B.C. election recounts won't start until Sunday afternoon

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says a Canadian chartered flight will leave Jordan this evening with more than 100 people on board. Speaking from The Hague, Anand says Canada is also helping allied nations get their citizens out of the Middle East but adds the number of foreign nationals asking for help is "minimal" compared to the number of Canadians. Global Affairs Canada deployed more consular assistance to the region after war broke out between Israel and Iran last week. Anand says Global Affairs Canada has helped more than 500 Canadians in the region since the conflict began. She add

Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi has held Edmonton-Strathcona for the New Democrats in one of three provincial byelections. Unofficial results from Elections Alberta put him well ahead of the nearest competitor, United Conservative Party candidate Darby Crouch. The NDP was also leading in Edmonton-Ellerslie where the party's candidate, Gurtej Singh Brar was ahead of United Conservative Party candidate Naresh Bhardwaj by over 500 votes with 46 of 55 polls reporting. The United Conservatives' Tara Sawyer won Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills, where the third byelection was being held. S

Canada's 3x3 Women's National Basketball Team has made a strong start to the FIBA ​​3x3 World Cup 2025. The Canadian team won both of its first matches today. The Canadian team defeated Latvia 17-10 in their first match. In the second match, Canada faced Austria. Canada won the match by a margin of 20-15. Saicha Grant Allen’s performance for Canada today was tremendous, as she yielded a total of 15 points today for Canada. Now the Canadian team will face France and Hungary on Wednesday.

The Federal Court of Appeal is refusing to allow the owners of a British Columbia ostrich farm to conduct further testing of their flock for avian flu in a bid to avert a cull ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The same ruling that was issued on Friday but only published online on Monday grants a temporary stay of the cull until a ruling on an appeal that will be held no later than the week of July 21. It says Universal Ostrich Farms has satisfied all three tests required for a temporary stay on the cull of about 400 birds at the farm in Edgewood, B.C., that has become the focus o

A bank fraud case has been reported in British Columbia, where a 68-year-old woman from Mission lost $60,000. The RCMP said the woman reported the money to police on May 28 after losing the money to the scam. Investigators said the woman received a call from a person who claimed to be from the bank, saying that her bank card had been compromised and that new cards were being issued. According to police, a rideshare driver was sent to her home to collect the card and the woman handed it over. An hour later, the scammer called back to say that all of her bank accounts had been compromised and