Category Archives: Canada
Ruling in 2026 on high-risk offender status for man in fatal Quebec daycare crash
MONTREAL - A Superior Court judge says he will rule in 2026 on whether to assign high-risk offender status to a Quebec man who killed two children and injured six others when he drove a city bus into ...
Nov 13, 2025
Carney's 1st budget wins support for infrastructure, immigration plans: poll
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney secured broad support from across party lines and provincial borders for some major items in his first federal budget, new polling suggests. But one pollster warns ...
Nov 13, 2025
Soraya Martinez Ferrada officially sworn in as mayor of Montreal
MONTREAL - Montreal can develop the ambition to become one of the world's great metropolises, Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada said Thursday as she was formally sworn in during a ceremony at city hall. M...
Nov 13, 2025
Nickel mine, hydroelectric project to be added to major projects list
OTTAWA - The Crawford Nickel Project in Ontario and a hydroelectric project in Nunavut are expected to be added to Canada's major projects list. Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Terrace, B.C., Th...
Nov 12, 2025
Eight-year-old girl falls to her death at Vancouver highrise, police say
VANCOUVER - Police are investigating the death of an eight-year-old girl who fell from a Vancouver highrise. A statement from Vancouver police says the girl fell from a balcony on Tuesday in the city'...
Nov 12, 2025
Poilievre says he won't be changing his leadership style after caucus departures
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre gave a blunt response on Wednesday when asked if the recent turmoil in his caucus has caused him to reflect on his leadership style. "No," he told a press...
Nov 12, 2025
B.C. animal sanctuary tells of threats, 'unjustified hate' since reporting avian flu
SUMMERLAND - A British Columbia animal sanctuary whose birds have been sickened by an avian flu outbreak says it has been receiving threats and "unjustified hate" since going public with its situation...
Nov 12, 2025
Navy commander insists Canada should buy unmodified submarines
OTTAWA - Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee said he has made it clear he wants "no changes" to the design of the submarines Canada intends to buy, due to the highly complex nature of the war machines. "I have...
Nov 12, 2025
Corrective to Nov. 11 story on federal health transfers
OTTAWA - In a Nov. 11 story about federal health funding in the budget, The Canadian Press erroneously reported that the $2.5-billion in annual funding for bilateral health agreements with the provinc...
Nov 12, 2025
Fact File: 'Spam' videos use actors to spread false Canadian political news
The prospect of an Alberta sovereignty referendum triggered a wave of clickbait stories on video-sharing sites earlier this year. But in a development that one expert calls "troubling," content farms ...
Nov 12, 2025