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In route news this week, Air Canada upgrades business class on transborder flights; United expands at SLO; Delta extends some European service to year-round instead of seasonal; WestJet drops three U.S. routes; Norwegian boosts winter capacity to the northeast U.S.; and Mexico's Volaris trims its schedule on two routes. Air Canada has introduced a new p […]

To help celebrate Canada's 150th year since confederation in 1867, the Australian government decided to send a gift: a tree. The Wollemi pine, one of the world's rarest and oldest trees, is listed as a critically endangered species in New South Wales having been thought extinct until as recently as 1994.

The Canadian government will lead the first trade missions for women, Indigenous and LGBTQ businesses and entrepreneurs later this year, International Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Saturday. The announcement was part of a speech promoting the Liberal government's progressive trade agenda at the party's national convention in Halif […]

WATCH: The City of Vancouver is considering changing its laws to allow permanent residents to vote in municipal elections. Nadia Stewart has the story.

Stage 1 restrictions begin May 1, as part of the regional district's Drinking Water Conservation Plan that passed last year. You'll also only be able to water your lawn two days a week this week, instead of three, on Stage 1 is in place.

FILE PHOTO: Lindsay Kantha Souvannarath arrives at court in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, March 6, 2015. REUTERS/Darren Pittman/File Photo TORONTO - A U.S. woman has been sentenced to life in a Canadian prison for her role in an aborted Valentine's Day mass shooting at a shopping mall in 2015, local media reported on Friday.

Environment and Climate Change Canada says Mackenzie Pulp Mill Corp. has been fined $900,000 for leaking effluent into British Columbia's Williston Lake. The government body says the company pleaded guilty Friday to depositing a deleterious substance into water frequented by fish, in violation of the pollution-prevention provisions of the Fisheries Act.

Five Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations from Vancouver Island are ready to negotiate for fishing rights, following another legal victory - this time in BC Supreme Court. It's a victory that will have far-reaching implications in British Columbia, says the First Nations Fisheries Council of B.C. The five nations - Ahousaht, Ehattesaht/ Chinehkint, Hesquiaht, M […]

Justin Trudeau is heading home from a lengthy, three-country foreign tour in which the prime minister appeared to recapture his international mojo and reassert several key alliances, but didn't sign off on any big deals or declarations. When the 10-day trip to Peru, France and the U.K., with a quick stop in Ottawa, started last week, one of the top ques […]

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, front centre, leads other leaders of the Commonwealth nations through St George's hall at Windsor castle, during the CHOGM Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Windsor, England, Friday April 20, 2018. Leaders from the 53-nation Commonwealth nations are meeting in Windsor Castle Friday, without official age […]