Backlogged justice system can’t return to pre-pandemic ways, chief justice warns

OTTAWA — Canada’s chief justice says the legal system must continue to modernize and innovate, warning it cannot return to pre-pandemic ways of doing business. The...

B.C. man accused of dark web fentanyl trafficking linked to U.S. Navy deaths: RCMP

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia man has been indicted on U.S. federal charges for allegedly trafficking fentanyl over the dark web that resulted in the deaths...

Michelle Rempel Garner exits Patrick Brown campaign to consider UCP leadership run

OTTAWA — Michelle Rempel Garner, a longtime Conservative MP from Calgary, says she’s stepping back from the federal Conservative leadership race to consider running for Jason...

Quebec RCMP searching properties allegedly connected to neo-Nazi terrorist group

PLESSISVILLE, Que. — RCMP announced Thursday they were searching properties southwest of Quebec City that are allegedly connected to a neo-Nazi terrorist group. The police said...

Building bridges between scientific and Indigenous knowledge

Editor’s note: This story is part of a series that includes live interviews with some of Canada’s top social sciences and humanities academics. It is co-sponsored...

Canada shouldn’t be smug about gun violence — it’s a growing problem here, too

Social assistance cuts are contributing to high rates of HIV, syphilis in Saskatchewan

The province of Saskatchewan leads the country in preventable, opportunistic illnesses enabled by poverty. With new changes to income support programs and increased housing instability, things...

Money laundering report points to government, RCMP failures, but finds no corruption

VICTORIA — Money laundering in British Columbia reached “staggering” levels due to inadequate efforts by police, politicians and regulators to curtail the crime, but there was...

Pope’s health is an ‘extreme concern’ but trip to Canada remains unchanged: Miller

OTTAWA — Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller said Wednesday Pope Francis’s upcoming trip to Canada remains unchanged at the moment, but the pontiff’s health is an...

Flood of atmospheric rivers in B.C. cost $675 million in insured damage: bureau

VANCOUVER — November’s floods in British Columbia that swamped homes and farms, swept away roads and bridges and killed five people are now the most costly...