Category Archives: Canada
About 19K Quebec hydro customers still without power almost 1 week after storm
MONTREAL - Nearly 19,000 Hydro-Qubec customers are still without power this morning, after a winter storm slammed Eastern Canada last week. The public utility's outage map shows more than 5,700 client...
Dec 28, 2022
Ontario Provincial Police expected to announce charges into fatal shooting of officer
HAGERSVILLE, Ont. - Charges are expected to be announced today regarding a police investigation into a shooting that left an Ontario Provincial Police officer dead in southeast Ontario. OPP say Const....
Dec 28, 2022
In The News for Dec. 28: What a look back at Manitoba's 2022 politics reveals
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 28 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Dec 28, 2022
From smart homes to connected cars, new tools of domestic abuse make escape harder
VANCOUVER - A phone, a smart home, a digitally connected car - these are the tools of digital domestic abuse that anti-violence experts say is on the rise. "Methods that are sort of presented as advan...
Dec 28, 2022
B.C. bus crash probe to look at earlier incident too, amid questions over icy road
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's transportation minister says investigators looking into a bus crash that claimed four lives on the Okanagan Connector road on Christmas Eve are also considering another ...
Dec 27, 2022
'A huge loss to the OPP family': Force mourns officer shot dead in southern Ontario
HAGERSVILLE, Ont. - A 28-year-old constable with the Ontario Provincial Police who the force says was "one of the biggest-hearted police officers" was shot and killed while on duty in southern Ontario...
Dec 27, 2022
CBSA detainee dies in custody on Christmas Day in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. - Border officials say a detainee at an immigration holding centre in Surrey, B.C., has died after being found unresponsive on Christmas Day. Canada Border Services Agency says in a state...
Dec 27, 2022
Canadians fined at least $15M for breaking COVID quarantine rules in 2022, data shows
OTTAWA - Canadians who were caught violating federal COVID-19 quarantine rules racked up at least $15 million in fines this year, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada, but it's not clear ho...
Dec 27, 2022
B.C. Christmas Eve bus crash victim leaves behind young family in India
The cousin of one of the victims of the Christmas Eve bus crash in British Columbia says the new arrival from Punjab, India, leaves behind a wife and two young children. Kalwinder Singh says 41-year-o...
Dec 27, 2022
Canadian Blood Services needs blood, plasma donors after storm disruption
OTTAWA - Canadian Blood Services says it's in need of blood and plasma donors after the winter storm disrupted donations over the holidays. Severe wind, snowfall and icy conditions that hit many parts...
Dec 27, 2022