Canada

Volunteer in missing children search urges caution against speculation on their fate

HALIFAX - A police investigation is continuing into the disappearance of two young children reported missing last week from their home in northeastern Nova Scotia. On Wednesday, RCMP Staff Sgt. Robert...

May 08, 2025

Victory in Europe Day commemorations underway in Toronto, Ottawa

OTTAWA - Veterans, members of the Armed Forces and political leaders are gathering at events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. Veterans Affairs Canada sa...

May 08, 2025

Bodycam footage relinquished in fatal officer-involved shooting in northern Quebec

KANGIQSUALUJJUAQ - The Nunavik Police Service in Quebec's Far North says officers involved in a fatal shooting on Tuesday night were wearing body cameras. Quebec's police oversight agency announced We...

May 08, 2025

Quebec reports high immigration, record low fertility in 2024

MONTREAL - Quebec is reporting a near-record rate of immigration in 2024, with the province's population increasing to more than 9.1 million at the start of this year. A new report from Quebec's stati...

May 08, 2025

Homes destroyed, people fleeing as wildfires rage in eastern Newfoundland

ST. JOHN'S - More people are fleeing their homes this morning as wildfires rage in Newfoundland along the western shore of Conception Bay, about about 45 kilometres northeast of St. John's. Local resi...

May 08, 2025

Canadian Blood Services says it needs 1 million new blood donors over next 5 years

TORONTO - Marc Parravano has donated blood 146 times. He remembers regularly going to the blood collection centre with his mother when he was a kid and followed in her footsteps after he turned 17 and...

May 08, 2025

In the news today: Former NDP MP warns: tough times ahead in parliament for the party

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... NDP faces 'Parliament from hell,' says ex-MP The NDP will return to the House of Commons without official part...

Greg Fry May 08, 2025

Canada looks again to Europe as world marks 80 years since end of Second World War

OTTAWA - After the Second World War came to a close, Canada pulled itself away from Great Britain and planted itself firmly within a North American political and economic compact that generated prospe...

May 08, 2025

This pilot is honoured every year in a U.K. town. Will Canada recognize his bravery?

There is a street named after him in a British town. A plaque at the local hospital tells the story of how the 29-year-old pilot saved many lives while sacrificing his own during the Second World War....

May 08, 2025

Defence continues cross-examining complainant at hockey players' sex assault trial

Defence lawyers are expected to continue cross-examining the complainant today in the sexual assault trial of five hockey players. The woman, who cannot be identified under a publication ban, agreed u...

May 08, 2025