Category Archives: Canada
Fact File: Misleading claims about hantavirus shared online amid cruise ship outbreak
As Canadians connected to an outbreak of hantavirus on the MV Hondius cruise ship isolate in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario, rumours and misinformation about the virus are spreading online. Her...
May 14, 2026
Artemis II crew gets hero's welcome at Canadian Space Agency headquarters in Quebec
LONGUEUIL - Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen says it took flying to the far side of the moon as a member of the Artemis II crew to get a new appreciation for how humans work together on Earth. The 10-...
May 14, 2026
City, B.C., First Nations in push to keep Whitecaps in Vancouver 'for generations'
VANCOUVER - A meeting aimed at finding solutions to keep the Whitecaps in Vancouver has resulted in a new co-operation between multiple levels of government. Representatives from the Whitecaps and Maj...
May 14, 2026
What could a supercharged El Nino mean for Canada?
A rapidly warming planet due to human-caused climate change is set to amplify what forecasters say could be a supercharged El Nino, spelling possible hot and dry conditions to come for parts of Canada...
May 14, 2026
Top doctor explains why number of 'low risk' hantavirus contacts in Canada has grown to 26
TORONTO - Canada's chief public health officer says the country is taking a "precautionary approach" in monitoring people who may have had indirect contact with passengers who were on the hantavirus-s...
May 14, 2026
Best place for Alberta is in Canada, PM says after judge tosses separation petition
The best place for Alberta to be is in Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday after a judge's decision to throw out a separatist petition in the province. "Certainly a Canada that works, whi...
May 14, 2026
Lac-Mégantic: Supreme Court refusal clears CP rail of liability in 2013 tragedy
MONTREAL - Canadian Pacific Railway Company has been cleared of all liability in the Lac-Mgantic, Que., train disaster that claimed 47 lives in 2013. Several parties, including the victims and their f...
May 14, 2026
Honda indefinitely suspends Canadian EV plant plan as it posts first-ever annual loss
TORONTO - Honda Canada indefinitely suspended its plans for a $15-billion electric vehicle complex in Ontario, the Japanese automaker said, as it posted its first-ever annual loss. The company said Th...
May 14, 2026
In the news today: Ottawa's electricity plan, Chinese e-commerce, Probing the cosmos
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Carney to announce clean electricity strategy today Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to announce his long-aw...
May 14, 2026
B.C. symposium puts spotlight on dangers associated with strangulation
Charuka Maheswaran was 29 when she met the man she would later marry, have three children with, and who she said eventually beat and strangled her. "He pushed me up against the counter and I could fee...
May 14, 2026