Category Archives: Canada

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - RCMP say there were multiple people aboard a helicopter that crashed east of Prince George, B.C. More coming. The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Until Friday afternoon, Anthony Rota was considered a highly respected Speaker of the House of Commons on both sides of the parliamentary aisle. That day, he invited a Ukrainian veteran who f...

OTTAWA - The court martial for Lt.-Gen. Steven Whelan is set to hear from the woman at the centre of the case today, but it's been slowed by arguments about evidence. Whelan has pleaded not guilty to ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Here's what else we're watching ... NDP, Bloc say Speaker should resign after h...

LAVAL, Que. - A Quebec man accused of killing two young children by driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare is scheduled to return to court today. Pierre Ny St-Amand was arrested after a bus c...

OTTAWA - A Toronto-based real estate company says it is planning to build 5,000 new rental units in urban centres across the country as a result of the federal government's decision to eliminate GST c...

TORONTO - Arguments in the Toronto sexual-assault case against former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard are expected to begin today. The 82-year-old appeared in court in a wheelchair last week to pl...

WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - Evacuation orders and alerts have been lifted for all but one property in West Kelowna, B.C., about five weeks after thousands were chased out by a fast-moving wildfire. Central O...

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say three people are dead after a fishing boat sunk off the province's Lower North Shore early this morning. The Canadian Coast Guard says six people were aboard th...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's Progressive Conservatives came under fire Monday for taking out a newspaper ad that highlights, in part, the province's decision to not search a landfill for the remains of two I...