Canada

PM Carney to make military announcement, tour facility in Trenton today

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to Trenton, Ont., today, where he is expected to make an announcement related to the Canadian Armed Forces. On Thursday, Carney told reporters that he planned...

Aug 08, 2025

Sister of Canadian military adviser fears looming deportation, Taliban reprisal

OTTAWA - The sister of a man who worked as an interpreter for the Canadian Armed Forces during the war in Afghanistan says she fears she will be deported back to her former home, where she could face ...

Aug 08, 2025

Titan disaster: federal Fisheries Department was part of previous OceanGate mission

HALIFAX - The federal Fisheries Department is shedding new light on its relationship with OceanGate, the American company behind the deepsea Titan submersible that imploded south of Newfoundland in 20...

Aug 08, 2025

Advance polls open in Alberta byelection with 214 candidates, historic blank ballots

CAMROSE - Advance polls in a historic federal byelection for Alberta's Battle River-Crowfoot open today. For the first time ever, Elections Canada says voters must fill out a blank ballot. The agency ...

Aug 08, 2025

Guatemalan man's estate entitled to redress after court says death was linked to work

MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has ruled that the family of a Guatemalan farm worker crushed to death in 2021 trying to repair a flat tire on his employer's car is entitled to compensation. The h...

Aug 07, 2025

Murderer who reportedly kissed prison manager allowed to return to minimum security

PORT COQUITLAM - The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered a first-degree murderer be moved back to a minimum-security prison after he challenged his transfer to a higher-security institution for allegedly k...

Aug 07, 2025

Israel losing Canadian hearts and minds as poll shows growing outrage over Gaza

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Israel is losing the battle for hearts and minds in Canada, with more Canadians now reporting their sympathies lie with Palestinians due to moral outrage over the war in G...

Aug 07, 2025

Time to move forward on national agency to fight forest fires, chiefs say

OTTAWA - The Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs says it's time for Ottawa to stop studying the idea of a national forest fire co-ordination agency and take action. The organization's president wants ...

Aug 07, 2025

New N.S. wildfire rules that ban on activity in woods prompt confusion, frustration

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is getting a flood of feedback from people expressing confusion and frustration over new wildfire rules that forbid spending time in the woods. There are more than...

Aug 07, 2025

Poilievre says of B.C. Premier Eby that 'one man can't block' pipeline proposal

CALGARY - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Canadians, including British Columbians, want a new oil pipeline and Premier David Eby can't be allowed as one man to block the project. Poilievre s...

Aug 07, 2025