Category Archives: Canada
What was in U.S. indictments targeting alleged Canada-linked crime groups?
LOS ANGELES - An indictment released by U.S. authorities on Tuesday includes fresh details about the alleged involvement of Indian gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and others in the murder of Sikh activist H...
Jul 08, 2026
Data centre capacity could soar to 20 GW in planned projects: government document
OTTAWA - A document prepared for the federal artificial intelligence minister to use when pitching international investors on Canada's AI ecosystem identifies a massive proposed increase in Canada's d...
Jul 08, 2026
Carney in Saudi Arabia seeking economic partnership amid human rights concerns
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived in Saudi Arabia as he seeks economic partnerships with a strategically important country whose notorious human rights record is only getting worse. Carn...
Jul 08, 2026
Here's a look at ridings where voters can expect federal byelections to be called
OTTAWA - Richard Martel and Nate Erskine-Smith resigned their seats in the House of Commons on Tuesday, setting a clock ticking ahead of a pair of byelections in Quebec and Ontario - and they are not ...
Jul 08, 2026
Mandatory minimum for child sex abuse material is unconstitutional, says Quebec court
MONTREAL - Quebec's highest court has ruled the minimum one-year sentence for distribution of child sexual abuse material is unconstitutional. In a decision Monday, a Court of Appeal panel ruled on th...
Jul 08, 2026
Officials fear winds will fan out-of-control Brunswick Complex fire near Boston Bar
BOSTON BAR - Officials say strong winds through British Columbia's Fraser Canyon northeast of Vancouver could further fuel two wildfires that are burning out of control, forcing hundreds from their ho...
Jul 08, 2026
Suspect arrested after repeated violence in Vancouver World Cup zone
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a man suspected in several violent confrontations in the Granville Street pedestrian zone set up for the FIFA World Cup has been arrested. Vancouver police say in a...
Jul 08, 2026
CP NewsAlert: Canadian creator of 'The Pitt' earns Emmy nod
Canada's R. Scott Gemmill has earned an Emmy nomination for best drama series as creator of "The Pitt." The HBO Max medical drama chronicles the grueling shifts faced by health-care workers in a ficti...
Jul 08, 2026
Death toll from B.C. fishing charter sinking rises as woman dies in hospital
RICHMOND - One of four people rescued after a fishing charter boat sank off Metro Vancouver has died in hospital, bringing the suspected death toll to seven. Police identified the vessel as Top Ocean ...
Jul 08, 2026
U.S. approves 'emergency rescue' plan to import Marineland's whales and dolphins
TORONTO - U.S. authorities have approved an "emergency rescue" operation to import Canada's last captive whales and dolphins, a consortium of marine parks said Wednesday. The shuttered Niagara Falls, ...
Jul 08, 2026