Category Archives: Canada
Sydney, N.S., selected as the preferred base for new Arctic icebreakers
SYDNEY - Federal officials say Sydney, N.S., has the inside track on becoming the base for the Canadian Coast Guard's upcoming polar icebreakers as the country continues the push to assert its soverei...
Jan 13, 2026
Justice Sheilah Martin to retire from Supreme Court of Canada effective May 30
OTTAWA - Justice Sheilah Martin says she will retire from the Supreme Court of Canada effective May 30, one day shy of her 70th birthday. Martin said in a media statement Tuesday she was deeply gratef...
Jan 13, 2026
Proposed sureties testify at bail hearing for man accused in Ryan Wedding case
TORONTO - A woman offering to help supervise an Ontario man accused of laundering hundreds of millions in drug money if he is released on bail testified Tuesday that he didn't tell her details about h...
Jan 13, 2026
In the news today: Carney talks major projects, Alberta gives flu update, Leafs win
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney meets with Coastal First Nations today to talk major projects, oceans Prime Minister Mark Carney will b...
Jan 13, 2026
Canadian charity opens relief hub for children in Gaza
OTTAWA - As advocates warn the world is turning away from the suffering in Gaza, a Canadian charity is opening a relief hub to give traumatized children in the enclave access to basic mental health su...
Jan 13, 2026
Coastal First Nations call on Carney to defend the B.C. tanker ban in pipeline talks
PRINCE RUPERT - Coastal First Nations president Marilyn Slett said she called on Prime Minister Mark Carney in a meeting Tuesday to maintain and protect the oil tanker moratorium in his government's p...
Jan 13, 2026
Chinese-language paper Ming Pao winding up Canadian operations, laying off 60 staff
VANCOUVER - Chinese-language newspaper Ming Pao Daily News, which has newsrooms in Richmond, B.C., and Toronto, is winding up its Canadian operations. A letter from Ming Pao Newspapers (Canada) to the...
Jan 12, 2026
Mental fitness test for suspect in killing of B.C. RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang
VANCOUVER - A judge has ordered a mental fitness assessment for the man accused of killing British Columbia RCMP officer Const. Shaelyn Yang more than three years ago. Jongwon Ham, who appeared in B.C...
Jan 12, 2026
Duct tape and blood: Constable describes death scene at B.C. double murder trial
ABBOTSFORD - A murder trial has heard that Arnold and Joanne De Jong hosted a "joyful" family celebration at their Abbotsford, B.C., home, on May 8, 2022, with a family member later telling police the...
Jan 12, 2026
NASA releases possible launch dates for Artemis II quest with Canada's Jeremy Hansen
NASA has announced possible launch dates for the Artemis II mission, which will include Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen. The agency has identified several roughly two-hour launch windows beginning Fe...
Jan 12, 2026