
Justice

N.S. Court of Appeal says province can’t deny people in tents enhanced income support
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that the province cannot refuse enhanced…

Repeated flooding, few answers drive Montreal West Island residents to demand action
MONTREAL — More than 100 residents gathered outside the Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough hall in Montreal on…

Federal and B.C. governments to pay $200M for Tumbler Ridge school and health centre
VANCOUVER — The federal and British Columbia governments have announced billions of dollars in combined…

Penticton, B.C., fire at care home construction site considered ‘suspicious:’ RCMP
PENTICTON — A massive fire that destroyed a care home under construction in Penticton, B.C.,…

Québec solidaire targets rent increases and landlord practices
MONTREAL — Quebec’s leftist sovereigntist party closed its convention Sunday with a sharpened focus on…

B.C. man’s killing spurred housing law reform. Relatives wonder why it’s unsolved
It’s been just over a year since Keith Scott was found dead in a Victoria…

B.C. supportive housing bill targets problem tenants. Critics fear it may worsen woes
VANCOUVER — Housing researcher Alina McKay knows there are “tensions” in British Columbia’s supportive housing…

Evicted residents not required to remove mobile homes off B.C. reserve lands: court
VANCOUVER — The B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled that residents evicted from a mobile…

B.C. health officer Bonnie Henry is disappointed by reversal of decriminalization
VICTORIA — Politicians and health experts are looking back at the successes and mistakes made…

Quebec coroner investigating after three homeless people died last week in Montreal
MONTREAL — The Quebec coroner’s office says it has ordered an investigation into the deaths…

Canada launches inquiry on frozen and canned vegetable imports
OTTAWA — The federal government has launched a trade inquiry on global imports of frozen…

Three years after deadly fire, police arrest owner of Old Montreal building
MONTREAL — The owner of an Old Montreal building that went up in flames in…

Lytton, B.C., officials ‘immediately overwhelmed’ by wildfire rebuild, auditor says
The British Columbia government expected the small Village of Lytton to lead its own recovery…

Media harder to identify, RCMP officer tells hearing over photojournalist’s lawsuit
VANCOUVER — The RCMP officer in charge of enforcing a court injunction in a British…

