Canada

Two Canadian women and three children on way home from detention camps in Syria

OTTAWA - Two women and three children who were temporarily missing in Syria after failing to board a repatriation flight to Canada in April are now flying home. The women and children were among a gro...

Jul 6, 2023

Search for women's remains in landfill rests with Ottawa, Manitoba premier says.

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson says the federal government needs to make a decision on whether to search a landfill north of Winnipeg for the remains of two women. Stefanson says it's n...

Jul 6, 2023

Ex-PM Stephen Harper seeks closer ties with Hungary's Viktor Orbán

OTTAWA - Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he wants closer ties between the parties including the Conservative Party of Canada and the Hungarian government during a trip to Budapest today. Hun...

Jul 6, 2023

New Brunswick holding onto $41 million in security deposits from tenants

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government has amassed nearly $41 million in security deposits collected from residential tenants in a practice that is unique in Canada and that critics say needs to c...

Jul 6, 2023

Quebec social media influencer charged for simulating crimes to gain attention

GATINEAU, Que. - Quebec police say they have arrested a social media influencer who allegedly committed fake crimes to gain popularity. Police in Gatineau, Que., near Ottawa, say Anthony Gagn, 27, sim...

Jul 6, 2023

Lac-Mégantic marks 10th anniversary of rail disaster that killed 47 people

LAC-MGANTIC, Que. - A commemorative mass has begun in Lac-Mgantic, Que., to mark the 10th anniversary of the rail disaster that killed 47 people and destroyed parts of the community's downtown. Federa...

Sheldon Spackman Jul 6, 2023

Record-breaking wildfire season will continue to burn hot for months: officials

OTTAWA - Natural Resources Canada says the country's record-breaking wildfire season will continue to be abnormally intense throughout July and into August. The projections are based on anticipated hi...

Jul 6, 2023

N.W.T. signs agreement in principle with feds on health funding

OTTAWA - Northwest Territories has signed on to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's health funding offer, which would see a $361-million boost to health funding to the territories over 10 years. The agree...

Jul 6, 2023

Day six of B.C. port strike as management calls for binding arbitration

VANCOUVER - The organization that represents employers at roughly 30 strikebound ports in British Columbia says binding arbitration could end the six-day-old dispute. More than 7,000 members of the In...

Jul 6, 2023

In the news today: Canada melts under heat wave, 10 years since Lac-Mégantic disaster

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Extreme heat warnings remain across Canada... Southern parts of Ontario and Que...

Jul 6, 2023