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Opposition parties decry black ink in WE documents, allege continuing coverup

Opposition parties are taking issue with the black ink applied to many of the thousands of pages of newly released documents about the WE Charity controversy. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ordered the documents released to MPs on ...

India's COVID-19 recoveries cross 2 million-mark

India's COVID-19 count reached 27,67,274 and the recoveries crossed the 2 million mark on Wednesday, according to the Union Health Ministry. On Wednesday, the country reported a single-day spike of 64,531 cases and highest ever si...

Another COVID-19 assessment centre to open in Vancouver

Vancouver Coastal Health is opening another COVID-19 assessment centre in preparation for a potential increase in cases as the cold and flu season approaches.The new site is at the north parking lot of Vancouver Community College on East 7th Avenue. It will be from 9 a-m to 7:30 p-m and will take both walk-in and drive-through clients. The authority says an additional centre in North Vancouver is expected to open in the next couple of weeks and operating hours in Richmond and other locations will also be increasing. ...

Hundreds evacuated, thousands on notice as wildfire flares in southern B.C.

Hundreds of residents just south of Penticton have been ordered out of their homes and thousands more are on evacuation alert as an aggressive wildfire burns nearby. The Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen issued an evacua...

Tories say they want full truth of WE Charity scandal out before next election

Conservative MPs say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is engaged in a massive cover up of his government's intent to funnel millions to friends at WE Charity through a pandemic aid program for students.But Conservatives won't yet co...

Liberals hand over 5,000 pages of documents on WE decision

Thousands of pages of newly released documents back up the Trudeau government's contention that it was federal public servants who recommended a student service grant program be administered by WE Charity.They also suggest bureau...

Punjab will burn if SYL canal is built, look at issue from national perspective: Amarinder Singh

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that there is a need to look at the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal issue from a national security perspective and that Punjab will burn if a decision is taken to go ahe...

Ontario, B.C. and Alberta see rise of COVID-19 cases

There are 123,154 confirmed cases in Canada. Quebec: 61,252 confirmed (including 5,727 deaths, 54,083 resolved) Ontario: 40,870 confirmed (including 2,793 deaths, 37,126 resolved) Alberta: 12,419 confirmed (including 225 deaths, ...

83 more COVID-19 cases reported in B.C.

Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Dr. Réka Gustafson, B.C.’s deputy provincial health officer, have issued a joint statement regarding updates on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response in British Columbia. "Today, we are anno...