Category Archives: Canada

Conflicting ideas about identity, legitimacy driving Middle East conflict: Anand
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says peace between Israel and Palestinians requires a change in how people talk about identity and legitimacy, not just a political agreement. Anand is at...
Jul 28, 2025

Carney says trade talks in 'intense phase' after Trump scores win with European Union
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada's negotiations with the United States are in an "intense phase" after President Donald Trump announced a trade agreement with the European Union. Ca...
Jul 28, 2025

Ottawa cuts Confederation Bridge tolls, ferry fares in Atlantic Canada
ALBANY, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - Prime Minister Mark Carney says that tolls on Prince Edward Island's Confederation Bridge will be reduced starting Aug. 1, along with a handful of other Atlantic travel ...
Jul 28, 2025

Auto theft sees sharp drop in first half of 2025, industry association says
OTTAWA - The pace of auto theft is dropping in Canada thanks to collective efforts to crack down on thieves, says an industry group focused on insurance fraud and crime. quit Association said in a rep...
Jul 28, 2025

In the news today: Bank of Canada expected to hold key rate again
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Bank of Canada expected to hold key rate again Avery Shenfeld doesn't think the Bank of Canada will cut its be...
Jul 28, 2025

Lawyer calls on Canada to speed up visa approvals as situation worsens in Gaza
ST. JOHN'S - A Toronto immigration lawyer says family members of Canadians are dying in Gaza as the federal immigration department drags it heels approving visas through a special program launched in ...
Jul 28, 2025

Motion expected in Nanaimo, B.C. on asking for closure of safe injection site
Council in Nanaimo, B.C., is scheduled to hear a motion that could result in the city asking a provincial health authority to close a local overdose prevention site. Coun. Ian Thorpe is expected to br...
Jul 28, 2025

Photo Gallery: The week in news photos
Here's a look at some of this week's top news photos as selected by editors. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 27, 2025. The Canadian Press
Jul 27, 2025

Anand counting on Israel to allow Ottawa's trucks of humanitarian aid into Gaza
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Ottawa has trucks of aid ready to reach desperate Palestinians in Gaza, and is counting on Israel to allow them through. Anand says Jordan, which bor...
Jul 27, 2025

Montreal police investigating suspicious death in Saint-Léonard
MONTRAL - Montreal police are investigating a suspicious death that occurred early this morning. A 911 call around 4 a.m. alerted emergency services to a man lying unconscious on a street in the city'...
Jul 27, 2025