Category Archives: Canada

Suspect killed in alleged shootout with Quebec police, watchdog investigating
MARSTON, QUE - Quebec's police watchdog is investigating after provincial police killed a person in an alleged shootout about 200 kilometres east of Montreal. The independent agency says police respon...
Jun 23, 2025

Judge refuses to allow more avian flu tests on ostriches at B.C. farm
OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal is refusing to allow the owners of a British Columbia ostrich farm to conduct further testing of their flock for avian flu in a bid to avert a cull ordered by the ...
Jun 23, 2025

St. John's, N.L., streets won't be named for people, to avoid problematic legacies
ST. JOHN'S - Newfoundland and Labrador's capital city will no longer name new streets and city buildings after individual people. St. John's, N.L., city councillor Ron Ellsworth says naming streets an...
Jun 23, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Manitoba premier ends state of emergency as wildfires recede
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says the provincewide state of emergency has been lifted as wildfires recede. More coming. The Canadian Press
Jun 23, 2025

Police in B.C. say suspect known as 'Mr. X' in 1985 Air India bombing is dead
Police in British Columbia say a suspect known as "Mr. X" who is believed to have helped test a bomb before the 1985 Air India terror attack has died before facing charges. The statement from the RCMP...
Jun 23, 2025

Canada starts busing citizens out of Israel days after allies began
OTTAWA - Ottawa has started evacuating Canadians from Israel days after telling them to find their own way to neighbouring countries. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says bus services started thi...
Jun 23, 2025

Mark Carney names Kirsten Hillman chief negotiator with U.S.
OTTAWA - Canada's Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman will take on the role of top negotiator for Canada as the country seeks a new trade and security pact with the Donald Trump administration. Pri...
Jun 23, 2025

Newly launched Access to Information review is flawed, transparency advocates say
OTTAWA - A newly launched federal review of the Access to Information system is being greeted with deep skepticism by transparency advocates. The Treasury Board Secretariat announced the government re...
Jun 23, 2025

Third day of searching for four missing in Quebec medical helicopter crash
MONTREAL - Police are spending a third day searching for four people who went missing after a medical transport helicopter crashed on Quebec's North Shore. The Airmedic helicopter crashed into a lake ...
Jun 23, 2025

Canada's next national census set for May 2026
OTTAWA - The next Canadian census will be held in May 2026. The federal cabinet has issued an order fixing the date for the census and the questions it will ask. The last census was held in 2021 and w...
Jun 23, 2025