Canada

Slow and steady progress in decade-long project to save B.C.'s only native turtle

Menita Prasad knows that turtles don't rate the same kind of attention from the public as a "cute, fluffy mammal." The director of animal care at Greater Vancouver Zoo says that's one reason why Briti...

Jul 17, 2025

Ex-pilot called himself messiah on climate-change mission, day before alleged hijack

The day before the suspected hijacking of a light aircraft triggered a security scare at Vancouver's airport this week, former commercial pilot Shaheer Cassim posted on social media that he was a "mes...

Jul 17, 2025

Environment Canada heat warnings remain in effect from Ontario to Newfoundland

Daytime temperatures from Windsor, Ontario, to St. John's, Newfoundland, are going to remain hot a little longer. Environment Canada has several heat warnings in effect this morning, along a 2,400-kil...

Jul 17, 2025

How Canada is responding to the U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs

OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump introduced 25 per cent tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum on March 12, and doubled the levies to 50 per cent in early June. The Canadian government has r...

Jul 16, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Unionized Canada Post workers to vote on deal starting July 21

OTTAWA - Unionized Canada Post workers will get a chance to vote directly on the employers' offer for a new collective agreement starting on Monday. The process will be led by the Canada Industrial Re...

Greg Fry Jul 16, 2025

Air-traffic conversation suggests suspected B.C. hijacking was 'some type of protest'

VANCOUVER - A conversation involving a Vancouver International Airport air traffic controller suggests the alleged hijacking of a small aircraft that temporarily stopped landings on Tuesday may have b...

Jul 16, 2025

Carney confirms possibility of lumber quotas in trade deal with the United States

HAMILTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney says any future trade deal with the United States could include "some element of managed trade," including quotas, on softwood lumber exports. Carney's comments c...

Jul 16, 2025

B.C. First Nation says plan to move Tex the grizzly was underway before it was killed

TEXADA ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A First Nation on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast says it is "deeply saddened" by the shooting death of a grizzly bear on Texada Island this week. The Tla'amin Firs...

Jul 16, 2025

Vandalized Pablo Picasso painting back on display at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

MONTREAL - The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts says a Pablo Picasso painting that was vandalized last month by climate activists is back on display. An environmental activist with Last Generation Canada ...

Jul 16, 2025

Smog episodes accumulate and have long-term health effects: Quebec doctors group

MONTREAL - A group of Quebec doctors is warning that poor air quality can cause long-term adverse health effects. The Quebec chapter of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment also ...

Jul 16, 2025