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Canada's Diallo picks up another win on grass as Wimbledon draws near
Montreal's Gabriel Diallo picked up another win on grass as Canada's tennis players continued to prepare for Wimbledon. The 23-year-old Diallo advanced to the second round of the Mallorca Championship...
Jun 23, 2025

Third day of searching for four missing in Quebec medical helicopter crash
MONTREAL - Police are spending a third day searching for four people who went missing after a medical transport helicopter crashed on Quebec's North Shore. The Airmedic helicopter crashed into a lake ...
Jun 23, 2025

Canada's next national census set for May 2026
OTTAWA - The next Canadian census will be held in May 2026. The federal cabinet has issued an order fixing the date for the census and the questions it will ask. The last census was held in 2021 and w...
Jun 23, 2025

Convicted killer, 62, escapes from Archambault Institution in Quebec
MONTREAL - Correctional Service Canada says a convicted killer has escaped from a prison in Quebec's Laurentians region. Staff discovered Richard Plourde was missing from his minimum security unit at ...
Jun 23, 2025

B.C. professor trapped in Iran says Canada has offered 'almost nothing' to help
A British Columbia professor who is trapped in Iran says he's been told by officials there's "almost nothing" the Canadian government can do to help him and his family. Simon Fraser University enginee...
Jun 23, 2025

Orcas use kelp tools to groom and bond off B.C.'s coast, study suggests
In pricey spas, kelp facials and body wraps can set the esthetically inclined human back hundreds of dollars. But in the Salish Sea off British Columbia, southern resident killer whales are also using...
Jun 23, 2025

Red Deer Arts Council and Red Deer Public Library present, “gathering evocations”
Red Deer Arts Council and Red Deer Public Library are pleased to present, "gathering evocations" artworks by Karla Mather-Cocks running from June 23 to Aug. 17, 2025, in the Kiwanis Gallery.Karla Math...
Jun 23, 2025

Iran launches missiles and drones at Israel in the wake of US strikes on its nuclear targets
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran fired a salvo of missiles and drones on Monday at Israel while also warning the United States that its military has been given a "free hand" to attack American ...
Jun 23, 2025

In the news today: Carney in Brussels for EU-Canada summit
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney in Brussels for EU-Canada summit Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Belgium today, where he will visit a ...
Jun 23, 2025

Heat warning still in effect as Ontario and Quebec battle scorching temperatures
TORONTO - Much of Ontario and southwestern Quebec will continue to bake in high temperatures Monday and Tuesday as a heat dome lingers over the region. Environment Canada issued a heat warning for the...
Jun 23, 2025