Canada

On emotional bus tours, residents return to West Kelowna, B.C., to view the ashes

Annick deGooyer knew that her family's home of more than 20 years had been destroyed by the McDougall Creek wildfire that consumed scores of properties in West Kelowna, B.C., about three weeks ago. Bu...

Sep 6, 2023

Remains of two Innu children exhumed in Quebec as families question who they buried

MONTREAL - The remains of two Innu children have been exhumed from a Quebec cemetery to help give closure to families who have long-standing questions about the identities of the bodies they buried in...

Sep 6, 2023

Rental of B.C. school for Sikh referendum vote is cancelled by district

SURREY, B.C. - Organizers of a Sikh community referendum on Punjabi independence say they've received a "slap in the face" from a British Columbia school district that cancelled their rental of a scho...

Sep 6, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Appeal Court overturns stay granted to Quebec judge in wife's killing

MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has overturned a stay of proceedings granted to a retired Quebec judge whose conviction for fatally shooting his wife in 2012 was reversed by the federal justice mi...

Sep 6, 2023

Montreal-area police equip schoolchildren with backpacks that display speed cameras

MONTREAL - Children in Quebec are becoming living speed cameras as a way to get drivers to slow down in school zones. Police in the Montreal area are equipping a handful of schoolchildren with backpac...

Sep 6, 2023

Montreal landmark church says people ignited a flare, not a fire, at famous shrine

MONTREAL - A landmark Montreal church is confirming that a group of people ignited a flare - and not a bonfire - on the steps leading to the Catholic shrine on Saturday. Representatives of Saint Josep...

Sep 6, 2023

Quebec anti-corruption unit arrests former junior college manager on fraud charges

MONTREAL - Quebec's anti-corruption police force says a former executive at a junior college north of Montreal has been arrested for allegedly defrauding the student union. The force, known as UPAC, s...

Sep 6, 2023

After fleeing alone to Newfoundland, Ukrainian boy begins Grade 11 in 'second home'

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - In many ways, Serhii Semenets is like any other 17-year-old starting Grade 11 in Newfoundland this week. He likes playing guitar, he struggles with Shakespeare, and his ideal dinner...

Sep 6, 2023

NDP leader calls for Bank of Canada mandate review as key rate holds steady

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the federal government needs to review the mandate of the Bank of Canada to put people first. Singh's comment today comes as the bank holds its key interest rate...

Sep 6, 2023

On eve of party convention Poilievre says he's not bound by grassroots' policy ideas

OTTAWA - On the eve of his first policy convention as leader, Pierre Poilievre is reminding Canadians that he is not bound by the policies the Conservative grassroots choose to advance. He is in Quebe...

Sep 6, 2023