Canada

A timeline of the E. coli outbreak linked to Calgary daycares and a central kitchen

CALGARY - More than 250 people, mostly children, have been infected in an E. coli outbreak linked to 11 daycares in Calgary. Twenty-five are in hospital. Six of those patients are on dialysis, which i...

Sheldon Spackman Sep 13, 2023

Montreal to expand Mount Royal Park, ban cars from part of main access road

Montreal has announced plans to expand its famous Mount Royal Park by closing one of the two access roads to vehicular traffic. Camillien-Houde Way, which provides access to the park from the northeas...

Sep 13, 2023

Quebec government says data not compromised after websites hit by cyberattack

QUEBEC - The Quebec government has been hit with a denial-of-service style cyberattack allegedly carried out by the pro-Russian hacker group NoName, with some government-linked websites down as a resu...

Sep 13, 2023

Man walked naked out of shower, found Mountie in his bedroom: lawsuit

COQUITLAM, B.C. - A British Columbia man who is suing the RCMP claims he walked naked out of his shower to find a female uniformed Mountie standing in his bedroom. Kirk Forbes says the encounter in hi...

Sep 13, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Ibrahim Ali's DNA matched sample from dead girl, court is told

VANCOUVER - An RCMP expert testifying at Ibrahim Ali's murder trial says his genetic profile matched DNA found on the body of a teenage girl he is accused of killing six years ago. Christine Crossman ...

Sep 13, 2023

CP NewsAlert: BC United MLA Bruce Banman defects to provincial Conservatives

VICTORIA - A member of the Opposition BC United caucus has crossed the floor to join British Columbia's Conservatives. Bruce Banman, the MLA for Abbotsford South, says he is proud to join his friend B...

Sep 13, 2023

Quebec education minister rejects hearings on gender identity, prefers expert panel

Quebec's education minister says he won't convene a legislative committee on gender identity because he says doing so exposes the sensitive issue to political exploitation. Instead, Bernard Drainville...

Sep 13, 2023

Quebec politicians rail against 'English week' at Quebec junior college

Quebec politicians are railing against a Quebec City junior college's decision to host a weeklong event promoting English. The ongoing "English Week 2023" is a five-day event at French-language Cgep G...

Sep 13, 2023

Weeks of worry ease as alerts lift for two B.C. wildfires outside Kamloops, Lillooet

VANCOUVER - As British Columbia awaits an update due later today on fire, drought and flood conditions, residents in an area south of Kamloops can relax as all evacuation orders and alerts related to ...

Sep 13, 2023

'Complete destruction': Canadians mobilize to help Morocco after earthquake

MONTREAL - A Canadian aid worker in Morocco says he's seen scenes of "complete destruction" in the wake of a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that has killed more than 2,900 people and left many more injured ...

Sep 13, 2023