Category Archives: Canada
Montreal Oratory says no fire or noise reported, believes social media video is fake
MONTREAL - A Montreal church says it believes a video appearing to show a fire on its front steps is completely fake. Danielle Decelles, a spokeswoman for Saint Joseph's Oratory, says no one at the ch...
Sep 3, 2023
Police investigating after shooting at Ottawa wedding leaves two dead, six injured
Ottawa police say a shooting at a wedding has left two men dead and six people injured. They say shots rang out at 10:21 on Saturday night outside the Infinity Convention Centre, where the victims wer...
Sep 3, 2023
How Tamara Lich transformed from spokeswoman to symbol of 'Freedom Convoy' movement
OTTAWA - It's a sunny July day at an outdoor hockey rink outside North Bay, Ont. An acoustic guitar player belts out a ballad about freedom. An adoring crowd sings along. Tamara Lich, mounted on the b...
Sep 3, 2023
Climate change, trade ties top agenda as Trudeau attends summits in Asia
OTTAWA - Canada has its eyes on Asia and the lucrative trade markets in the Indo-Pacific region as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to the region tomorrow for a week of international summits and bi...
Sep 3, 2023
Nova Scotia ceremony to mark 25th anniversary of deadly Swissair crash
INDIAN HARBOUR, N.S. - A delegation of Canadian military veterans, RCMP officers and first responders are gathering in Nova Scotia today to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Canada's military respon...
Sep 3, 2023
Heat wave expected to hit central Canada, wildfire smoke, rainfall and wind elsewhere
Most of Ontario is expected to swelter under a heat wave through the long weekend and into the coming week, with temperatures expected to reach highs of 40 degrees Celsius with humidity. Environment C...
Sep 2, 2023
Raymond Moriyama, renowned Canadian architect behind iconic buildings, dies at 93
TORONTO - Raymond Moriyama, a renowned architect behind the design of some of Canada's most iconic buildings, has died. He was 93. A spokesperson for the architecture firm he founded said Moriyama die...
Sep 2, 2023
Twenty six properties on evacuation order in B.C. wildfire zones dropped to alert
VICTORIA - Evacuation orders for 26 properties in British Columbia's Kamloops and Shuswap Lake areas affected by two separate wildfires have been lifted and downgraded to alert status. The Thompson-Ni...
Sep 2, 2023
Maine resident captures nature in action in N.B. as shark snacks on whale carcass
Paul Keller was sitting on the back porch of his rented cottage by the Bay of Fundy, sipping his morning coffee, when he spotted some commotion in the water. Perhaps the splash of a flipper, he figure...
Sep 2, 2023
Canada's envoy to Ukraine says Canadian support will outlast Russian invasion
OTTAWA - Canada's new ambassador to Ukraine had an eerie sense of dj vu when she reached Kyiv last month. Natalka Cmok saw so many locals with missing limbs that it reminded her of working in Ukraine ...
Sep 2, 2023