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Relentless rain causes floods, rock and mudslides in southern B.C.
Relentless rain has caused mud and rock slides in several locations in southern B.C., displacing some residents and prompting highway closures.
Alberta reaches child-care deal with federal government
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney are set to announce a deal they've reached on child care during an event in Edmonton today, November 15, 2021.
105 containers that dumped off cargo ship near B.C. likely at the sea bottom
The Canadian Coast Guard says it believes that many, if not all, of the 105 missing containers that fell into the sea from a cargo ship off Victoria in late October have sunk.
Quebec's religious symbols ban to be applied in English schools until courts rule
The Quebec Court of Appeal will not allow the English Montreal School Board to hire teachers who wear religious symbols while an appeal of a lower court decision on Quebec’s secularism law is being decided.
Quebec goes into green overdrive; government vehicles to be zero-emission by 2040
Quebec says it plans to transition to electric vehicles for all government departments and ensure all its institutional buildings become zero-emission producers over the next 19 years as it looks to speed up its shift to green energy.
CleanBC program wins COP26 award for encouraging industry to reduce emissions
The CleanBC program uses two complementary carbon tax initiatives to encourage greenhouse gas emission reductions.
Canada's oil and gas lobby group looking for new CEO after McMillan resigns
Tim McMillan was head of the organization for seven years. CAPP says it has launched an executive search to replace him.
Huge majority of federal public servants have taken the mandatory jab
Treasury Board President Mona Fortier says 95.3 per cent of federal public servants have indicated they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
PM says Indigenous talks may allow flags to be lowered on Remembrance Day
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is confident a "solution" will be reached to allow Canada to honour its war dead on Remembrance Day by lowering the flag to half-mast.
B.C. gives First Nations one month to decide on large swath of old-growth logging deferrals
The provincial government announced Tuesday that an independent panel of scientific experts has mapped priority areas and it's asking First Nations to decide within 30 days whether they support the deferrals or require further discussion.