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Metro Vancouver home prices stable despite pandemic

Home prices remained steady across Metro Vancouver in May but data from the Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board shows sales see-sawed as the COVID-19 pandemic affects the market.A statement from the board says the composite benchm...

BC's Auditor General highlights need to prevent fraud in BC PNP program

BC's Auditor General has issued a new report examining an immigration program that attracts and retains immigrants to help the province meet labour market needs and build the economy.The report finds the B-C Provincial Nominee Program fills labour gaps but needs better safeguards against fraud.It says B-C has done a good job finding nominees to bring to the province to fill vacancies, and more than 90 per cent of those nominees are still employed.But it says despite safeguards to protect against fraudulent activity within the program, the Jobs Ministry has not assessed all the potential fraud ...

House of Commons can manage virtual voting securely if MPs want it, Speaker says

House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota says he is comfortable the technology is in place to safely allow MPs to vote remotely during the hybrid Parliament sittings.Rota tells the procedure and House affairs committee today he is co...

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Feds continue to add to COVID-19 supply stores to meet future demand

The federal government continues to add to the supply of personal protective agreement and related medical equipment needed to fight COVID-19.The prime minister says the race to accumulate what Canada needs requires a balance bet...

Trump threatens military force against protesters

American cities erupted in violence and destruction in a seventh straight night of unrest, with several police officers shot or run over, amid boasts and threats from President Donald Trump to send in troops to ``dominate the str...

Trudeau rejects Trump suggestion to readmit Russia to G7, citing Crimea invasion

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Russia is not welcome in the G7 any time soon.Trudeau is flatly rejecting today a suggestion by U.S. President Donald Trump to readmit Russia, which was kicked out of the group of leading democra...

Most federal candidates saw false information as problem, survey suggests

A newly released survey report suggests nearly two-thirds of candidates in the last federal election felt there was a problem with the spread of false information online.The survey, conducted for Elections Canada by Ekos Research ...

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Bird strike might have caused Snowbird crash, early investigation finds

The Royal Canadian Air Force says it's focusing on a bird strike as the reason a Snowbird plane crashed in British Columbia last month. A preliminary investigation report posted today says a close look at video footage of the plane just before the crash showed a bird very close to the plane's right engine intake ``during the critical phase of take-off.''The crash near Kamloops killed air force Capt. Jenn Casey, a public-affairs officer riding as a passenger, and seriously injured the pilot. Though the plane crashed in a populated area, nobody on the ground was badly injured.The Snowbirds were...

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Trudeau promises to speed $2B in funding for strapped cities

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is rushing $2.2 billion in expected infrastructure funding to Canada's cities.He says sending gas-tax funds months sooner than planned should ease municipalities' cashflow ...