The Canadian government says it is investigating after a video circulated online threatening Indian diplomats in Canada.Public Safety Canada tweeted this week that Ottawa will ensure the safety of all diplomats in Canada, but the department would not provide details on whether a criminal investigation has been launched or which specific video is under investigation.Notably, some Canadian Sikhs have claimed that New Delhi was involved in the death of Surrey's Hardeep Singh Nijjar in the month of June, although police say they have no evidence of such a link.

Alberta's United Conservative government is announcing a pause on all approvals of large renewable energy projects.In a statement this morning, the government says it will stop approving all wind and solar power projects greater than one megawatt, effective immediately.Nathan Neudorf, minister of affordability and utilities, says the move is in response to rural concerns about development on agricultural land, the effect on scenery, reclamation security and system reliability.Pau McLaughlin of Rural Municipalities Alberta is welcoming the move, saying his group wants to see an approval process

Residents closest to some of B.C.'s roughly 350 active wildfires are being warned about the risks of wildfire smoke.Dr. Sue Pollock, the chief medical health officer for Interior Health, says people, especially those with breathing issues, the elderly and children, should be ready to get medical help if they feel short of breath, dizzy or have chest pain.Smoke from the 30-square kilometre Eagle Bluffs fire near Osoyoos was intense as the flames spread north from Washington state on Saturday and burned within metres of some Osoyoos homes on Sunday.Winds pushed the fire away from the south Okana

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau are separating after 18 years of marriage.This was announced in online statements issued by both."Sophie and I would like to share the fact that after many meaningful and difficult conversations, we have made the decision to separate," Trudeau wrote in his Instagram post.He wrote in the post that for the welfare of his children, people should respect the privacy of the family.It is worth mentioning that both of them have two sons and one daughter.Justin Trudeau, 51, and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, 48, were married in May 2005.Ac

While speaking from Parliament Hill, Pierre Poilievre raised several questions about the immigration system.He said Canada's immigration system is broken, but Conservative leaders are deflecting questions about whether they will change existing goals.Poilievre criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's recent comments on housing, which promised to speed up the entry of skilled immigrants in the building trades.Poilievre has also opposed the new dental care program.It is worth mentioning that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said that his government's plan to settle 500,000 immigrants in Canad

Meta says it is officially moving to end news access for Canadians on its Facebook and Instagram platforms.The company says it is removing news for all Canadian users over the course of the next few weeks.Meta was previously running a test that limited news for up to five per cent of its users, and now says it is moving out of the testing phase.That means links to news articles and other content posted by Canadian publishers and broadcasters will no longer be viewable to people accessing the social-media platforms in Canada.Meta says it is defining such content based on how it's defined in the

The Conservative party continues to hold a big fundraising edge over the Liberals, bringing in millions more than the governing party in this year's second quarter.The Tories raised nearly $8 million in donations from almost 47,000 contributors between April and June.Figures provided by the party show that's a slight decrease from the $8.3 million the Tories raised during the first three months of the year, though more people made donations.The Liberals, who held a policy convention in May, brought in nearly $3.2 million from over 30,000 people during the second quarter with both figures sligh

A spokesman for the Transportation Safety Board says investigators are conducting interviews and collecting information about the aircraft that crashed west of Calgary on Friday, killing all six people on board.Liam MacDonald says the investigation will also look into the weather at the time of the crash.RCMP say the plane with a pilot and five passengers aboard took off from Springbank Airport, just west of the city, on Friday night and was headed to Salmon Arm, B.C.All six bodies were recovered Saturday from what police said was difficult terrain.

Starting tomorrow, every cigarette in Canada will have a new Health Canada warning label.According to a senior policy analyst at the Canadian Cancer Society, warning labels will include messages about the risks of organ damage, impotence and cancer to discourage young people from smoking cigarettes.This is happening for the first time in the world that this warning label is being placed on every cigarette.According to Health Canada, these labels will initially be placed on king sized cigarettes.