Category Archives: Canada
Brother of Tumbler Ridge shooter is arrested in Alberta in attempted murder case
CALGARY - RCMP say the older brother of Tumbler Ridge shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar has been arrested in Alberta in an attempted murder investigation. They say in a statement that Jacob Jan Van Rootsel...
Feb 24, 2026
Ottawa spending $3.7 billion to boost military housing stock
OTTAWA - The federal government will spend $3.7 billion to build 6,000 more housing units for Canada's military, Defence Minister David McGuinty said on Tuesday. McGuinty made the announcement at CFB ...
Feb 24, 2026
Survivors call on Ottawa to pass bill to criminalize forced or coerced sterilization
OTTAWA - Parliament must pass legislation to criminalize non-consensual sterilization, survivors told a press conference Tuesday on Parliament Hill. Bill S-228 passed the Senate last fall and is set t...
Feb 24, 2026
Canada green-lights latest Gulfstream business jets after Trump tariff threat
MONTREAL - Canadian regulators have now given the thumbs-up to all Gulfstream business jets, less than a month after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened fresh tariffs over the planes' status north ...
Feb 24, 2026
Carney pledges sanctions, $2 billion for Ukraine four years after full-scale invasion
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney promised another $2 billion in military aid and more sanctions on Moscow Tuesday as Ukraine marked four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion. "Four y...
Feb 24, 2026
In the news today: Canada flights to Mexico, Tumbler Ridge AI, Atlantic Canada storm
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... WestJet, Air Canada among Canadian airlines resuming service to Mexico Canadian airlines are flying in and out...
Feb 24, 2026
Number of Canadians registered in Mexico rising as airlines resume flights
OTTAWA - The number of Canadians in Mexico who have registered with Ottawa continued to rise Tuesday, even as airlines resumed flights in and out of Puerto Vallarta and the Global Affairs Canada regis...
Feb 24, 2026
Federal officials express 'disappointment' after OpenAI meeting over B.C. shooting
Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says federal officials expressed "disappointment" to representatives of OpenAI after a meeting in Ottawa about the company's failure to warn law enforceme...
Feb 24, 2026
Rally against federal gun prohibitions, buyback planned for Saturday in Quebec City
OTTAWA - People opposed to the federal government's firearms ban and compensation program are planning a rally Saturday in Quebec City to accuse Ottawa of unfairly singling out law-abiding gun owners....
Feb 24, 2026
Trump defends tariff regime in State of the Union address after top court blow
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump remained committed to realigning global trade through tariffs in his annual state of the union address on Tuesday, days after the United States Supreme Court s...
Feb 24, 2026