Category Archives: Canada

System failed Quebec girl whose 2019 killing led to youth protection reforms: coroner
MONTREAL - A coroner says Quebec's child protection services failed a young girl from Granby, Que., whose death in 2019 galvanized the province into reforming the system. Ghane Kamel's report says ins...
Sep 03, 2025

Temperatures reach 40 C in Lytton, B.C., as heat warnings persist across province
VANCOUVER - Heat warnings and air-quality advisories are persisting in parts of British Columbia after daily high temperature records fell in a dozen communities, and the mercury rose to 40 C in the F...
Sep 03, 2025

Families of Boeing crash victims, including Canadians, make potential final plea for criminal prosecution
DALLAS (AP) - Families of some of the 346 people killed in crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners held photos of their dead loved ones Wednesday outside a federal court in Texas, where a judge is hearing...
Sep 03, 2025

Canada will thank U.S. President Donald Trump in 20 years, former Quebec premier says
QUBEC - Jean Charest says Canada will eventually thank U.S. President Donald Trump for providing the country with a much-needed economic shakeup. The Quebec premier between 2003 and 2012 told business...
Sep 03, 2025

Poilievre calls on Liberals to scrap the temporary foreign worker program
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to scrap the temporary foreign worker program and to stop issuing visas under the program. Poilievre argues a jobs crisis among...
Sep 03, 2025

In the news today: Liberals' cabinet meeting begins, online harms act to be reviewed
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Cabinet meets to talk trade war, defence spending American tariffs and an upcoming review of the continental t...
Sep 03, 2025

AI chatbots changing online threat landscape as Ottawa reviews legislation
OTTAWA - Wrongful death lawsuits citing the activities of artificial intelligence chatbots are underway in the United States, as reports emerge of mental health issues and delusions induced by AI syst...
Sep 03, 2025

First Nations leaders to meet in Winnipeg to talk major infrastructure projects
WINNIPEG - The Assembly of First Nations' annual general assembly is expected to kick off this morning in Winnipeg, where the federal government's major infrastructure legislation is set to be debated...
Sep 03, 2025

Carney cabinet meets to prepare for Parliament's return, debate trade war strategy
TORONTO - American tariffs and an upcoming review of the continental trade pact will headline discussions today as Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet begins its two-day retreat in Toronto. While pre...
Sep 03, 2025

B.C. court dismisses challenge to university faculty association's Gaza resolutions
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court says the Simon Fraser University faculty association did not go beyond its "stated purposes" by passing resolutions condemning Israel's actions in Gaza and calling f...
Sep 02, 2025