Canada

Judge grants partial injunction against pro-Palestinian encampment at Montreal's UQAM

MONTREAL - A judge has granted Universit du Qubec Montral a partial injunction against pro-Palestinian protesters who set up an encampment on its downtown campus earlier this month. Superior Court Jus...

May 27, 2024

In the news today: U of T protesters plan rally at encampment site

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... U of T protesters don't plan to pack up, will hold rally at eviction deadline P...

May 27, 2024

U of T protesters don't plan to pack up, will hold rally at eviction deadline

TORONTO - Pro-Palestinian protesters who have been camped out at the University of Toronto for weeks say they have no plans to honour the terms of a trespass notice issued by the school and clear the ...

May 27, 2024

Fort Nelson, B.C., evacuees heading home after being forced to flee wildfires

FORT NELSON, B.C. - Residents in Fort Nelson are able to go home today after being evacuated for more than two weeks due to wildfires. The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality and the Fort Nelson Fi...

May 27, 2024

Evacuation orders in and around Fort Nelson, B.C., lift Monday morning: mayor

FORT NELSON, B.C. - Residents of Fort Nelson, B.C. and the Fort Nelson First Nation will be able to return home as of 8 a.m. on Monday morning, weeks after wildfires forced thousands to evacuate. Rob ...

May 26, 2024

Police say two people killed in plane crash near Squamish, B.C.

SQUAMISH, B.C. - Mounties say two people have died following a plane crash near Squamish, B.C. A statement from the RCMP says police were able to access the remote crash site south of Squamish, on the...

May 26, 2024

Canada mulls Chinese EV tariff following U.S. move

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his trade and industry ministers say Canada is investigating the notion of hiking tariffs on imported electric vehicles from China following a massive tax hi...

May 26, 2024

About one Quebec child per day taken to ER for drowning, near-drowning: research

MONTREAL - New research has found an average of one child a day goes to the emergency room for a drowning or near-drowning in Quebec during the summer months. The study will be officially published la...

May 26, 2024

Trudeau will mark 80th anniversary of D-day at Juno Beach ceremony in France

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to France next month for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Trudeau will spend two days in France to attend D-day events including a Canadian ceremony at...

May 26, 2024

Experts seeing 'more and more' hate content created by artificial intelligence

OTTAWA - The clip is of a real historical event - a speech given by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in 1939 at the beginning of the Second World War. But there is one major difference. This viral video was...

May 26, 2024