Canada

Voters go to the polls today after a 35-day election campaign packed with promises

After a short, intense and heated election campaign of just 35 days, Canadians go to the polls today to elect a new federal government. Liberal Leader Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre...

David Opinko Apr 28, 2025 This composite image shows, left to right, Liberal Leader Mark Carney on March 21, 2025; Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on March 4, 2025; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh on Jan. 22, 2025; Bloc Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet on March 5, 2025; Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault on March 5, 2025, in Ottawa. (Photo: Canadian Press)

Timeline of Vancouver vehicle attack that left 11 dead at Lapu Lapu Day festival

VANCOUVER - A Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver was meant to be a daylong celebration of Filipino culture. Less that 15 minutes after events were scheduled to wrap up, an SUV tore through the area b...

Apr 27, 2025

A look at some recent deadly attacks involving vehicle rammings

VANCOUVER - A car-ramming at a Vancouver street festival being staged by the city's Filipino community is the latest in a spate of horrific incidents where vehicles were used as weapons. Here is a loo...

Apr 27, 2025

Shock, devastation among Filipino community after Vancouver SUV attack that killed 11

VANCOUVER - Members of Canada's Filipino community are sharing their shock and devastation in the wake of a car-ramming attack at a Vancouver street festival that left 11 people dead and dozens more i...

Apr 27, 2025

Vancouver festival ramming is latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons

MONTREAL - A car-ramming at a Filipino community festival in Vancouver that killed at least nine people marks Canada's fourth attack in seven years in which vehicles have been used as deadly weapons. ...

Apr 27, 2025

'A most agonizing time': The world responds to Vancouver's deadly vehicle attack

News of a deadly vehicle attack in Vancouver has drawn dismay and sorrow among leaders across Canada and the world. Many are sharing condolences with victims and families after police say a driver ram...

Apr 27, 2025

Vancouver wakes to tragedy of nine dead in ramming attack on Filipino street festival

VANCOUVER - Vancouver is waking to the tragic aftermath of a deadly ramming attack on a Filipino community street festival that killed at least nine people, with survivors describing horrifying scenes...

Apr 27, 2025

Mass attack at Vancouver street festival casts dark pall over final day of campaign

OTTAWA - A mass casualty vehicle ramming at a Vancouver street festival has cast a grim shadow over the final day of the federal election campaign. Party leaders sent condolences on social media Satur...

Apr 27, 2025

A look at some recent deadly attacks involving vehicle rammings

VANCOUVER - A car-ramming at a Vancouver street festival being staged by the city's Filipino community is the latest in a spate of horrific incidents where vehicles were used as weapons. Here is a loo...

Apr 27, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Multiple dead at Vancouver street festival, driver arrested say VPD

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Police say multiple people are dead after a person drove his car through a street festival in the city's Eastside. Police say in a social media post that the driver has been take...

Apr 26, 2025