Canada

One-third of Canadians report being personally impacted by severe weather: poll

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests more Canadians are feeling the direct impacts of extreme weather, but that has not changed overall opinions about climate change. The results from a recent Leger poll sugg...

Aug 22, 2024

Former U.S. ambassador to Canada gives 'tsunami warning' about Trump

CHICAGO - A former United States ambassador to Canada is sounding the alarm that a second Donald Trump presidency would cause chaos for Canadians as he urged Americans abroad that their votes could pr...

Aug 22, 2024

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Rail shutdown begins as employees locked out

Canada's largest railway has locked out its employees and halted all trains after Canadian National and its workers couldn't agree on a new contract before a 12:01 a.m. deadline. Canadian Pacific Kans...

Aug 21, 2024

B.C. First Nations life expectancy plunges by 6 years, says report

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia report tracking Indigenous health issues says life expectancy for the province's First Nations people has plunged by more than six years since 2017. The First Nations He...

Aug 21, 2024

Northwestern Quebec helicopter crash victims identified as couple and their grandson

D'ELVERT LAKE - The Quebec coroner's office has identified the three people who died in a helicopter crash late Sunday in the province's northwest. Eighty-year-old Grard Legault and 77-year-old Aurore...

Aug 21, 2024

Grizzly bear cubs seen on Vancouver Island for first time could have big impact

COURTENAY, B.C. - When wildlife photographer Catherine Babault captured images of a female grizzly bear with two cubs encountering a herd of elk on Vancouver Island last month, she knew she had witnes...

Aug 21, 2024

Tory MP deletes post that claimed cost of living is driving parents to traffic kids

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Michelle Ferreri has deleted a post on X that claimed the affordability crisis has driven parents to traffic their kids. This comes after The Canadian Press sent Ferreri quest...

Aug 21, 2024

After furor from locals, Quebec open to moving services from Montreal drug-use site

QUBEC - The Quebec government says it wants to meet the demands of Montrealers fed up with a housing project in the city's southwest that caters to unhoused people living with addiction or mental heal...

Aug 21, 2024

AFN national chief promotes child welfare agreement, as expert raises concerns

OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says there are 47.8 billion reasons for chiefs to accept a child welfare reform deal with Canada, but a leading child welfare expert is war...

Aug 21, 2024

People with disabilities twice as likely to have food insecurity, StatCan report says

A new Statistics Canada report says people with disabilities are twice as likely to live in food insecure households than those without disabilities. The report used data from the 2021 Canadian Income...

Aug 21, 2024