Canada

Quebec's traditional moving day arrives as thousands still looking for new homes

MONTREAL - More than 2,000 Quebec households are seeking help in finding new housing on the province's traditional moving day. Most residential leases in Quebec end June 30, resulting in a mass moveme...

Jul 01, 2025

Family of N.S. man found dead in Dominican Republic asks help to bring remains home

The family of a Canadian tourist who was found dead in a northern part of the Dominican Republic is raising money to bring his remains home. Dorian Christian MacDonald, 33, was found dead in the water...

Jul 01, 2025

Pet abandonments in Quebec used to spike around Canada Day; now they're year-round

MONTREAL - Canada Day has traditionally been synonymous in Montreal with moving day: piles of junk on street corners, sweaty bodies carrying couches up and down the city's winding staircases - and a s...

Jul 01, 2025

From bulky car phones to pocket computers, cellphones mark 40 years in Canada

MONTREAL - Pierre Robitaille remembers feeling embarrassed in 1985 when he made his cellphone calls from a bulky device that came with its own carrying case. Now 86 years old, Robitaille was one of th...

Jul 01, 2025

Ottawa set to host Canada Day celebration with Prince Edward, PM Carney

OTTAWA - Ottawa's Canada Day ceremony will be getting the royal treatment today, with Prince Edward set to make a speech during a noon event at LeBreton Flats Park. Prime Minister Mark Carney is also ...

Jul 01, 2025

There's no one way to be a Canadian: Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault

OTTAWA - Steven Guilbeault, federal minister of identity and culture, came to his new job just as the whole country was looking at itself in the mirror. Guilbeault took on the new ministry - which rep...

Jul 01, 2025

B.C. reports offer 'road map' for repatriation of Indigenous items, remains

A pair of reports out of British Columbia are detailing the complex, expensive and under resourced process of repatriating Indigenous historical items or remains back to their homes. The studies, deve...

Jul 01, 2025

Orcas sharing prey with humans may be trying to learn 'who we are,' researcher says

Jared Towers was in his research vessel on two separate occasions watching killer whales off the coast of Vancouver Island when the orcas dropped their prey directly in front of him and his colleagues...

Jun 30, 2025

B.C. government gets report looking into safety at events after Lapu Lapu attack

VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general says the government has received a report from a retired judge on ways to improve safety and security at events after 11 people were killed and many more...

Jun 30, 2025

Gilbert Rozon, Just for Laughs founder, continues to deny allegations in civil trial

MONTRAL - Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon is continuing to deny the allegations against him in his civil trial for sexual assault. On the stand this morning, Rozon rejected the claims of two sis...

Jun 30, 2025