Category Archives: Canada
In the news today: Grizzly attacks B.C. elementary class, many hurt
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Pupils flee as grizzly attacks elementary class in B.C., injuring 11, some critically A grizzly bear has attac...
Nov 21, 2025
How crypto raiders tortured B.C. family with waterboarding, sex assault, in $2M heist
PORT COQUITLAM - When a woman answered a knock at the door of her home in Port Moody, B.C., in the spring of 2024, she was met by two men in Canada Post uniforms who said they had a package to deliver...
Nov 21, 2025
Quebec man accused of killing his kids gets new trial date after third postponement
MONTREAL - A Quebec father accused of killing his two children in their home north of Montreal in 2022 has a new trial date, after recently being granted a third postponement. Kamaljit Arora is charge...
Nov 21, 2025
Expert report calls on Ottawa to fund essential medicines, enshrine pharmacare in law
OTTAWA - Canada should create a pharmacare system that offers free access to essential medicines to anyone with a health card and allows private insurance to continue playing a role, an expert committ...
Nov 21, 2025
Carney wraps United Arab Emirates visit with pledge of $70B investment in Canada
ABU DHABI - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa is working on a $1-billion project aimed at expanding critical minerals processing capacity in Canada, while securing the equivalent of $70 billion i...
Nov 21, 2025
Pupils flee as grizzly attacks elementary class in B.C., injuring 11, some critically
A grizzly bear has attacked a group of elementary school students and teachers in the B.C. central coast community of Bella Coola, leaving two people critically injured and two others seriously hurt. ...
Nov 20, 2025
B.C's Opposition Conservatives have been talking with Alberta about pipeline: Rustad
VICTORIA - The leader of British Columbia's Official Opposition says his party has been talking with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith about her plans to build a pipeline to B.C.'s northern coast. B.C. C...
Nov 20, 2025
'Cocaine lawyer,' jeweller and blogger: Seven Canadians charged by U.S. authorities
WASHINGTON - Seven Canadians were charged for extradition to the United States, with U.S. law enforcement alleging they were part of Canadian Olympic snowboarder-turned-fugitive Ryan Wedding's interco...
Nov 20, 2025
Cargo container removal begins on sinking barge off B.C.'s central coast
BELLA BELLA - A British Columbia First Nation says a barge sinking in waters along the central coast has been moved to a safer location, and containers on the vessel have now been scheduled to be remo...
Nov 20, 2025
Supreme Court of Canada to look at request for religious records through B.C. law
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a case about applications for access to personal information held by Jehovah's Witnesses congregations. The congregations withheld information f...
Nov 20, 2025