Category Archives: Canada

Snowmobiler killed after crash in Quebec's Charlevoix region
MONTREAL - A snowmobiler was killed in a crash in Quebec's Charlevoix region, northeast of Quebec City. Provincial police received a 911 call for a missing man about 11 a.m. Saturday. The victim, a ma...
Feb 16, 2025

Colder Quebec winter gives ice fishing aficionados reason to celebrate
MONTREAL - Olivier Soumis's green canvas tent sits in the middle of the frozen St. Lawrence River, providing a stark pop of colour against the muted tones of the snow and the open water in the distanc...
Feb 16, 2025

Canadian LGBTQ+ advocacy group won't visit UN forum over concerns about U.S. border
OTTAWA - Canada's leading LGBTQ+ advocacy organization is boycotting travel to the U.S. - and won't attend an upcoming United Nations event - in response to concerns about how their members might be t...
Feb 16, 2025

Internal report urged Canada to counter rhetoric about a 'crisis' at border
OTTAWA - An internal government report warned a year ago that allowing "the trend of negative rhetoric" about the security of the Canada-U.S. border could lead to a thickening of the 49th parallel, ad...
Feb 16, 2025

Invictus Games to wrap up with closing ceremony in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The Invictus Games wrap up in Vancouver today with a closing ceremony that will include Canadian band Barenaked Ladies, singer-songwriter Jelly Roll and duo The War And Treaty. The ceremon...
Feb 16, 2025

Fans again boo U.S. anthem before spirited rendition of 'O Canada' at 4 Nations
MONTREAL - Hockey fans loudly booed the American national anthem before passionately singing "O Canada" ahead of Saturday night's showdown between Canada and the United States at the 4 Nations Face-Of...
Feb 15, 2025

B.C. health authorities confirm new measles case in the Lower Mainland
VANCOUVER - Health authorities in British Columbia say a new case of the measles has been confirmed in the Lower Mainland in a resident who travelled to Southeast Asia. A joint statement from Fraser H...
Feb 15, 2025

Europeans can learn from Canada's dealings with U.S. President Donald Trump: Joly
Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada's plan to retaliate if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to slap Canadian goods with across-the-board tariffs has drawn the att...
Feb 15, 2025

Demonstrators accuse Amazon of union-busting at rally in Montreal, call for boycott
MONTREAL - Demonstrators gathered in Montreal today to protest Amazon's decision to shutter its seven warehouses in Quebec, including what was Canada's only unionized Amazon facility. Confdration des ...
Feb 15, 2025

Quebec City police investigating killing of 62-year-old man; three arrested
MONTREAL - Quebec City police are investigating the city's first homicide of the year after a 62-year-old man was found dead Friday. Police were called to the scene in the city's Beauport borough at a...
Feb 15, 2025