Canada

'Holy snow, Batman!': Ontario, Quebec residents dig out after major weekend snowfall

A winter storm that blanketed much of Ontario and Quebec this weekend has tapered off, but the cleanup will take more than one week in Montreal and up to three weeks in Toronto, officials in both citi...

Feb 17, 2025

Multiple injuries, one critical, in plane crash at Toronto's Pearson airport

Paramedics say one passenger has been critically injured and seven others were also hurt in a plane crash at Toronto Pearson Airport. The airport has confirmed the crash involves a Delta Air Lines pla...

Feb 17, 2025

Three B.C. RCMP members seek recusal of conduct board over 'disparaging' email

SURREY, B.C. - A lawyer for three British Columbia RCMP officers facing dismissal over allegations of taking part in racist group chats says they want a three-member hearing panel removed over the use...

Feb 17, 2025

Federal government considers contract retaliation as Trump promises tariffs

OTTAWA - The federal government is looking closely at the business it does with American companies as it considers ways to push back against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats. In an intervi...

Feb 17, 2025

Montreal police investigating after antisemitic symbol spray-painted on synagogue

MONTREAL - Montreal police have opened an investigation after an antisemitic symbol was spray-painted on a synagogue over the weekend. Rabbi Lisa Grushcow said in a video published to Facebook that a ...

Feb 17, 2025

Freeland’s housing plan ties immigration to supply, cuts development charges

OTTAWA - Liberal leadership hopeful Chrystia Freeland's plan to fix the housing shortage would tie the number of new immigrants to housing availability. The former finance minister makes the promise i...

Feb 17, 2025

Trump in the drivers' seat as B.C. buckles up for new legislative session

VICTORIA - When British Columbia's Legislature opens for the first time in nine months tomorrow, the driving force behind the province's politics and the government's upended agenda will be thousands ...

Feb 17, 2025

Canada recognizes Aboriginal title over Haida Gwaii off B.C. in historic agreement

The federal government will recognize Aboriginal title over the archipelago of Haida Gwaii off British Columbia's northern coast in a historic agreement with the Haida First Nation. Crown-Indigenous R...

Feb 17, 2025

In it to win it: 5 candidates set to clear final hurdle to run for Liberal leadership

OTTAWA - It's deadline day for candidates to pay up so they can stay in the running to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader - and the field appears to be set. The final $125,000 instalment of a to...

Feb 17, 2025

Ontario election: Party leaders to face off live in televised debate in Toronto

The leaders of Ontario's main political parties will reconvene this evening for a live studio debate ahead of the last 10 days of the election campaign. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, NDP ...

Feb 17, 2025