Canada

RCMP find four dead during wellness check at home in rural Saskatchewan

NEUDORF, SASKATCHEWAN - RCMP say they are investigating the deaths of four people at a rural home in southern Saskatchewan. Officers were conducting a wellness check Sunday night at the house near Neu...

Mar 25, 2024

Time of essence amid efforts to reunite orphaned B.C. orca calf with its pod

ZEBALLOS, B.C. - Intense efforts are underway to reunite an orca calf with its family pod after its mother was stranded and died in a tidal lagoon near the remote northern Vancouver Island village of ...

Mar 25, 2024

Quebec parents file $1.6M suit after teacher allegedly puts kids' art for sale online

MONTREAL - A group of 10 Montreal-area parents are suing a high school teacher and a school board after their children's classroom art assignments were allegedly posted for sale online. The lawsuit in...

Mar 25, 2024

Canada evacuating vulnerable Canadian citizens out of Haiti: Joly

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada is airlifting vulnerable Canadians out of Haiti by helicopter to the Dominican Republic as conditions continue to deteriorate. Haiti has been ...

Mar 25, 2024

Canada welcomes Gaza ceasefire vote at United Nations Security Council: Joly

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Canada welcomes the United Nations Security Council's call for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas during Muslim holy month of Ramadan. ...

Mar 25, 2024

Global Affairs says two more Canadians have died in Ukraine-Russia war

MONTREAL - Global Affairs Canada says two more Canadians have died in the war between Ukraine and Russia, bringing the total number of Canadians killed in that conflict to 11. An obituary for Alain De...

Mar 25, 2024

Holland must sell oral-health providers on dental care plan before coverage begins

OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland is on tour to sell Canadian dentists and hygienists on the new federal dental care plan as concerns mount about what the government plans to pay providers for the...

Mar 25, 2024

Preliminary hearing begins for Quebec man charged with murder in daycare bus crash

SAINT-JRME, Que. - A preliminary hearing is underway for a Quebec man accused of killing two young children by allegedly driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare last year. Pierre Ny St-Amand w...

Mar 25, 2024

Bell CEO summoned to committee over job cuts after not finding time to appear

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament have summoned the head of Bell Canada to testify next month about the company's decision to cut thousands of jobs across the country. CEO Mirko Bibic was originally invi...

Mar 25, 2024

Man arrested after fatal Quebec strip club brawl north of Montreal

TERREBONNE, Que. - Quebec provincial police say they've arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with a fatal brawl at a strip club last week north of Montreal. Police say the suspect was involved in ...

Mar 25, 2024