Category Archives: Canada

EDMONTON - The federal government says Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan haven't formally responded to an offer of funding to tackle homelessness. But Alberta's minister in charge of the file says the...

MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has upheld a landmark 2022 decision that found a law permitting random traffic stops by police led to racial profiling. The province's high court agreed with a Supe...

Researchers out of Alaska say some polar bears in the Arctic now face a greater risk of contracting several pathogens that weren't a threat to the animals decades ago. The study, published in the peer...

WINNIPEG - The effort to find the remains of two slain First Nations women in a landfill is on track and excavation in the target area is set to start in early December, Premier Wab Kinew said Wednesd...

MONTREAL - Montreal Mayor Valrie Plante says she will quit municipal politics after serving the final year of her second term, which comes to an end in November 2025. Known for her trademark laugh and...

OTTAWA - Abousfian Abdelrazik told a court today about the roller-coaster of emotions he experienced during the tense days of early 2009 when he awaited the green light to return to Canada from Sudan....

MONTREAL - A Zamboni driver in western Quebec has been arrested on suspicion of impaired driving after a low-speed crash at a hockey rink on Monday. Police in the region say the 25-year-old man was ar...

MONTREAL - A pair of environmental activists who scaled Montreal's Jacques Cartier Bridge early Tuesday morning have been charged with mischief and wilfully resisting or obstructing a peace officer. O...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada cut its key policy interest rate by 50 basis points on Wednesday to bring it to 3.75 per cent. Here's what people are saying about the decision: "High inflation and interes...

OTTAWA - Here are some notable quotes from Liberal members of Parliament as they headed into a caucus meeting Wednesday where they are set to debate Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's leadership: "There ...