Canada & World

A software problem that caused a Canadian military helicopter to crash off the coast of Greece in 2020 will be fixed on the federal government’s dime. A CH-148 Cyclone helicopter, flies near the base in Eastern Passage, N.S. on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

Ottawa on hook for software glitch that caused deadly military helicopter crash

Planned software upgrades fall outside the scope of the government’s existing $9-billion contract

A software problem that caused a Canadian military helicopter to crash off the coast of Greece in 2020 will be fixed on the federal government’s dime. A CH-148 Cyclone helicopter, flies near the base in Eastern Passage, N.S. on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a Liberal party fundraising event at the Hotel Fort Garry in Winnipeg, Thursday, March 2, 2023. Trudeau says he is “as surprised as” B.C. Premier David Eby is after a firm received Health Canada licence amendments to produce and sell cocaine. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

UPDATE: B.C. firm walks back talk to commercialize cocaine after drawing Trudeau’s ire

Commercializing decriminalized cocaine ‘not something that this government is looking at’

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a Liberal party fundraising event at the Hotel Fort Garry in Winnipeg, Thursday, March 2, 2023. Trudeau says he is “as surprised as” B.C. Premier David Eby is after a firm received Health Canada licence amendments to produce and sell cocaine. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Financial support is available during the pandemic. (Black Press file)

Vancouver dumps ‘living wage’ policy, effectively cutting wage for lowest-paid staff

Living Wage for Families calls Vancouver’s decision ‘incredibly disappointing’

Financial support is available during the pandemic. (Black Press file)
(Black Press Media Creative)

Baby’s death tied to contaminated breast pump, CDC says

Federal health officials are warning parents of newborns to sterilize equipment used…

(Black Press Media Creative)
Gabriel Kwok poses for a photograph with his electric unicycle in Vancouver, on Thursday, March 2, 2023. Since Kwok first started riding the electric unicycle on the streets of Vancouver nine months ago, he estimates he’s logged about 2,000 kilometres on the so-called micro mobility device. The 21-year-old Emily Carr film student has a car when he needs to haul people or cargo, but his “wheel” is now his main means of transportation to commute to school and get around the city. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Micro mobility revolution races ahead, as policymakers and police try to keep up

Ambiguity reigns over the rules governing electric unicycles, scooters and bikes

Gabriel Kwok poses for a photograph with his electric unicycle in Vancouver, on Thursday, March 2, 2023. Since Kwok first started riding the electric unicycle on the streets of Vancouver nine months ago, he estimates he’s logged about 2,000 kilometres on the so-called micro mobility device. The 21-year-old Emily Carr film student has a car when he needs to haul people or cargo, but his “wheel” is now his main means of transportation to commute to school and get around the city. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Companies can now apply for the federal investment tax credit to help cover the cost of the pricey equipment needed to capture carbon from industrial processes and store it underground. (Photo by Don Bodger)

Ottawa gives B.C.’s CO2 storage regulations stamp of approval

Province now just one of 3 eligible for federal carbon capture tax credit

Companies can now apply for the federal investment tax credit to help cover the cost of the pricey equipment needed to capture carbon from industrial processes and store it underground. (Photo by Don Bodger)
FILE - Britain’s King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort, walkabout to meet members of the public following a ceremony at Micklegate Bar, in York, England, Wednesday Nov. 9, 2022. King Charles III will travel to France and Germany for his first state visits since becoming monarch, underscoring Britain’s efforts to build bridges with its European neighbors. Buckingham Palace announced Friday, March 3, 2023 that Charles and Camilla, the queen consort, will visit the European Union’s two biggest countries March 26-31, hosted by Presidents Emanuel Macron of France and Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany. (James Glossop/Pool Photo via AP, File)

King Charles III picks France, Germany for 1st state visits

Trip marks first state visit by a British monarch since 2015, aims to rebuild bridges post-Brexit

FILE - Britain’s King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort, walkabout to meet members of the public following a ceremony at Micklegate Bar, in York, England, Wednesday Nov. 9, 2022. King Charles III will travel to France and Germany for his first state visits since becoming monarch, underscoring Britain’s efforts to build bridges with its European neighbors. Buckingham Palace announced Friday, March 3, 2023 that Charles and Camilla, the queen consort, will visit the European Union’s two biggest countries March 26-31, hosted by Presidents Emanuel Macron of France and Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany. (James Glossop/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Drag artist Vidalia Anne Gentry speaks during a news conference held by the Human Rights Campaign to draw attention to anti-drag bills in the Tennessee legislature, on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn. Legislation is heading to Tennessee’s Republican governor, Thursday, March 2, that would ensure drag shows cannot take place in public or in front of children. Many other states have considered similar bills, but none has acted as fast as Tennessee.(John Amis/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign)

As Tennessee, others target drag shows, many wonder: Why?

Conservative activists complain that drag contributes to ‘sexualization’ or ‘grooming’ of children

Drag artist Vidalia Anne Gentry speaks during a news conference held by the Human Rights Campaign to draw attention to anti-drag bills in the Tennessee legislature, on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn. Legislation is heading to Tennessee’s Republican governor, Thursday, March 2, that would ensure drag shows cannot take place in public or in front of children. Many other states have considered similar bills, but none has acted as fast as Tennessee.(John Amis/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign)
Alex Murdaugh is led to the Colleton County Courthouse by sheriff's deputies for sentencing Friday, March 3, 2023 in Walterboro, S.C., after being convicted of two counts of murder in the June 7, 2021, shooting deaths of Murdaugh's wife and son. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Alex Murdaugh gets life in prison in murder of wife, son

South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison without…

Alex Murdaugh is led to the Colleton County Courthouse by sheriff's deputies for sentencing Friday, March 3, 2023 in Walterboro, S.C., after being convicted of two counts of murder in the June 7, 2021, shooting deaths of Murdaugh's wife and son. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
FILE - A northern spotted owl, named Obsidian by U.S. Forest Service employees, sits in a tree in the Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, Ore., in this May 8, 2003 file photo. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

Province halts old-growth logging in at-risk owl territory another two years

Old-growth suspension in the Spuzzum and Utzilus watersheds extended until February 2025

FILE - A northern spotted owl, named Obsidian by U.S. Forest Service employees, sits in a tree in the Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, Ore., in this May 8, 2003 file photo. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)
This airport surveillance camera image released in an FBI affidavit shows alleged suspect Marc Muffley at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pa., on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. Muffley was arrested Monday after an explosive was found in a bag checked onto a Florida-bound flight, federal authorities said. (FBI via AP)

No bail for Pennsylvania man with explosives in suitcase

A Pennsylvania man admitted packing explosive materials, fuses and a lighter in…

This airport surveillance camera image released in an FBI affidavit shows alleged suspect Marc Muffley at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pa., on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. Muffley was arrested Monday after an explosive was found in a bag checked onto a Florida-bound flight, federal authorities said. (FBI via AP)
B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma looks on during the swearing-in ceremony at Government House in Victoria, B.C., Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. Sharma says she will lobby the federal government to amend Canada’s financial crime law after a multi-year money laundering investigation by police failed to produce any charges. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

B.C. to ask Ottawa for money laundering law changes after case fails to yield charges

Push comes after ‘frustrating’ prosecution service statement no charges will be laid in recent case

B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma looks on during the swearing-in ceremony at Government House in Victoria, B.C., Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. Sharma says she will lobby the federal government to amend Canada’s financial crime law after a multi-year money laundering investigation by police failed to produce any charges. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Shawn Tupper, Deputy Minister of the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness waits to appear as a witness at the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) regarding foreign election interference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Director of Canada’s spy agency agrees integrity of federal elections not compromised

David Vigneault thinks foreign agent registry would be a useful tool

Shawn Tupper, Deputy Minister of the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness waits to appear as a witness at the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) regarding foreign election interference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Emergency response officers enter a residence in Moncton, N.B., on Thursday, June 5, 2014. Three RCMP officers were killed and two injured by a gunman wearing military camouflage and wielding two guns on Wednesday. Police have identified a suspect as 24-year-old Justin Bourque of Moncton. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

Court reduces sentence for Moncton Mountie killer Justin Bourque

2014 killings parole ineligibility period reduced 75 years to 25 years

Emergency response officers enter a residence in Moncton, N.B., on Thursday, June 5, 2014. Three RCMP officers were killed and two injured by a gunman wearing military camouflage and wielding two guns on Wednesday. Police have identified a suspect as 24-year-old Justin Bourque of Moncton. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Nathan Chasing Horse listens to Chief Deputy Clark County District Attorney William Rowles speaking in court in North Las Vegas, Nev., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Bail has been set at $300,000 for the former "Dances With Wolves" actor charged in Nevada with sexually abusing and trafficking Indigenous women and girls. (AP Photo/Ty O’Neil)

Chasing Horse pleads not guilty in Nevada sex abuse case

Former Dances With Wolves actor also linked to complaints in B.C.

Nathan Chasing Horse listens to Chief Deputy Clark County District Attorney William Rowles speaking in court in North Las Vegas, Nev., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Bail has been set at $300,000 for the former "Dances With Wolves" actor charged in Nevada with sexually abusing and trafficking Indigenous women and girls. (AP Photo/Ty O’Neil)
One Surrey resident measured nearly 30 cm of snow early Sunday morning (Feb. 26). Environment Canada says 20 to 30 cm fell throughout the Surrey area. (@Kylem87/ Twitter)

Spring on the doorstep, but winter storms threaten Metro Vancouver, parts of B.C.

Snowfall warnings cover the north and central coasts, boundary area between B.C. and Yukon

One Surrey resident measured nearly 30 cm of snow early Sunday morning (Feb. 26). Environment Canada says 20 to 30 cm fell throughout the Surrey area. (@Kylem87/ Twitter)
B.C. Premier David Eby answers a question as Canada’s premiers hold a press conference following a meeting on health care in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. The British Columbia government has agreed in principle to a $27.47 billion deal for health-care funding from the federal government.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

B.C. and Ottawa reach $27 billion health funding agreement

The British Columbia government has agreed in principle to a $27.47 billion…

B.C. Premier David Eby answers a question as Canada’s premiers hold a press conference following a meeting on health care in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. The British Columbia government has agreed in principle to a $27.47 billion deal for health-care funding from the federal government.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
FILE - This 2020 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, which cause COVID-19. A crucial question has eluded governments and health agencies since the COVID-19 pandemic began: Did the virus originate in animals or leak from a Chinese lab? Now, the U.S. Department of Energy has assessed with “low confidence” that it began with a lab leak although others in the U.S. intelligence community disagree. (Hannah A. Bullock, Azaibi Tamin/CDC via AP, File)

Coronavirus origins still a mystery 3 years into pandemic

Experts say the true origin of the pandemic may not be known for many years — if ever

FILE - This 2020 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, which cause COVID-19. A crucial question has eluded governments and health agencies since the COVID-19 pandemic began: Did the virus originate in animals or leak from a Chinese lab? Now, the U.S. Department of Energy has assessed with “low confidence” that it began with a lab leak although others in the U.S. intelligence community disagree. (Hannah A. Bullock, Azaibi Tamin/CDC via AP, File)
A truck drives along snow berms in Running Springs, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Beleaguered Californians got hit again Tuesday as a new winter storm moved into the already drenched and snow-plastered state, with blizzard warnings blanketing the Sierra Nevada and forecasters warning residents that any travel was dangerous. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

To the rooftops: Staggering snowfall in California mountains

Nearly 12.7 metres have fallen since October, more than in any snow year since 1970

A truck drives along snow berms in Running Springs, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Beleaguered Californians got hit again Tuesday as a new winter storm moved into the already drenched and snow-plastered state, with blizzard warnings blanketing the Sierra Nevada and forecasters warning residents that any travel was dangerous. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A group belonging to an international vulcanology congress rest on the crater lip of the Paricutin volcano, in Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. The crater of the volcano is about 200 meters across and it is possible to both climb the volcano and walk around the entire perimeter. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Birth of Mexican volcano inspires scientists 80 years later

Paricutin’s birth and nine-year eruption the cornerstone of a rare study

A group belonging to an international vulcanology congress rest on the crater lip of the Paricutin volcano, in Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. The crater of the volcano is about 200 meters across and it is possible to both climb the volcano and walk around the entire perimeter. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)