Canada

Statistics Canada set to release October inflation figures today

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is expected to release its October consumer price index report this morning. Economists polled by Reuters expect the annual inflation rate rose to 1.9 per cent last month, a...

Nov 19, 2024

A 'bomb cyclone' sounds scary but meteorologist says it's not alarmist

VANCOUVER - The use of terms including "atmospheric rivers" and "bomb cyclones" to describe weather phenomena has moved out of scientific journals and into the mainstream in recent years, but meteorol...

Nov 19, 2024

Enforcement officers expected to testify as human smuggling trial continues

FERGUS FALLS - Law enforcement officers are expected to testify as the trial continues for two men accused of human smuggling at the Canada-US border. Steve Shand and Harshkumar Patel are accused of b...

Nov 19, 2024

Prince Harry in Vancouver as Invictus Games school program launches online

VANCOUVER - Prince Harry is in Vancouver for the launch of a campaign to raise awareness of the Invictus Games among children and youth, one day after surprising Canadian football fans by appearing at...

Nov 18, 2024

MPs condemn alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Irwin Cotler

OTTAWA - The House of Commons has condemned an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate former Liberal justice minister Irwin Cotler. MPs in the House unanimously supported a Bloc Qubcois motion saluting C...

Nov 18, 2024

Trial begins for accused in freezing deaths of family near Manitoba border crossing

FERGUS FALLS - Jury selection got underway Monday in the trial of two men accused of smuggling migrants across the Canada-U.S. border. Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel and Steve Shand are accused of being pa...

Nov 18, 2024

Man police linked to neo-Nazi group pleads not guilty to terrorism charges

OTTAWA - An Ottawa man is pleading not guilty to charges of terrorism and hate-speech related to the promotion of a far-right group. RCMP charged Patrick Gordon Macdonald in July 2023, alleging he too...

Nov 18, 2024

Quebec party supports member who accused fellow politicians of denigrating minorities

MONTREAL - A Quebec political party has voted to support one of its members facing backlash for saying that racialized people are regularly disparaged at the provincial legislature. Qubec solidaire me...

Nov 18, 2024

Fall storm could bring 'hurricane force' finds to B.C.

VANCOUVER - Environment Canada is warning about an intensifying storm that is expected to bring powerful winds to Vancouver Island and the British Columbia coast this week. Matt MacDonald, the lead fo...

Nov 18, 2024

Coroner's inquest begins into 2016 death of Ottawa man Abdirahman Abdi

OTTAWA - A coroner's inquest began this morning into the July 2016 death of Abdirahman Abdi, who died after he was arrested by Ottawa police. The inquest into the 38-year-old's death is mandated by la...

Nov 18, 2024