Officials from a B.C. construction union say it’s been four years since a crane collapse killed five people in Kelowna, and their families and the industry are still waiting for answers from WorkSafeBC about what happened, and from prosecutors about possible criminal charges. 

The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 115, which represents hundreds of crane operators in the province, says it’s calling on the BC Prosecution Service to move forward with a criminal trial to “deliver justice to the victims’ families.” 

Sometimes Toronto doesn’t know a good thing when it sees it. Consider the plan to redevelop Ontario Place, the big island playground down by the lake. Furious opposition has followed the project from the start. Critics say the provincial government is handing a priceless public asset to a private company so it can build a luxury spa.

That is a gross caricature of the plan, which includes not just the spa and accompanying waterpark but also a better concert venue, a new Ontario Science Centre, a revived marina and acres of trails, beaches and open space that everyone will be able to use for free.

Two girls, aged 13 and 14, have been charged with assault after an alleged swarming attack in Oshawa, Ont., last week while three other youths, including an 11-year-old, are considered suspects, police said Friday. 

But Durham Region police said there’s “no evidence” at this time that hate was an aggravating factor in the alleged attack on a Muslim woman whose hijab was ripped off.

La boxeuse de Shawinigan s'impose par TKO au Madison Square Garden.

A British Columbia father and son are suing the Anglican Church of Canada, alleging the son was conceived as a result of sexual abuse by a female employee of St. Michael’s Indian Residential School in Alert Bay in the late 1960s.

The lawsuit says the father was 14 years old when he was sexually assaulted by a school supervisor in 1968, and he settled a lawsuit with the church in 2008.

Montréal International a accompagné 29 projets dans la grande région métropolitaine entre janvier et mai 2025.

La LCH devra démontrer aux joueurs de 18 et 19 ans que leur parcours est enrichi en restant dans le junior.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario is relaxing its policy against doctors treating themselves, family members and others close to them amid the province’s primary care crisis.

Doctors were previously only allowed to treat relatives and other people close to them in emergencies or for minor conditions if no other qualified health-care professional was readily available.

Alberta animal farmers are pleased but anxious for updates after the provincial government paused new limits on annual on-farm slaughter sales.

Under Alberta’s on-farm slaughter program, licensed producers can sell cows, pigs, chickens and other animals directly to consumers and avoid going through commercial meat inspection rules.

Alberta and Ottawa have signed off on $203-million for new affordable housing projects across the province.

Provincial Social Services Minister Jason Nixon says the joint funding will go toward 25 projects and see more than 2,300 units built.

One of two cyclists who was struck in a hit and run earlier this week in Prince George, B.C., has died of his injuries.

Mounties say Shane Kelly was a “community rider” who had been training with an officer from the detachment for the Cops for Cancer Tour de North fundraiser. 

Le consentement préalable, libre et éclairé revendiqué par les Autochtones n'est pas un droit de véto.

Transport Canada says Tesla TSLA-Q legitimately claimed thousands of electric vehicle rebates in the final weekend before the department suspended its rebate program.

In an email to the Canadian Press, a spokesperson for Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland said the department is still assessing a few claims.

The mother of a nine-year-old British Columbia girl with a rare and deadly disease says she’s “disgusted” with the decision not to renew coverage for medication that costs about $1-million a year.

Charleigh Pollock’s mother, Jori Fales, said through sobs in a social media video that there’s been a “complete disregard” for the life of her daughter who suffers from Batten disease.

This week, Therme Canada revealed more visuals of its controversial Ontario Place facility – a sprawling private spa complex on what used to be parkland.

The PR rollout emphasized “sustainable” and “inclusive” aspects of the design. But this is still the same disastrous project it’s always been. It is a private stadium-sized recreation facility that has no business existing on a waterfront, accompanied by an enormous parking garage. And it’s not getting better.

Il survient après celui du numéro deux de l'organisation en mars dernier.

The British Columbia provincial court has handed a retired RCMP officer a suspended sentence, saying the man was “reckless” but not deceitful when he convinced a neighbour to invest in his failing cannabis company. 

The court ruling says six years after Jasvindar Singh Basi retired from the RCMP he incorporated a cannabis company called GrowX Global Corp., and its business plan was “centred” on building a production facility in Mission, B.C. 

Les menaces de Donald Trump sont accueillies avec désabusement, mais de façon mesurée en Ontario.

As a major funding shortfall looms over Pride Toronto, some prominent LGBTQ advocates say it’s high time to rethink the organization’s corporate partnerships and return to its political grassroots.

Ahead of last month’s Pride parade, organizers sounded the alarm over Pride Toronto’s $900,000 shortfall after sponsors such as Google, Nissan, Home Depot and Clorox pulled their support.

Les laissez-passer supplémentaires, gratuits, seront offerts en ligne samedi dès 12 h.

Canadian border officials say two brothers have pleaded guilty to several charges after attempting to smuggle large amounts of tobacco into the country.

Investigators with the Canada Border Services Agency in Niagara Falls say James and Jason McDuffie attempted to smuggle a total of 45,620 kilograms of contraband tobacco in a commercial truck.

Raymond Poulet aurait aidé le milliardaire canadien à recruter des jeunes filles.

The mother accused of abandoning her three-year-old daughter in a field near a highway in Ontario burst into tears on Friday as a judge told her she was being denied bail.

The 34-year-old woman, whose name is under a publication ban to protect the girl’s identity, was ordered to undergo a 30-day psychiatric evaluation at a hospital in the Montreal region.

Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for southern Ontario, saying hot and humid conditions could last into next Thursday.

The alert issued Friday morning says daytime highs for areas between Windsor and Cornwall are expected to range from 29 C to 32 C, with the humidex making it feel like it’s 35 C to 40 C.

Coal Taurozzi favoured a stylish blue tie on public outings, but that’s not what made him a gentleman feline.

At the cat colony on Parliament Hill where, according to early reports, he’d been abandoned as a kitten, he was never seen with a bird or mouse in his jaws, and he maintained a polite truce with the raccoons who made guest appearances at mealtime.

Pablo Rodriguez a présenté vendredi sa candidate à l'élection partielle du 11 août.

Le ministère s'attend à des « répercussions » sur ses activités et programmes ainsi que sur son effectif.

Le champion olympique de patinage artistique a passé les 11 dernières années avec les Oilers.

Donald Trump menace d'imposer des tarifs de 35 % sur les importations canadiennes à partir du 1er août.

Corus Entertainment Inc. CJR-B-T plans to wind down five kids’ channels later this summer as the broadcaster continues to cope with advertising revenue challenges.

The company says in a statement it will stop distributing ABC Spark, Nickelodeon, Disney French (La Chaine Disney), Disney XD and Disney Jr. channels as of Sept. 1.

Elle demeurera incarcérée pendant encore 30 jours, le temps qu'une évaluation psychiatrique soit effectuée.

Unifor says the B.C. Labour Relations Board has awarded union certification to workers at an Amazon facility in Delta, B.C.

The workers will now begin the process of negotiating a first contract, the union says.

L'économie a enregistré sa première hausse de l'emploi depuis janvier.

Canada’s unemployment rate surprisingly dropped a tick to 6.9 per cent in June as employment increased in wholesale and retail trade and health care and social assistance, data showed on Friday.

The economy added 83,100 new jobs in June, the first net increase since January, Statistics Canada said. Most of this employment growth was in part-time work.

A superficial reading of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s policybook is that she’s simply following the blueprint laid out for her by her MAGA cousins down south. It indeed has many of the Republican highlights: enduring grievance politics, legislation on trans youth, a tinge of vaccine skepticism, and most recently, an initiative to effectively ban certain books from school libraries. On Thursday, Alberta Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides announced a new provincial standard to “ensure school library materials are age-appropriate and free of sexually explicit content.”

Each agenda item could be defended on its own merits; for example, if you actually look at the library material the United Conservative Party (UCP) cites as inappropriate for certain ages in public school libraries, including a graphic novel that shows scenes of oral sex that is available in K-9 and high schools in Calgary, one could make a reasonable case for intervention (though one could make a better case for the government staying out of it and letting schools and boards handle the issue).

Good morning. The family of a Canadian man who died in ICE custody are grieving and seeking answers about why he was detained, unreachable, and if he had access to his medication. More on that below, plus updates from the Middle East and a lost message that has been found.

Today’s headlines

• U.S. President Donald Trump announces 35% tariffs on all Canadian goods starting Aug. 1
• Manitoba wildfires prompt a second declaration of provincewide state of emergency
• Alberta to ban books deemed sexually explicit from school libraries and restrict materials about puberty
• Moscow unleashed heavy air strikes on Ukraine ahead of U.S.-Russia talks with a frustrated Washington

A company selling night-vision devices says it parted ways with a Canadian soldier right after police raided his home, 18 months before he was charged this week in connection with an alleged terrorism case.

Corporal Matthew Forbes, 33, from Pont-Rouge, Que., faces 11 criminal counts, including unauthorized possession of firearms and military-grade night optical devices. The RCMP arrested him Tuesday along with three other men from the Quebec City area who were charged with facilitating terrorism.

Le Montréalais en est à sa dernière année d’admissibilité dans la NCAA, avec l’Université de l’Arkansas.

Toronto mise sur des feux intelligents, une solution jugée partielle par des experts à un problème complexe.

Trois conseillers quittent le parti du maire Damphousse et siégeront comme indépendants jusqu'en novembre.

Selon nos informations, les enquêteurs des crimes financiers s'intéressent au carnet de commandes de Lion.

Le gouvernement Carney demande aux ministères fédéraux de réduire leurs dépenses de 15 % d’ici 2028-2029.

Le nombre de places pour un stationnement étagé est divisé par deux et la facture baisse à 40 millions.

La puce créée au Québec est légèrement plus grosse qu'un cheveu humain.

Plus de la moitié des eaux de baignade inscrites au programme Environnement-Plage n’ont pas été analysées.

Au cours des derniers mois, Lesley Hill a visité presque tous les centres de réadaptation du Québec.

One of Ontario’s largest hospital corporations is taking the unusual step of suing its former chief executive and two senior administrators, alleging they failed to act properly when they were presented with evidence of a procurement fraud.

London Health Sciences Centre, which manages three hospitals and more than 15,000 employees, announced two lawsuits this week stemming from an investigation into an alleged $50-million fraud scheme. The hospital network alleges inflated contracts were steered to companies with ties to a former vice-president of London Health Sciences.

Up until two days ago, the residents of the tiny Ontario community of Quadeville had been on high alert. Some children were kept indoors, and parents were on the lookout for a possibly violent and unpredictable creature.

The fear stemmed from the discovery of a missing eight-year-old girl on June 24 who had been so savagely attacked, investigators warned residents that they believed it must have been an animal.