OTTAWA - RCMP commissioner Mike Duheme says he wants the government to look at drafting a new law that would make it easier for police to pursue charges against people who threaten elected officials. The Mounties are seeing an increase in invective directed at politicians, including comments from the same individuals o...

The mayor of a northeastern British Columbia municipality says a tree blown down by strong winds fell onto a power line and started the fast-growing wildfire that forced the evacuation of thousands of community members.Northern Rockies Regional Municipality Mayor Rob Fraser says most of the 3,500 residents in and aroun...

SURREY, B.C. - A fourth Indian national living in Canada has been charged in last year's killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside of a temple in British Columbia. The province's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said in a release Saturday that 22-year-old Amandeep Singh was already in the custody of P...

The wildfire that forced thousands to evacuate from a northeast British Columbia town doubled in size early Saturday and is now burning merely a few kilometres west of the city limits. The BC Wildfire Service said the Parker Lake fire near Fort Nelson, B.C., reached almost 17 square kilometres in size overnight, up fro...

TORONTO - Jim Peterson, a long-time member of Parliament from Toronto and former Liberal cabinet minister, has died at the age of 82. Former Ontario Premier David Peterson confirmed the death to The Canadian Press, saying his brother Jim had a heart attack at his farm on Friday. David Peterson described his brother as ...

Edmonton police cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Alberta early Saturday morning, one of several measures authorities have taken in recent days to crack down on campus protesters at sites across the country. The Edmonton Police Service said it repeatedly gave campus demonstrators notice that the...

An evacuation alert was issued in Alberta for Fort McMurray on Friday evening as an out-of-control wildfire burned nearby.Residents in the northern oilsands hub and the nearby community of Saprae Creek were told to be ready to leave on short notice.Jody Butz, regional fire chief and director of emergency management for...

VANCOUVER - In the quiet and leafy Vancouver neighbourhood of South Cambie, best known for its botanical garden, playoff fever is about to set in. The neighbourhood is expecting thousands of Vancouver Canucks fans for a viewing party on Sunday evening at Oak Meadows Park, as the team faces the Edmonton Oilers for Game ...

VANCOUVER - Hockey brought a pair of provincial politicians together Friday when the premiers of B.C. and Alberta took in a playoff game between the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks. B.C. Premier David Eby and his Alberta counterpart, Danielle Smith, watched Game 2 from a private suite at Rogers Arena in Vancouver...

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - An evacuation alert has been issued in Alberta for Fort McMurray as an out-of-control wildfire burns nearby. More coming. The Canadian Press