Canada

RCMP issue Amber Alert for three-month-old baby boy in B.C.

RCMP in the Vancouver-area city of Langley have issued an Amber Alert for a baby boy. Police say three-month-old Tyler Durocher was last seen on Thursday in Langley. They say he has brown hair and is ...

Apr 4, 2024

Israel advocates ask court to freeze Canadian funding for UNRWA, citing Hamas claims

OTTAWA - Israel advocates are asking the Federal Court to reverse Ottawa's decision to continue funding the main United Nations agency supporting Palestinians. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs...

Apr 4, 2024

Federal government reaches $7M settlement with B.C. First Nation

CRANBROOK, B.C. - The federal government and a British Columbia First Nation have reached a $7-million settlement over a lumber grievance that dates back to 1942. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister G...

Apr 4, 2024

Alberta Appeal Court dismisses coal company lawsuit alleging expropriation

EDMONTON - Alberta's top court is dismissing a coal company's request for compensation over government policies to phase out coal power. Altius Royalty Corp. was asking for $190 million in compensatio...

Apr 4, 2024

CP NewsAlert: One Canadian missing, two rescued, in Taiwan quake zone, says diplomat

OTTAWA - Taiwan's top diplomat in Ottawa says a Canadian is missing after the powerful earthquake that hit the island this week, while two tourists from Canada have been "successfully rescued" from a ...

Apr 4, 2024

Quebec music festival cancelled after band makes censorship accusation

MONTREAL - A music festival in northwestern Quebec has been cancelled after a local band accused organizers of rescinding an invitation to perform because of its criticism of an arsenic-emitting coppe...

Apr 4, 2024

Supreme Court won't hear Ticketmaster, Live Nation 'ticket bot' appeal

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal by Ticketmaster and Live Nation, which face class-action lawsuits in multiple provinces for allegedly profiting from third-party ticket res...

Apr 4, 2024

RCMP will provide intelligence help, police to help secure Paris Olympics this summer

OTTAWA - The RCMP will be part of an international policing effort to keep the Olympics in Paris safe this summer. In January France's Interior Ministry asked for help from 46 different countries, inc...

Apr 4, 2024

Record Alberta fires changed forests for decades and destroyed rare habitat: report

EDMONTON - Last year's record wildfires in Alberta destroyed habitat for threatened species and will change the makeup of the province's forests for decades to come, says a new report. And the assessm...

Apr 4, 2024

Canadian wildfires 'entirely' drove surge in global tree loss in 2023, study says

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A global forest study says Canadian wildfires last year were "entirely" to blame for a worldwide surge in tree losses. The study released by researchers at the University of Maryla...

Apr 4, 2024