Category Archives: Canada

RCMP in British Columbia help dismantle global cybercrime network
SURREY - Police in British Columbia say they have dismantled a local operation involved in global cybercrime activity that used malicious software. Mounties say Canadian police along with internationa...
Nov 13, 2025
BR-Influencers-Politics
OTTAWA - Influencers have more reach on five major social media platforms than either news media or politicians, a new report says. The report was released today by the McGill University and Universit...
Nov 13, 2025

Influencers have more reach on 5 major platforms than news media, politicians: report
OTTAWA - More than two-thirds of younger Canadians engage with political content from influencers - and influencers have significantly more reach on five major social media platforms than news media o...
Nov 13, 2025

In the news today: Major projects list updated, budget infrastructure plan supported
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney to announce next major projects referrals Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Terrace, B.C., Thursday to a...
Nov 13, 2025

LNG project, mines, hydro dam, power lines among latest major project referrals
TERRACE, B.C. - The federal government announced Thursday the latest list of major building projects to be considered for fast-track approval under legislation passed in June - a list focused entirely...
Nov 13, 2025

Conservatives demand probe into Ottawa's loss of $20M in pharmaceutical products
OTTAWA - Conservative health critic Dan Mazier said Thursday he intends to ask for a committee investigation to find out how the Public Health Agency of Canada lost more than $20-million worth of phar...
Nov 13, 2025

Riders' original Gainer the Gopher reflects on fans, fun and donning a stinky suit
One of Don Hewitt's core memories from three years as the furry, minuscule mascot of the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the late 1970s can be summed up in two letters - P.U. "They'd wash the suit once at...
Nov 13, 2025

Ruling in 2026 on high-risk offender status for man in fatal Quebec daycare crash
MONTREAL - A Superior Court judge says he will rule in 2026 on whether to assign high-risk offender status to a Quebec man who killed two children and injured six others when he drove a city bus into ...
Nov 13, 2025

Carney's 1st budget wins support for infrastructure, immigration plans: poll
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney secured broad support from across party lines and provincial borders for some major items in his first federal budget, new polling suggests. But one pollster warns ...
Nov 13, 2025

Soraya Martinez Ferrada officially sworn in as mayor of Montreal
MONTREAL - Montreal can develop the ambition to become one of the world's great metropolises, Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada said Thursday as she was formally sworn in during a ceremony at city hall. M...
Nov 13, 2025