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CP NewsAlert: Two dead, two injured in Vancouver Island plane crash
TOFINO, B.C. - Mounties on Vancouver Island say two people have been killed in the crash of a small plane northwest of Tofino on Vancouver Island. The B.C. Ambulance Service says two other people were...
Jun 21, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Two dead, two injured in Vancouver Island plane crash
TOFINO, B.C. - Mounties on Vancouver Island say two people have been killed in the crash of a small plane northwest of Tofino on Vancouver Island. The B.C. Ambulance Service says two other people were...
Jun 21, 2023

Woman injured in Manitoba bus crash dies in hospital, bringing death toll to 16
DAUPHIN, Man. - A woman injured in last week's crash between a minibus and a transport truck in Manitoba has died in hospital, bringing the death toll to 16. RCMP said the woman, who had been in hospi...
Jun 21, 2023

Misinformation can distort national debates on important issues, chief justice warns
OTTAWA - Canada's chief justice is warning that the global rise in misinformation threatens national institutions and processes that underpin democracy. The Supreme Court's Richard Wagner said in a sp...
Jun 21, 2023

Explosion hits a building in Paris, injuring four people. Police are trying to determine the cause
PARIS (AP) - A strong explosion hit a building in Paris' Left Bank on Wednesday, leaving four people injured and igniting a fire that sent smoke soaring over the domed Pantheon monument and prompted t...
Jun 21, 2023

As wildfires rage on, NDP calls for increase to tax credit for volunteer firefighters
OTTAWA - New Democrats are calling on the federal government to increase the tax credit for volunteer firefighters as they combat wildfires raging across the country. MP Gord Johns held a news confere...
Jun 21, 2023

National Indigenous Peoples Day celebration at Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park
PRINCE GEORGE - Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park is the place to be Wednesday and Thursday to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day (NIPD).This year's NIPD celebration will feature drumming, singing,...
Jun 21, 2023

Tammy Sutton-Brown, Rowan Barrett headline Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame class
TORONTO - Tammy Sutton-Brown and Rowan Barrett headline the 2023 class of the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame. Both Sutton-Brown and Barrett will be inducted as athletes. They both now work as execut...
Jun 21, 2023

Trudeau raises flag honouring residential school survivors on Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised a flag on Parliament Hill this morning to honour Indigenous people who were forced to attend residential schools. He said the Survivors' Flag also serves ...
Jun 21, 2023

Quebec town of Lebel-sur-Quévillon could have to evacuate again because of fire
MONTREAL - A wildfire could force residents of a northern Quebec town to evacuate for a second time if the flames further threaten a major route in and out of the region. Lebel-sur-Quvillon Mayor Guy ...
Jun 21, 2023