Canada

Montreal man charged with first-degree murder in Ottawa femicide: police

OTTAWA - Ottawa police say a Montreal man has been charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing of a woman on Thursday in front of two of her children. Fsha Tekhle, 36, was charged today for the k...

Oct 25, 2024

Canada condemns 'horrifying' violence in Haiti as political transition challenged

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada strongly condemns a new surge in gang violence in Haiti. In recent weeks, gang violence has increased in the Caribbean nation and the UN says ...

Oct 25, 2024

Joly faces calls for probe in death of woman Canada refused to repatriate from Syria

OTTAWA - Advocates want Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly to call an impartial investigation into the death of a Canadian woman the federal government refused to repatriate from a Syrian detention ...

Oct 25, 2024

'Intolerable': Educators at youth detention centre accused of having sex with minors

MONTREAL - Quebec's social services minister says he's disturbed by reports that educators at a detention centre for youth in Montreal had sexual relations with minor detainees. Lionel Carmant told re...

Oct 25, 2024

In the news today: Most Canadians would back Harris in U.S.: poll

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Most Canadians would back Harris in U.S.: poll If Canadians could vote in the U.S. election, a majority would ...

Oct 25, 2024

Canadian consensus on immigration under threat, but not gone: immigration minister

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canada's long-held consensus on immigration is under threat, but has not disappeared. On Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans to slash...

Oct 25, 2024

Majority of Canadians would vote for Kamala Harris in U.S. election: poll

WASHINGTON - If Canadians could vote in the U.S. election, a majority would choose to send Kamala Harris to the White House. In a new survey from polling firm Leger, 64 per cent of Canadian respondent...

Oct 25, 2024

New regulations allow Canada Post to ship restricted firearms returned in gun buyback

OTTAWA - The federal government is giving Canada Post the ability to store and transport restricted firearms in new regulations that bring the retail gun buyback program one step closer to beginning. ...

Oct 25, 2024

Mail-in ballot figures coming for each B.C. riding, may make election outcome clearer

VICTORIA - Elections BC is expected to provide a breakdown today of the number of uncounted mail-in and absentee ballots in each of British Columbia's 93 ridings, potentially making clearer the outcom...

Oct 25, 2024

Facts about the B.C. Greens who could be kingmakers in the legislature

VICTORIA - Two Green Party legislators could hold the balance of power in British Columbia after Saturday's provincial election gave neither the NDP nor the B.C. Conservatives a majority of seats afte...

Oct 24, 2024