Canada

Time for Canada to protect Canadians from 'forever chemicals,' toxics experts say

OTTAWA - Environmental experts on toxic chemicals say it's well past time for Ottawa to protect Canadians from a whole class of substances known as "forever chemicals." That is the term used to descri...

Mar 22, 2024

OPP, Montreal police nab 31 in Project Volcano, aimed at Ontario car theft suspects

HAWKESBURY, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police and Montreal police say they've arrested 31 people in Quebec with outstanding warrants for car thefts and other serious crimes in Ontario. The arrests are ...

Mar 22, 2024

'He is smiling down': Brian Mulroney's sons touched by Canadians' tributes

MONTREAL - Brian Mulroney's three sons say there's no doubt their father would have been thrilled by this week's public tributes to honour his life. For a fourth straight day, Mulroney's sons Ben, Mar...

Mar 22, 2024

One dead, one injured in strip club brawl north of Montreal

TERREBONNE, Que. - Quebec provincial police say one man is dead and another badly injured after a brawl at a strip club in Terrebonne, Que., just north of Montreal. Police say the fight occurred about...

Mar 22, 2024

In the news today: Ottawa mulling school lunch program and Saltwire media holding on?

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Will Ottawa say yes to a national lunch program? A framework for a national sch...

Mar 22, 2024

Tech platforms face 'whack-a-mole' situation in battling health misinformation

TORONTO - When Dr. Garth Graham thinks about health misinformation on social media platforms, he envisions a garden. No matter how bountiful or verdant that garden is, even the head of YouTube's globa...

Mar 22, 2024

A national school food framework is on Chrystia Freeland's desk. Will Ottawa say yes?

OTTAWA - A framework for a national school food program has landed on the desk of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, and with the federal budget just weeks away advocates hope the proposal will get t...

Mar 22, 2024

'Like a hot iron.' B.C. man's ultra-marathon Hawaiian swim is scuttled by jellyfish

Ultra-endurance athlete Nick Pelletier knew the Hawaiian channel he planned to swim had plenty of sharks, but he should have been worried about the jellyfish. Pelletier, who's from Kelowna, B.C., flew...

Mar 22, 2024

Northern Quebec head-on crash kills five, including four from Cree community

CHAPAIS, Que. - A head-on crash today between two vehicles has left five people dead in the town of Chapais in northern Quebec. Provincial police report that four men and one woman died after a collis...

Mar 21, 2024

Key recommendations from the government's review of the Cannabis Act

OTTAWA - More than five years after cannabis was legalized in Canada, the government has released its final report of the legislative review of the Cannabis Act. The report is the result of 18 months ...

Mar 21, 2024