Category Archives: Canada

CP NewsAlert: Lawyer confirms former NHL player Alex Formenton facing charges
LONDON, Ont. - A lawyer for Alex Formenton confirms the former NHL player is facing charges in London, Ont. In an email, Toronto-based lawyer Daniel Brown says police have charged several players -- i...
Jan 28, 2024

Palestinian-Canadian civilian journalist reported missing in Gaza
A member of a team supporting a Canadian-Palestinian man documenting humanitarian efforts during the Israel-Hamas war says loved ones have lost contact with the citizen journalist in Gaza. Zaheera Soo...
Jan 28, 2024

'Keen connection': Franklin expedition divers say 2023 season highly productive
If it's possible to look through the eyes of the past, Jonathan Moore has done it. The manager of a team of Parks Canada underwater archeologists excavating the rediscovered ships of the doomed Frankl...
Jan 28, 2024

Quebec lawsuit could limit dismantling of homeless camps in the province
SAINT-JRME, Que. - An hour's drive north of Montreal and at the doorway to Laurentian ski and cottage country, St-Jrme, Que., seems an unlikely focal point for the debate over homelessness. But a laws...
Jan 28, 2024

State funeral for former NDP leader Ed Broadbent will be held in Ottawa today
OTTAWA - A state funeral will be held today in Ottawa for former NDP leader Ed Broadbent. Broadbent, who died Jan. 11 at the age of 87, served as a member of Parliament for more than two decades and l...
Jan 28, 2024

Biden administration raises 'concerns' about aspects of Quebec language law
MONTREAL - A proposed regulation around the language of commercial signage in Quebec is attracting skepticism from U.S. President Joe Biden's administration, which has "concerns" about the potential i...
Jan 27, 2024

A ghostly shipwreck has emerged in Newfoundland, and residents want to know its story
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The massive, overturned hull of a seemingly ancient ship has appeared without warning along the southwestern tip of Newfoundland. Wanda Blackmore says her 21-year-old son, Gordon, c...
Jan 27, 2024

Mexican asylum trends still concerning despite December drop: IRCC
OTTAWA - Canada's immigration department is denying Mexico's claim that a pact between the two countries is already curbing asylum claims in Canada, as the minister in charge faces mounting pressure t...
Jan 27, 2024

Anti-Islamophobia envoy warns of chill on speaking out about Gaza, hate crimes
OTTAWA - A chill on freedom of speech is deepening the pain Muslims in Canada are already feeling over the ongoing tragedy in the Gaza Strip, says Canada's special representative on combating Islamoph...
Jan 27, 2024

Holocaust Remembrance Day has sombre tone as war rages on: antisemitism envoy
OTTAWA - Canada's special envoy on preserving Holocaust remembrance and combating antisemitism says this year's Holocaust Remembrance Day has taken on a particularly sombre tone. Deborah Lyons attribu...
Jan 27, 2024