Canada

Quebec community mourns four family members killed in home construction accident.

MONTREAL - A rural community in Quebec's Bas-St-Laurent region is in mourning after four family members died in a home construction accident over the weekend. Investigators said two men and two women ...

Aug 21, 2023

Quebec teachers unions call for better working conditions to address staff shortages

MONTREAL - Unions representing Quebec teachers are calling on the provincial government to address staff shortages by improving working conditions. Jose Scalabrini, president of a federation of 34 Que...

Aug 21, 2023

Law society hearing for lawyers accused of surveilling Winnipeg judge begins

WINNIPEG - A Law Society of Manitoba hearing is underway for two lawyers facing charges related to complaints that they hired a private investigator to surveil a judge who was hearing a case involving...

Aug 21, 2023

The latest news on the wildfires ravaging British Columbia

A state of emergency remains in place today across British Columbia as threatening wildfires force thousands of residents to evacuate from homes in the Okanagan in the southern Interior and elsewhere ...

Sheldon Spackman Aug 21, 2023

Montreal police investigating after overnight violence leaves one dead, two injured

Montreal police are investigating separate violent incidents last night that left one person dead and two people injured. Police say they responded to a call about gunshots a little after midnight in ...

Aug 21, 2023

In the news today: Wildfires continue raging across B.C., N.W.T.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Smoky conditions help B.C. fire fight As Metro Vancouver is being warned about ...

Aug 21, 2023

Premier Caroline Cochrane recounts hunt for homeless during Yellowknife evacuation

YELLOWKNIFE - Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane was a social worker before entering politics, so when the territory ordered everyone in its capital to leave last week due to encroaching ...

Aug 21, 2023

Recently shuffled Liberal cabinet is meeting in Charlottetown this week

CHARLOTTETOWN - The Liberal cabinet is in Prince Edward Island's capital this week for a retreat as it gets ready for the next sitting of the Parliament. It's expected the housing crisis will be the c...

Sheldon Spackman Aug 21, 2023

Smoky conditions help B.C. fire fight, causes Metro Vancouver air quality advisory

As Metro Vancouver is being warned about the risk of particulates in the air from wildfire smoke, those battling blazes in the central Okanagan say the smoke is helping their cause. The Metro Vancouve...

Aug 21, 2023

Another company of soldiers deployed to N.W.T to help with wildfire fight

YELLOWKNIFE - Defence Minister Bill Blair says another company of soldiers is being deployed to Hay River in the Northwest Territories, which has been evacuated for more than a week due to a threateni...

Aug 21, 2023