Category Archives: Canada

International fugitive returned to B.C. after being arrested in Middle East
An international fugitive and one of Canada's most wanted is back behind bars following a Vancouver Police Department investigation that lasted three years, spanned 14 countries and ended in the Middl...
May 02, 2025

Marie-Claude Nichols returns to Quebec Liberals, supports Pablo Rodriguez for leader
MONTREAL - A Quebec legislature member who was kicked out of the Liberal caucus in 2022 has returned to the party and is supporting Pablo Rodriguez in the leadership race. Marie-Claude Nichols made th...
May 02, 2025

CRA won't renew contracts for more than 1,000 term workers, union says
OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency won't renew contracts for more than 1,000 term workers across the country later this month, says the union representing them. The Union of Taxation Employees says th...
May 02, 2025

Alberta MP to step aside to allow Pierre Poilievre to run for seat in Parliament
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Damien Kurek is set to step aside to allow Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to run in a byelection in the Battle River-Crowfoot riding in Alberta. More to come. The Canadi...
May 02, 2025

Hockey players' sexual assault trial hears from former world junior teammates
LONDON - The sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team is hearing today from other players who were on the 2018 team. Taylor Raddysh, who now plays in the NHL fo...
May 02, 2025

Montreal men plead guilty after keeping woman's body on couch for six months
MONTREAL - Two Montreal men have pleaded guilty to committing an indignity to a body after admitting they left the remains of an Indigenous woman on the couch in their home for six months. Prosecutor ...
May 02, 2025

Wildfire that forced evacuations in Fort St. John, B.C., not threatening buildings
FORT ST. JOHN - The City of Fort St. John, B.C., says a wildfire that prompted evacuations last night is not actively threatening any structures. But in an update posted at 8:40 p.m. Thursday, it says...
May 02, 2025

Prime Minister Carney to meet with President Trump on Tuesday
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he will travel to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, May 6, to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump for the first time since the April 28 election. The two are set to discus...
May 02, 2025

CP News Alert: Prime Minister Carney to meet with President Trump on Tuesday
Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, his office confirms. More coming. The Canadian Press
May 02, 2025

In the news today: Wildfire evacuations in Fort St. John, B.C.
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Wildfire evacuations in Fort St. John, B.C. Firefighters from Fort St. John, B.C., and the provincial wildfire...
May 02, 2025