Category Archives: Canada

In the news today: Parliament returns, Toronto storm, Senators whip Golden Knights
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Affordability, sovereignty expected to dominate debate as parliamentarians return The struggle of Canadian fam...
Jan 26, 2026

Cleanup will take 'days' after record-breaking Toronto snowstorm, city officials say
TORONTO - The cleanup after a record-breaking winter storm that left mountains of snow across Toronto and the surrounding areas is expected to take several days, city officials said Monday as a snow d...
Jan 26, 2026

'Troubled' counsel for OPCC resigns from Myles Gray hearing over obscenity
VANCOUVER - A long-awaited public hearing into the 2015 police-involved death of Myles Gray that finally got underway in Vancouver last week could be delayed by up to another year after the counsel fo...
Jan 26, 2026

MacKinnon says minority Parliament can work if Conservatives 'get out of the way'
OTTAWA - Government House leader Steven MacKinnon said Monday he believes the minority Parliament can function and pass bills - if Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre agrees to "get out of the way." ...
Jan 26, 2026

B.C. homicides put gay dating apps in spotlight, as advocates, police warn of risks
VANCOUVER - Richard Hesketh says he won't be going back to Grindr. He told a B.C. Supreme Court hearing that he now refuses to use the gay dating app where his friend, Alexander Lo, encountered Dwight...
Jan 26, 2026

Jewish group calls on Ottawa to launch commission on antisemitism
OTTAWA - The Jewish advocacy group B'nai Brith has called on Ottawa to launch a commission on antisemitism and appoint someone to the envoy role that has been left vacant since July. "The absence of t...
Jan 26, 2026

South Korea delegation travelling to Canada in effort to win sub procurement contract
A delegation from South Korea says it is travelling to Canada to meet with the federal government in a bid to win a multi-billion-dollar submarine procurement contract. Kang Hoon-sik, chief of staff f...
Jan 25, 2026

More Pizza Pops recalled due to possible E. coli contamination
A recall of select Pizza Pops products that was announced before Christmas has been expanded. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says numerous types of Pizza Pops have been added to the recall, inclu...
Jan 25, 2026

Museum in Vancouver puts personal failures on display, encouraging people to move on
VANCOUVER - A dead aloe plant, an old wedding dress that symbolized a failed marriage and a rejection letter for a job application are all exhibits that are part of a display of personal failure at a ...
Jan 25, 2026

PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says QC referendum campaign is already underway
SAINT-HYACINTHE - Parti Qubcois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says the referendum campaign for Quebec independence is already underway, suggesting it was the prime minister who launched it. Speaking...
Jan 25, 2026