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OTTAWA - A newly incorporated organization is working to support Black politicians across Canada as they continue to face challenges with representation and discrimination. The Canadian Congress of Bl...
The Canadian Press Aug 12, 2026
CALVERT ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Two Fisheries Department officers have been injured when the boat they were in crashed into a humpback whale on British Columbia's central coast. A statement from th...
The Canadian Press Aug 12, 2026
OTTAWA - Insolvencies in Canada are floating around levels not seen since the global financial crisis more than 15 years ago, new data shows. The Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcies released ...
The Canadian Press Aug 12, 2026
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced the appointment of a new Chief Justice of Quebec. Genevive Cotnam will replace Manon Savard as the head of the province's Court of Appeal. Savard st...
The Canadian Press Aug 12, 2026
OTTAWA - An Austrian man who has been permanently banned from the United Kingdom for promoting extremist narratives said this week he hopes Canada won't deny him entry ahead of a conference he's set t...
The Canadian Press Aug 12, 2026
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada is refusing to say whether Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand discussed the repatriation of Canadian men imprisoned in Iraq when she spoke recently with her Iraqi coun...
The Canadian Press Aug 12, 2026
MONTREAL - Long before he became Montreal's police chief, Fady Dagher says he learned a lesson about racial profiling. It was in the 1990s and he was serving on the Montreal police anti-gang squad. He...
The Canadian Press Aug 12, 2026
TORONTO - A partial solar eclipse was visible across the Maritimes, Ontario, Quebec and other parts of Canada on Wednesday as the annual Perseid meteor shower also reaches its peak this week. The Cana...
The Canadian Press Aug 12, 2026
TORONTO - Federal Minister of Health Marjorie Michel has announced $24 million to create the Canadian Cannabis and Brain Health Consortium. Funded through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, t...
The Canadian Press Aug 12, 2026
OTTAWA - The federal government is spending $34 million on projects to make Canadian communities more resilient to the effects of climate change. The funds come as cities and towns across the country ...
The Canadian Press Aug 12, 2026