Canada

16 soldiers injured in accident at Valcartier military base in Quebec

CFB VALCARTIER - More than a dozen soldiers were sent to hospital this afternoon after an accident at a military base in Quebec. Capt. Hermione Wilson, a public affairs officer with the Canadian Armed...

Sep 17, 2024

Man from Phoenix, Ariz., missing after truck plunges off Yukon bridge

WHITEHORSE - Whitehorse RCMP say a man from Phoenix, Ariz., is missing after the truck he was travelling in went off a bridge and plunged into the Yukon River. Police say the crash happened on Monday ...

Sep 17, 2024

Tories will likely get chance to introduce non-confidence motion next week

OTTAWA - Next week could be the first opportunity for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to introduce a non-confidence motion asking the other parties to topple the Liberal government. Poilievre pro...

Sep 17, 2024

Activist sues India in U.S. court over alleged plot that killed B.C. Sikh leader

NEW YORK - A Sikh independence activist is suing India for its alleged role in what's described in court documents as two co-ordinated attacks, including one that resulted in the death of a temple lea...

Sep 17, 2024

Report charts path for Canada to show importance to United States

WASHINGTON - While Canada cannot escape the gravitational pull of an increasingly unstable United States, a new report is charting a path forward to ensure Canadian interests become more important to ...

Sep 17, 2024

Canada consulting with allies on possible involvement in AUKUS security pact

OTTAWA - Canada is in consultations with the U.K., the U.S. and Australia about possible collaboration in the security pact known as AUKUS. The trilateral deal was struck three years ago in an effort ...

Sep 17, 2024

Five things to know about the Bloc Québécois' newest riding, LaSalle-Émard-Verdun

MONTREAL - The Bloc Qubcois dealt a painful blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Monday's byelection, winning the Liberal stronghold of LaSalle-mard-Verdun by 248 votes. Here are five things to kn...

Sep 17, 2024

Byelection win: Bloc Québécois to squeeze Liberals for gains, not trigger election

MONTREAL - The Bloc Qubcois leader says he's in no hurry to trigger a federal election and will instead stick with his plan to extract gains from the minority Liberal government. Yves-Franois Blanchet...

Sep 17, 2024

Food items that got more expensive in August, and which ones saw prices go down

OTTAWA - Inflation has come down from its highs, and groceries are no exception. Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday that grocery prices in August rose 2.4 per cent from the year before, a far cry f...

Sep 17, 2024

StatCan looks to improve the way it tracks wireless plan pricing with new data

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada has changed the way it tracks the price of wireless plans in an effort to capture a more accurate picture of what Canadians are paying when it calculates the inflation rate....

Sep 17, 2024