Canada

Harris vs. Trump: Where the candidates stand on the climate crisis

WASHINGTON - Environmental experts are warning American voters that whoever takes the White House could set a path forward or pull the world backwards at a critical time for the climate crisis. "The U...

Oct 26, 2024

Journalist says claims that he is a Russian agent are 'fabricated'

OTTAWA - A veteran Ottawa journalist is firing back against what he says are "entirely false" claims by a former Conservative cabinet minister that he acted as a Russian agent. David Pugliese, a repor...

Oct 25, 2024

Poland arrests people in alleged plot to send explosives to Canada

OTTAWA - Polish authorities say four people have been charged in an alleged plan to send explosives via courier service to Canada and the United States. The RCMP says it is aware of the arrests, but d...

Oct 25, 2024

B.C. port employers, foremen's union return to negotiation table with mediator

VANCOUVER - Employers and the union representing foremen at British Columbia's ports will return to the negotiating table next week with a mediator in the latest push for a resolution in the labour di...

Oct 25, 2024

New tool to study how climate change has shifted the odds of extreme cold weather

The federal government will begin this winter to quickly analyze how climate change is shifting the odds of extreme cold temperatures, broadening the application of the system it rolled out over the s...

Oct 25, 2024

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