Canada

B.C. municipalities get $1.6 billion in federal infrastructure funds over five years

VICTORIA - Three levels of government say they've finalized a deal that will provide more than $1.6 billion in federal funding over the next five years to communities in British Columbia, to build and...

Jul 03, 2024

Sajjan's office cites privacy, won't say if he intervened for other Afghan groups

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals won't say whether former defence minister Harjit Sajjan intervened on behalf of any other groups trying to flee Afghanistan when Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021. Sajjan...

Jul 03, 2024

Suspect's pants catch fire in arson attempt gone wrong: B.C. RCMP

RICHMOND, B.C. - Police in Metro Vancouver say they're looking for a man whose pants caught fire in an alleged arson attempt that went wrong. Richmond RCMP shared a photo showing two men, one on the g...

Jul 03, 2024

Trudeau won't commit to national caucus meeting, says he's having calls with MPs

MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's been taking calls from different members of his Liberal caucus following the party's historic byelection loss in a downtown Toronto riding last week....

Jul 03, 2024

Sex crime case of Montreal billionaire Robert Miller to return to court in October

MONTREAL - The case against Robert Miller has moved a step closer to trial, even as questions remain about the ailing billionaire's ability to appear in court to face multiple sex charges. Lawyers for...

Jul 03, 2024

Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan named Canada's newest chief of the defence staff

OTTAWA - The federal government says it is naming Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan as defence chief, making her the first woman to hold the Canadian Armed Forces' top job. Carignan is currently the military's...

Jul 03, 2024

In the news today: UoT encampment ordered taken down, Nova Scotia needs new cash

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Toronto police to enforce encampment order. The Toronto Police Service says it will enforce a court order gran...

Jul 03, 2024

Police say they will enforce judge's order that U of T encampment must come down

TORONTO - The Toronto Police Service says it will enforce a court order granted yesterday that says demonstrators at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at the University of Toronto must dismantle th...

Jul 03, 2024

Court hears accused in Coutts blockade thought protest could lead to war

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - One of two men accused of conspiring to kill Mounties at the 2022 Coutts border blockade characterized the protest as a last stand and told his mother there "will be a war" if poli...

Jul 02, 2024

Liberal MP Ken McDonald says he won’t run again

OTTAWA - Liberal MP Ken McDonald, who opposed his party over the federal carbon price, says he won't run in the next federal election. McDonald has represented the riding of Avalon in Newfoundland and...

Jul 02, 2024