Category Archives: Canada

Saskatchewan Roughrider fans pay tribute to player and man killed in crash
REGINA - Saskatchewan Roughriders fans held ballcaps in their hands, while some wiped away tears, as the team on Thursday honoured a player and another man killed in a highway crash. Before kickoff at...
Jul 23, 2026

Jury in New York trial hears girl's body was found through father's phone location
ELIZABETHTOWN, NEW YORK - A New York jury heard that police found the body of a nine-year-old girl from Montreal in a marsh after investigators reviewed her father's cellphone location history. Lucian...
Jul 23, 2026

B.C. murder suspect acquitted, confession tossed for 'degrading' police treatment
A British Columbia man accused of murdering his common-law wife has been acquitted after a judge threw out a confession she says was tainted by the suspect's "degrading and humiliating" treatment by p...
Jul 22, 2026

Canadian Blood Services calling for donors amid serious drop in supply
TORONTO - Canadian Blood Services says it is facing a shortage as blood donations have plummeted over the last several weeks. The agency says the blood supply has decreased by nearly 20 per cent since...
Jul 22, 2026

GE Aerospace, Magellan reach agreement for work on Gripen jets — if Canada buys them
OTTAWA - GE Aerospace and Magellan say they've signed an agreement on maintenance for the engines of Saab's Gripen E jets - on the condition that Ottawa ultimately decides to buy the fighter jets for ...
Jul 22, 2026

'Lost Canadians' law opens door for descendants of Acadians to become citizens
OTTAWA - Dozens of Acadians living in the United States are among those hoping to become Canadian citizens under the country's new citizenship by descent law - but one expert says the Immigration Depa...
Jul 22, 2026

Court gives arms contractor discharge on assault against protester in Ottawa
OTTAWA - An Ontario court judge granted a discharge on Wednesday to a British military veteran and arms contractor over an assault against a young, pro-Palestinian protester at a military equipment sh...
Jul 22, 2026

Ottawa paid out $190M in federal EV subsidies this year as sales slowed
OTTAWA - Canadians have claimed more than $190 million in federal subsidies this year toward purchases of new electric vehicles. New data from Transport Canada shows 44,315 claims were recorded throug...
Jul 22, 2026

Holt, Kinew say they would defend Canada amid sovereignty push in Alberta, Quebec
CHARLOTTETOWN - The premiers of Manitoba and New Brunswick say they feel a responsibility to defend a united Canada amid separatist forces in Alberta and Quebec. The provincial leaders are making the ...
Jul 22, 2026

Federal agency links Quebec train derailment in December to temperature swings
MONTREAL - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it could not determine the exact cause of a freight train derailment in northern Quebec last December. The agency says the derailment likely h...
Jul 22, 2026