Politics

VICTORIA — The isolation protocols of the COVID-19 pandemic that kept people from gathering in groups contributed to an increase in drug overdose deaths in British Columbia, says a health expert. Illicit drug overdose deaths in B.C.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Refusing to give up, Rep.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's special representative for combating Islamophobia is warning against allowing the Israel-Hamas war to become a catalyst for the stereotyping of Muslim Canadians.

WINNIPEG — One day after being sworn in as Manitoba's premier, Wab Kinew was looking at shaking up the board at a Crown corporation, changing some names in the senior bureaucracy and offering civil servants a virtual hug.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Newly appointed California Democratic Sen.

OTTAWA — Chris Barber said early in last year's "Freedom Convoy" protest that he felt things were getting "out of control" and unsafe, an officer who served as an intermediary between organizers and police testified in court on Thursday.

VANCOUVER — A Federal Court judge said he's "wrestling" with why the minister responsible for saving British Columbia's northern spotted owl waited eight months to recommend an emergency protection order to cabinet with only one wild-born bird remain

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced growing pressure Thursday to state Canada's position on who was responsible for a blast at a hospital in Gaza City, but he would only say Canada must take the "necessary time" to examine what happened befo

ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyer Sidney Powell pleaded guilty to reduced charges Thursday over efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election in Georgia, becoming the second defendant in the sprawling case to reach a deal with prosecutors.

CHARLOTTETOWN — A report on the spread of COVID-19 in long-term care homes in Prince Edward Island has found that the facilities were insufficiently prepared for a pandemic, and the crisis led to a deterioration in residents' quality of life.