Category Archives: Canada

Elections Canada says Terrebonne vote is final, despite 'error' with special ballot
OTTAWA - Elections Canada says the result of a recount in the federal riding of Terrebonne is final, despite a misprint that led to one special ballot being returned to sender. Elections Canada says t...
May 14, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Two found dead as crews battle wildfire in Manitoba, police say
WINNIPEG - RCMP say the bodies of two people have been found as crews battle a wildfire in the Rural Municipality of Lac Du Bonnet, a popular lakefront cottage area northeast of Winnipeg. More coming....
May 14, 2025

CP NewsAlert: CBC to stop paying individual bonuses after controversy
OTTAWA - The CBC's board of directors says the Crown corporation will no longer pay individual bonuses to employees. The move comes after the public broadcaster was criticized for paying out millions ...
May 14, 2025

‘You feel at home’: Playoff hockey helps newcomers feel more Canadian
TORONTO - Mykhailo Ivanov never thought he'd become a diehard hockey fan. The 42-year-old had immigrated to Winnipeg a little over two years ago to escape the war in Ukraine. He didn't know much about...
May 14, 2025

PQ defends candidate in hotly contested Arthabaska riding over leftist past, arrest
SAINT-FERDINAND - The Parti Qubcois is defending its candidate in an upcoming byelection northeast of Montreal after criticism of his far-left, militant past. Alex Boissonneault was arrested in 2001 i...
May 14, 2025

Expert tells U.S. senators Canada is a key ally on critical minerals
WASHINGTON - An expert in critical minerals is telling U.S. senators that Canada can be a key ally in efforts to reduce America's reliance on Chinese supply - after President Donald Trump spent months...
May 14, 2025

'We are not a priority:' Disability advocates say lack of minister sends a message
Disability advocates say the lack of a minister tasked with representing their interests sidelines millions of Canadians during what Prime Minister Mark Carney promises will be a time of growth and re...
May 14, 2025

Canada needs to maximize existing pipelines before building more, minister says
OTTAWA - Canadian Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault says Canada needs to maximize the use of its existing pipelines before building more. Speaking to reporters ahead of the first meeting of Prime Min...
May 14, 2025

Inuit village in Quebec's Far North facing 'severe' water distribution challenges
MONTREAL - Officials in Quebec's Nunavik region are raising the alarm over severe water distribution challenges in the Inuit community of Puvirnituq. The Kativik Regional Government says the village's...
May 14, 2025

CP NewsAlert: N.S. RCMP issue shelter-in-place order for man who may be armed
LOWER NORTHFIELD - Nova Scotia RCMP have told residents of Lunenburg County to seek shelter or stay inside because of a man who they say is dangerous and may be armed. Police say the suspect is six fe...
May 14, 2025