Category Archives: Canada

Montreal public health asking ER doctors to report all heat-related deaths
MONTREAL - Montreal's public health department is asking emergency room doctors to report all deaths suspected of being related to the ongoing heat wave. Officials issued a notice on Sunday for the ci...
Aug 11, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Sens, NCC finalize land deal for new arena at LeBreton Flats
OTTAWA - The National Capital Commission and the corporate arm of the Ottawa Senators have signed an agreement for the NHL hockey club to purchase land at LeBreton Flats in a push for a new arena near...
Aug 11, 2025

Court upholds ruling requiring airline to compensate families of Flight PS752 victims
Ontario's highest court has upheld a ruling that found Ukraine International Airlines legally responsible to pay full compensation to families of victims who died in the downing of Flight PS752. On Ja...
Aug 11, 2025

Carney, Zelenskyy talk as world leaders prepare for Trump-Putin summit on Ukraine war
OTTAWA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he spoke with Prime Minister Mark Carney by phone today ahead of the U.S.-Russia summit on the ongoing war. U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia...
Aug 11, 2025

More than half of Canadians want cuts to the federal public service: poll
OTTAWA - More than half of Canadians think the size and cost of the federal public service should be reduced in the coming years, a new Leger poll suggests. The poll suggests that 54 per cent of respo...
Aug 11, 2025

Canada's federal voting system is constitutional, Ontario Court of Appeal rules
OTTAWA - The Ontario Court of Appeal has affirmed the constitutionality of Canada's first-past-the-post electoral system. The system, laid out in the Canada Elections Act, sees the candidate who recei...
Aug 11, 2025

Planning to fly Air Canada? What you need to know about a potential strike looming
A potential strike looms as contract talks carry on between Air Canada and the union representing 10,000 of its flight attendants. The outcome of negotiations this week could be critical for summer tr...
Aug 11, 2025

B.C. wildfire that forced evacuation in Okanagan region is now being held
A wildfire in the British Columbia Interior that forced a tactical evacuation of about 25 homes over the weekend is now declared as being held. The BC Wildfire Service says the classification means th...
Aug 11, 2025

Newfoundland's largest wildfire continues to gain ground near Kingston
SMALL POINT-ADAM'S COVE-BLACKHEAD-BROAD COVE - Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial fire duty officer says the largest of the province's out-of-control wildfires continues to gain ground, helped by ...
Aug 11, 2025

In the news today: Air Canada flight attendants picketing at airports
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Air Canada flight attendants picketing at airports Air Canada flight attendants are expected to picket at airp...
Aug 11, 2025