Category Archives: Canada

Montreal hopes all-night entertainment zone can help revive sagging downtown
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal has outlined a plan to "relaunch" its downtown by 2030, including the creation of a round-the-clock nightlife zone. The city is eyeing the Quartier Latin - a neighbourh...
Jan 16, 2024

NewsAlert: New research security rules target institutions in China, Iran, Russia
OTTAWA - The federal government will not bankroll sensitive scientific research tied to dozens of schools, institutes and labs in China, Iran and Russia, under newly announced restrictions. Among the ...
Jan 16, 2024

Longtime Liberal cabinet minister Carolyn Bennett to become envoy to Denmark: source
OTTAWA - Longtime Liberal member of Parliament and former cabinet minister Carolyn Bennett is set to become the next ambassador to Denmark. A senior government source, who spoke on the condition of an...
Jan 16, 2024

Notley legacy as Alberta premier includes pipeline, higher minimum wage, deficits
EDMONTON - One of Rachel Notley's prized possessions from her time as Alberta premier sits on her bedroom dresser: a framed picture of hell freezing over. It's a photo of a newspaper headline taken th...
Jan 16, 2024

Crown says suspect in Quebec cold case murder tracked down by Y chromosome project
MONTREAL - A Quebec prosecutor says a man charged with the sexual assault and murder of a 19-year-old junior college student nearly 24 years ago was tracked down with the help of a project that matche...
Jan 16, 2024

A look at outgoing Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley
EDMONTON - Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley announced Tuesday she would step down from the role once a replacement is chosen. Here are some highlights of her life and career: Age: 59. Born April 17, 1...
Jan 16, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Former premier Rachel Notley stepping down as leader of Alberta NDP
EDMONTON - Rachel Notley, the former premier of Alberta, is stepping down as leader of the province's Opposition NDP. Notley says there will now be a race to replace her, and she plans to stay in the ...
Jan 16, 2024

'Hurry please': Details of stabbing rampage heard on Day 2 of Saskatchewan inquest
MELFORT, Sask. - The first 911 calls as a mass stabbing unfolded on a Saskatchewan First Nation have been played on the second day of a coroner's inquest. "Hurry please. I'm bleeding," Brandon Generea...
Jan 16, 2024

Day after Trump win in Iowa, Trudeau says U.S. faces choice between optimism, retreat
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says voters in the United States will face a choice later this year between optimism for the future or nostalgia for a past that never existed. Trudeau made th...
Jan 16, 2024

Snowstorm inbound for Metro Vancouver as winter weather rages across Canada
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says a snowstorm is expected to hit Metro Vancouver, Greater Victoria and beyond, bringing up to 20 centimetres of accumulation and possible freezing rain to southern Br...
Jan 16, 2024