Laura Kane
Reporter with The Canadian Press
About Laura Kane
B.C. officials face challenges in bringing people home after fire evacuations
A British Columbia official says getting people to safety as fast-moving wildfires approached was only half the battle — the other half will be returning them home.
Harrowing video captures terrifying drive from British Columbia wildfires
As Sally Aitken and her husband drove along Highway 20, they saw nothing overly dramatic: light smoke, burned trees. Then they suddenly found themselves in the middle of an intense blaze.
Past firefighting efforts have made B.C. forests more fire-prone: expert
British Columbia has been so successful at putting out wildfires in recent decades that its forests are more prone to flames, says an expert.
Indigenous women's inquiry head says process moving at 'lightning speed'
The head of the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women denies the process is drifting, saying she believes it’s moving at "lightning speed."
Canada 150: Chief Dan George's powerful Indigenous-rights speech, 50 years later
Leonard George remembers the first time he heard his father, Chief Dan George, deliver his moving and prophetic speech on Indigenous rights, "A Lament for Confederation."
B.C. legislature returns June 22, stage set for confidence vote on Liberals
Politicians have been called back to the British Columbia legislature on June 22, setting the stage for a showdown between the ruling Liberals and two opposition parties that want to defeat them.
Premier warns NDP, Greens that delaying Site C dam in B.C. could cost $600M
B.C. political leaders exchanged duelling letters over the future of the Site C dam project on June 6, 2017, with Premier Christy Clark arguing that delays will cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
Families of missing, murdered Indigenous women share hopes for future of inquiry
Relatives who poured out heart-wrenching stories of their missing or murdered loved ones in Yukon say the national inquiry must keep listening and adapting as it moves on.
Missing, murdered women inquiry urged to earn trust of family members
Families of missing and murdered indigenous women told a national inquiry on its final day of hearings in Whitehorse that they have little faith in the process and their trust must be earned.
Ceremony precedes first hearings of missing, murdered indigenous women inquiry
The head of a national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls says she understands why families in Whitehorse are anxious as the process begins.