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Alberta MP and Conservative Agriculture Critic John Barlow has been receiving a number of emails from Canadians who are concerned about Private Members' Bill C-293, which now sits before the Senate.

He says while the primary objective of the bill is pandemic prevention and preparedness, it contains content and language that will adversely affect Canadian farmers and ranchers.

Alleged members of an Indian gang and its leader have been sending shivers down the spines of members of the South Asian diaspora in Canada for years, says a city councillor in Richmond, B.C.

Kash Heed said the Bishnoi gang, led by Lawrence Bishnoi, gained notoriety and instilled fear among Indian Canadians well before the RCMP accused the syndicate this week of orchestrating violent crimes on Canadian soil.

There was no clear winner in Saturday's British Columbia election, but the leader of the B.C. Conservatives says the province's political landscape has "changed forever," after his party pushed the incumbent New Democrats to the brink.

Neither party won enough seats to claim a majority, and vote counting was set to continue Sunday, with Premier David Eby's NDP in striking range of a minority government if he gets the co-operation of the Greens, who won two seats.

Potential recounts mean it could be next week before the winner is decided.

A resident of southern Saskatchewan was recently announced as a new millionaire after winning the Roughriders and Children's Hospital Foundations Lottery.

Wayne Leisle, from the Town of Morse, was shocked and delighted to have won the top grand prize of $1 million in cash. 

"It's a good lottery and it's a good purpose," shared Leisle.

This was the first time the lottery included 10 grand prizes, in addition to more than 300 cash prizes and over 1,000 prizes worth over $2 million. 

In a lab at the University of Saskatchewan, the search is on for a drug that will eliminate a protein found in cancer cells, and ultimately kill the cancer due to lack of iron.

Oleg Dmitriev, a professor at USask, says there is a protein that appears at high levels in cancer cells which regulates iron within them. Cancer cells require this protein, called MEMO1, in order to invade healthy tissue, so the team is currently screening for a drug that will target and eliminate the protein.

Dmitriev says iron is vital to all living things, however, it has a ‘dark side’.

The executive team from the Assembly of First Nations will meet in the coming days to discuss how to proceed with new negotiations for a child welfare reform deal after chiefs voted against the government's proposed $47.8 billion agreement at a meeting in Calgary Thursday.

AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, who had helped negotiate the deal and pushed for it to be approved, was blunt in her assessment of the outcome in her closing remarks to the special chiefs assembly Friday.

Here's a look at some of this week's top news photos as selected by editors.

B.C. NDP Leader David Eby is seen through a bus windshield as he arrives for a campaign stop in Nanaimo, B.C., Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Spokesperson for the RCMP, Keely Grasser, says it’s important to be aware of circulating cybercrimes. She notes several common ones they encounter, beginning with phishing scams. 

“Phishing scams are when scammers use emails, text messages or social media posts or messages to send what appear to be legitimate websites but when you click on these links, it could lead you to a compromised website or to a website that may urge you to input some of your personal information which then could be stolen.” 

A common sight this time of year is the boxelder bug, more commonly known as a maple bug. James Tansey, Provincial Insect and Vertebrate Pest Management Specialist, says the reason for their numbers this time of year is due to their preparations for the cold weather.