Category Archives: Canada
Byelections following wave of MP resignations set to cost upwards of $24M
OTTAWA - Byelections this year to replace departing members of Parliament are expected to cost taxpayers upwards of $24 million, an Elections Canada estimate suggests. The election agency says that wh...
Aug 10, 2026
Bomb threat prompts Halifax police to evacuate some downtown streets for five hours
HALIFAX - A bomb threat and subsequent arrest in Halifax prompted police to evacuate several downtown streets and buildings near the waterfront for several hours on Monday. Just before 9 a.m., Halifax...
Aug 10, 2026
Ottawa to rebate $100M in freight costs for shipping steel across Canada
OTTAWA - Ottawa plans to slash the cost of shipping steel domestically over the next year in a bid to help Canadian producers hit hard by tariffs. Transportation Minister Steven MacKinnon was in Hamil...
Aug 10, 2026
In the news today: B.C. wildfire losses, GM talks start, Montreal police scandal
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Evacuees slowly learn of losses from B.C. wildfire that forced thousands to flee The thousands forced out by t...
Aug 10, 2026
New York jury convicts father of murder in death of nine-year-old Montreal girl
ELIZABETHTOWN - Melina Frattolin's loved ones and family members sobbed in a New York courthouse on Monday after a jury found the girl's father guilty of drowning her and hiding her body in a marsh la...
Aug 10, 2026
B.C. wildfire evacuees told to brace for devastation, as RCMP launch criminal probe
PENTICTON - Heartbroken Okanagan-area officials have told wildfire evacuees to prepare themselves for the level of destruction left by a deadly blaze in B.C.'s southern Interior that police say has tr...
Aug 10, 2026
Why information officer kept camera rolling even as he fled B.C. wildfire with family
PENTICTON - When Erick Thompson decided he had to flee with his family as a wildfire roared towards Summerland, B.C., around 1:40 a.m. on Saturday, he also knew he had to keep filming. That's because ...
Aug 10, 2026
Brutality, racism allegations deepen trust gap after years of complaints in Montreal
MONTREAL - Frantz Jean-Jacques remembers feeling hopeful after coming out of a meeting more than a decade ago with the commander of a police station in a multicultural neighbourhood of Montreal. Over ...
Aug 10, 2026
Here are major reports, inquiries and lawsuits into police racism in Quebec
MONTREAL - As a police station in a Montreal multicultural neighbourhood grapples with allegations of racism and brutality made public in June, local residents are preparing for a public meeting with ...
Aug 10, 2026
Five things to know Montreal police chief's video message about racism allegations
MONTREAL - Local residents in a multicultural neighbourhood in Montreal may not be the only ones looking for answers about a scandal at their local police station. The police have shared little public...
Aug 10, 2026