Category: News

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia businessman and philanthropist is suing Twitter for publishing what he calls “false and defamatory” tweets that escalated during the 2016 United States election. Frank Giustra is the founder of Lionsgate Entertainment and CEO of the Fiore Group of Companies, as well as a member of the board of trustees of…

QUEBEC — The father of the Quebec City mosque shooter is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and others to stop referring to his son as a terrorist. In an open letter to Trudeau, Raymond Bissonnette says the label has “greatly increased” the danger to his family. He says while his son’s crimes were “of the…

OTTAWA — Big business leaders worried about Canada’s aging demographics have been urging political parties to avoid inflaming the immigration debate ahead of this fall’s federal election. The head of the lobby group representing chief executives of Canada’s largest corporations said he’s already raised the issue with political leaders who are shifting into campaign mode…

KANATA, ONT. — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer didn’t have much to say Thursday about a private conference he held with oil executives earlier this month to iron out a plan to boot the Liberals from government. “I meet with people all the time. I meet with different representatives of many different types of industries,” Scheer…

OTTAWA — Two of Canada’s biggest cities have declared states of emergency and three provinces have asked for federal help to fight rising flood waters as Mother Nature’s wet wrath of spring marches across central Canada and the Atlantic. Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante said Friday after afternoon that her city had felt it had matters…

CALGARY — Members of the University of Calgary men’s basketball team are mourning the loss of teammate Andrew Milner after his body was found in Moyie Lake in southeastern British Columbia. Cranbrook RCMP say two men were canoeing on the lake Tuesday when it tipped. One of the canoeists made it to shore. Also On…

OTTAWA — Facebook’s ineffective safeguards allowed unauthorized access to the information of millions of the social-media giant’s users — including data later used for political purposes, the federal and B.C. privacy watchdogs said Thursday. A long-awaited joint report from the two privacy commissioners found major shortcomings in Facebook’s practices and called for stronger laws to…

TORONTO — Ontario is cancelling a tree planting program, with those involved warning the move will lead to the loss of jobs and environmental benefits that forests provide. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry told Forests Ontario the day after the Progressive Conservative government delivered its budget this month that the 50 Million Tree…

OTTAWA — The United States is crediting tighter rules in the new North American free-trade deal for its decision to move Canada off a list of countries that it says are the worst violators of intellectual-property rights. Not that Canada is completely in the clear, however: the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is keeping…

VANCOUVER — Canadian police say they haven’t been busting many more stoned drivers six months after legalization, but they are reminding drivers to keep cannabis out of reach. The Canadian Press canvassed police forces across the country and most reported no significant change in the number of impaired driving charges laid, while some said it’s…