Category Archives: Canada

Two Quebec battery supply chain projects hit the brakes
MONTREAL - The electric-vehicle slowdown is being felt in Bcancour, the city at the heart of Quebec's dreams of becoming a hub in the North American battery supply chain. The planned expansion of a ba...
Oct 16, 2025

Carney says Stellantis offered reassurances on Brampton, Ont., plant
TORONTO - Prime Minister Mark Carney said the global head of Stellantis told him the automaker is looking at finding a new model to fill the idled Brampton, Ont., plant, but that a decision would requ...
Oct 16, 2025

Carney says now is not the time to hit back at U.S. over tariffs
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is rejecting calls for Ottawa to push back at the U.S. with new retaliatory trade measures as talks with Washington continue on sector-specific trade deals. "There'...
Oct 16, 2025

Police cite extortion in third shooting at Indian star Kapil Sharma's B.C. café
SURREY - Mike Grieve says he walks past Kap's Cafe in Surrey, B.C., every day and he's sad to see the restaurant owned by Indian entertainer Kapil Sharma has been shot up for the third time. Yellow po...
Oct 16, 2025

Carney says government will introduce tougher bail, sentencing rules next week
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will introduce tougher bail and sentencing standards for violent crime in a bill that will be introduced next week. Carney says the legislation ...
Oct 16, 2025

In the news today: Canadian refugee in U.S. border limbo; health ministers meet today
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Refugee applicant stuck after crossing U.S. border A Canadian refugee applicant from Bangladesh who is being h...
Oct 16, 2025

Ottawa hasn't approached Alberta, Sask., about pharmacare since election: ministers
CALGARY - Alberta and Saskatchewan's health ministers say they haven't been approached by Ottawa about signing onto the federal pharmacare program since the spring election. Saskatchewan Health Minist...
Oct 16, 2025

'Are they being fed?' Thousands of students lose school meals during teachers strike
EDMONTON - Several non-profit groups say some Alberta children are going hungry with thousands losing access to school food programs during a provincewide teachers strike. The strike entered its eight...
Oct 16, 2025

Canadian refugee applicant in ICE custody says he crossed border accidentally
OTTAWA - A Canadian refugee applicant from Bangladesh who is being held in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Buffalo says he crossed the border into the U.S. by mistake ...
Oct 16, 2025

Passengers moved after strong smell of gas at Vancouver airport's domestic terminal
A strong smell of gas at the domestic terminal of Vancouver's airport forced passengers to be temporarily moved out on Wednesday. Statements from the airport say the source of the smell was quickly id...
Oct 15, 2025