Category Archives: Canada

Ontario man charged after threatening Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in online video
Another person has been arrested after making threats against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau online. Police say a man made violent threats against Trudeau, the police and security personnel who might a...
Aug 07, 2024

Ultrafine particles linked to 1,100 deaths per year in Montreal, Toronto: study
MONTREAL - Researchers at Montreal's McGill University have found that ultrafine particles from vehicles and industry are linked to the deaths of an estimated 1,100 people per year in Canada's two big...
Aug 07, 2024

Feds fund health study for Indigenous communities downstream of oilsands
OTTAWA - More than three decades after Indigenous leaders in northern Alberta began asking for funding to better understand if pollution from the oilsands was making their people sick, the federal gov...
Aug 07, 2024

Boeing will spend $61M in B.C. as part of Canada's military planes contract
RICHMOND, B.C. - Boeing Canada plans to invest $61 million in British Columbia for an aerospace manufacturing training facility as well as research and development. The announcement is the latest from...
Aug 07, 2024

Ex-adviser with the Coalition Avenir Québec pleads not guilty to electoral fraud
QUBEC - A former Coalition Avenir Qubec political adviser has been charged with electoral fraud by the province's elections authority. lections Qubec says tienne Boulrice helped or incited someone to ...
Aug 07, 2024

Ford 'happy as punch' about Walz as running mate pick, two months after meeting
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is "happy as punch" that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has been chosen as Vice-President Kamala Harris' running mate on the Democratic presidential tick...
Aug 07, 2024

Canada says travellers should exercise 'high degree of caution' in U.K. amid protests
OTTAWA - The Canadian government has updated its travel advisory for the United Kingdom amid a rash of ongoing demonstrations. It says visitors should "exercise a high degree of caution" in the countr...
Aug 07, 2024

In the news today: Second victim of Munro's husband speaks out
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Second alleged victim of Alice Munro's husband says parents must protect their kids A second woman is speaking...
Aug 07, 2024

Health Minister Mark Holland to give an update on the federal dental-care program
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland is expected to provide an update on the federal government's dental-care program today. The government began accepting claims for dental services for seniors enro...
Aug 07, 2024

Second alleged victim of Alice Munro's husband says parents must protect their kids
The second woman to publicly accuse Alice Munro's late husband of targeting her sexually when she was a child says she hopes her story will encourage parents to believe their children. Jane Morrey was...
Aug 07, 2024