Canada

Quebec's Port-Cartier maximum security prison evacuated as wildfire burns

Correctional Service Canada says the maximum-security prison in Port-Cartier, Que. has been evacuated due to wildfires. The federal agency says the evacuation order was issued Friday and inmates have ...

Jun 23, 2024

Organizer cancels Montreal Canada Day parade, citing red tape, politics

MONTREAL - The organizer of Montreal's Canada Day parade has cancelled this year's event and says red tape and politics are to blame. Nicholas Cowen issued a news release saying he has faced escalatin...

Jun 23, 2024

Sporting sequins and silver, Mama Stanley becomes an Edmonton celebrity for playoffs

EDMONTON - Edmonton Oilers fans crowd around Mary Loewen in a plaza outside the team's home arena during every playoffs game, asking to have their pictures taken with the superfan who's dressed as the...

Jun 23, 2024

Eyes pinned to Toronto byelection as safe Liberal seat teeters under Trudeau

Leslie Church seemed to know exactly what was coming as she sat down for an interview in a Toronto park Friday, three days before the byelection that could complete her journey from longtime political...

Jun 23, 2024

Pro-Palestinian protesters set up encampment in Montreal’s Victoria Square

MONTREAL - A new pro-Palestinian encampment has popped up in downtown Montreal's Ville-Marie borough. Members of the Divest for Palestine Collective issued a statement on Saturday saying participants ...

Jun 22, 2024

66-year-old man in Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec dies in motorcycle collision

MONTREAL - A 66-year-old man has died after two motorcyclists collided in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec. The accident occurred on Friday at around 6:00 p.m. on Route 132 in Sainte-Luce. Provi...

Jun 22, 2024

'Politics in full sentences:' Nenshi returns to public life as leader of Alberta NDP

CALGARY - Before he launched a campaign that would see him take over as leader of Alberta's New Democrats, Naheed Nenshi worried politics had become too polarized, too toxic for him. But ultimately th...

Jun 22, 2024

Port-Cartier, Que. officials say forest fire situation unchanged after evacuations

MONTREAL - Officials from the municipality of Port Cartier, Que., on the province's north shore say the situation remains stable after fires raging in the region prompted the mayor to declare a state ...

Jun 22, 2024

Alberta New Democrats to announce new leader to replace Rachel Notley

CALGARY - Alberta's Opposition NDP is set to announce its new leader today. Outgoing Leader Rachel Notley gave a farewell speech to party members Friday night. She says the party is the strongest it's...

Jun 22, 2024

Conservatives avoid staking out clear position on supervised consumption sites

OTTAWA - As debate around the Liberals' drug policy dominated parts of the spring House of Commons sitting, the Conservatives are offering little insight into what approach they would take when it com...

Jun 22, 2024