Red Cross can step in. Officials are also looking at how to speed up the hiring of workers in Quebec. Quebec reported 74 new COVID-19 deaths today for a total of more than

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan had a conversation with Vijay Saini in the 'Sver Wala Show' on Connect FM this morning. Harjit Sajjan said that sending military to provide services in the long-term care homes in Ontario and Quebec was not a permanent solution to the situation. He added provincial governments should now hand over the responsibilities to trained staff. Harjit Sajjan specified that 39 military members have tested positive for COVID-19 while performing duties in these care homes. He also added, the government is making efforts to bring back Canadian permanent residents and citiz

A BC truck driver has died in a fiery crash that closed Highway 97 near Fort St. John for hours on Tuesday and early yesterday. A statement from RCMP Traffic Services says the unnamed central Interior man, who was in his late 40s, died when his southbound tanker truck veered across the highway, crashed in a ditch and exploded. It was carrying a full load of crude oil and police say concerns about the toxic fumes and smoke forced the brief evacuation of nearby cars and several homes, but those orders were lifted yesterday. Mounties from Fort St. John, Commercial Vehicle Safety Enforcement offi