Category Archives: Canada

Aussies, Kiwis converge on B.C. for World Cup, bringing super fandom from Down Under
VANCOUVER - Wherever they are in the world, sports fans Lachlan Carter and younger brother Bailey know how to find fellow Australians. "We hear the accent, they hear the accent, and then, you know, it...
Jun 11, 2026

Privacy commissioner says Grok deepfakes violated Canadian privacy law
OTTAWA - Sexual deepfakes created by Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot and shared on his X platform violated Canada's privacy law - and while the company has made some changes, they don't go far enough, the...
Jun 11, 2026

Most crime guns traced by RCMP came from within Canada, internal reports say
OTTAWA - The vast majority of crime guns traced by the RCMP to identifiable sources in 2023 and 2024 came from within Canada and were not smuggled from abroad, say internal reports prepared by the nat...
Jun 11, 2026

Ontario murder suspect believed to be in rural B.C.: police
PERTH, ONT. - A suspect wanted for second-degree murder in the death of a man in southern Ontario may be camping somewhere in rural British Columbia. Ontario Provincial Police say 34-year-old Christo ...
Jun 10, 2026

B.C. woman pleads guilty to attempting to euthanize cat with fentanyl: SPCA
KELOWNA - British Columbia's animal welfare society says a woman has been banned from owning or living with pets for five years and given 12 months' probation after pleading guilty to attempting to eu...
Jun 10, 2026

QuickQuotes: How advocates, lawyers and others feel about Canada's online harms bill
OTTAWA - The Liberal government tabled new online safety legislation Wednesday that would force social media platforms to block access for kids under 16 - unless those platforms put in place sufficien...
Jun 10, 2026

Fact File: Revisiting Trump's false claims about the Gordie Howe bridge
The Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Ontario and Michigan is set to open, months after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to block it. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug For...
Jun 10, 2026

Hotel bookings during World Cup down from last year, but B.C. minister sees positives
VICTORIA - British Columbia's jobs minister isn't disputing hotel data that suggests Vancouver hotel vacancies on World Cup game days are down sharply compared to the same dates last year. But Ravi Ka...
Jun 10, 2026

Border-straddling library inaugurates new Canadian entrance
MONTREAL - Canadians can visit the Haskell Free Library and Opera House without crossing through a U.S. border checkpoint, thanks to a new entrance on the Canadian side. A ceremony held on Wednesday o...
Jun 10, 2026

Russia calls Canada a 'warmonger' for new deal with Ukraine on drone production
OTTAWA - Moscow called Canada a "warmonger" for signing a drone production deal with Ukraine and vowed to publish the address of a Canadian company working with Kyiv. Defence Minister David McGuinty s...
Jun 10, 2026