By Dirk Meissner THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA- The British Columbia government introduced legislation Tuesday aimed at preventing tax evasion and money laundering by shining a spotlight on anonymous real estate owners hiding behind shell and numbered companies.   Finance Minister Carole James said the proposed Landowner Transparency Act would create ...

Several artists are pulling support for the Indigenous Music Awards over concerns about cultural appropriation of Inuit throat singing. Tanya Tagaq, Kelly Fraser and Iva are among the musicians who posted to social media pledging not to participate in the awards until the organization revises its policies or includes Inuit ...

By Holly McKenzie-Sutter THE CANADIAN PRESS ST JOHN’S, N.L. -Newfoundland and Labrador will receive $2.5 billion from Ottawa over 38 years from the newly reviewed Atlantic Accord, a crucial federal-provincial agreement on offshore resource revenues. Premier Dwight Ball and federal cabinet minister Seamus O’Regan were in St. John’s on Monday ...

By Jordan Press and Christopher Reynolds THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA- SNC-Lavalin warned federal prosecutors last fall about a possible plan to split the company in two, move its offices to the United States and eliminate its Canadian workforce if it didn’t get a deal to avoid criminal prosecution, newly obtained ...

MONTREAL- SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is leaving the door open to a lawsuit against Chile’s state-owned copper mining company, which has terminated its contract with the construction giant. A spokesman for SNC-Lavalin tells The Canadian Press that the company is looking at all options to determine whether to take legal action. ...

By Felicia Fonseca THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -One of the largest coal-fired power plants in the West will close this year as planned after a Navajo Nation company ended its long-shot bid Friday to acquire it. The Navajo Generating Station has operated for decades in northeastern Arizona near the ...

VANCOUVER-An agreement has been reached between the federal, provincial and two First Nations to offer temporary protection to the  central caribou population in British Columbia while a long-term plan is developed. The agreement between B.C., Ottawa, the West Moberly and Saulteau First Nations is one of two agreements announced Thursday. ...

By Ross Marowits THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO- SNC-Lavalin’s local employees will be forced to work for foreign competitors if the embattled engineering firm is barred from bidding on federal contracts, diminishing its role as rare Canadian global champion, the company’s CEO said Wednesday. “There would be a reduction with us ...