Category Archives: Canada
Montreal businesses feel effect of Canadiens playoff run on customer traffic
MONTREAL - On NHL playoff nights in Montreal, the wood-fired oven at St-Viateur Bagel keeps burning - even if the lineups at the counter get a little shorter. At the flagship location of the Mile End ...
May 28, 2026
'Letting it rip': Beyblade fanatics are giving childhood craze another spin
RICHMOND - At Imperial Hobbies in Richmond, B.C., the air is filled with the sounds of battle. "Three, two, one - shoot!" The combatants unleash their weapons, setting off high-pitched whirring, and c...
May 28, 2026
By the numbers: Quebec's struggles with social housing
MONTREAL - Nearly one-third of Quebec's social housing units - roughly 21,500 homes - is in a state of disrepair. Advocates worry existing budgets will be inadequate because inflation is outpacing the...
May 28, 2026
As governments pour billions into new affordable housing, existing units in disrepair
MONTREAL - Mercedes Rodriguez says she and her seven kids struggle to sleep at night because of the sounds of mice scurrying in the walls in her apartment in Montreal's east end. In addition to a mice...
May 28, 2026
As World Cup nears, intelligence agency warns of increased human trafficking risk
OTTAWA - As Canada prepares to host World Cup soccer, the federal financial intelligence agency is warning that major sporting events can heighten the risk of vulnerable people being exploited by huma...
May 28, 2026
Stronger Canada will help 'make America great again,' Carney tells NY business crowd
NEW YORK - Canada's efforts to diversify trade ties and wean itself off the U.S. market will make it a better ally to the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney told an audience of business profess...
May 28, 2026
Quebec legislature members denounce Carney's comments on Clarity Act
QUBEC - Quebec legislature members are coming together to denounce the prime minister's comment suggesting that a simple majority isn't enough for a province to separate from Canada. Prime Minister Ma...
May 27, 2026
In the shadow of the BC Place, downtown Vancouver braces for World Cup
VANCOUVER - The 30 students attending the Columbia Academy private elementary school in Vancouver often spend their recess in the courtyard of BC Place Stadium, which essentially serves as the school'...
May 27, 2026
Ottawa to amend encryption, metadata elements of contentious lawful access bill
OTTAWA - The federal government will amend its controversial lawful access bill to address concerns about encryption and metadata, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said Wednesday. "The encry...
May 27, 2026
'Going to be alone': Daughter tells of B.C. murder suspect's message as mom vanished
KAMLOOPS - The daughter of murder suspect Vitali Stefanski has testified that he left her a voice message in Russian saying her mother had "made life hell," the morning the woman went missing from her...
May 27, 2026