Category Archives: Canada
Conservative MP Généreux in hospital after heart issue, Poilievre says
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Quebec MP Bernard Gnreux is in hospital after suffering a heart problem earlier today. Poilievre told MPs in the House of Commons an ambulance was ca...
Jun 10, 2026
Lapu Lapu festival attack suspect Adam Kai-Ji Lo gets date for judge-only trial
VANCOUVER - The trial for Adam Kai-Ji Lo, who is facing 11 counts of second-degree murder in the 2025 Lapu Lapu festival attack in Vancouver, has been set to start on April 19, 2027. Lo has elected ag...
Jun 10, 2026
B.C. Mounties warn parents of 'violent' online group exploiting children
LANGFORD - Mounties near Victoria say they are investigating three reports of a violent online group exploiting children and young people. West Shore RCMP say in a statement that the reports are all s...
Jun 10, 2026
Trump 'not looking to renew' CUSMA trade pact, says no need for Canadian imports
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is "not looking to renew" a critical continental trade pact, indicating the United States will blow past a July 1 deadline for renewal. ...
Jun 10, 2026
Quebec auditor slams government for poorly planning subsidies for battery companies
QUBEC - Quebec's auditor general says the provincial government showed poor planning in $2.2 billion of investments in various battery companies - many of which are now experiencing financial troubles...
Jun 10, 2026
'A human being cannot exist nowhere': Judge blocks eviction of Montreal encampment
MONTREAL - The Quebec Superior Court has prevented the City of Montreal from dismantling a homeless encampment under an overpass, saying officials failed to provide a suitable alternative for the unho...
Jun 10, 2026
Tory MP says 4,000 letters sent urging Carney to amend Indian Act status rules
OTTAWA - A Conservative MP says more than 4,000 letters have been sent to the House of Commons committee on Indigenous issues demanding that the federal government immediately change the way First Nat...
Jun 10, 2026
'Unthinkable': Child driver of utility vehicle, 7, and boy, 8, dead in B.C. rollover
POUCE COUPE - The mayor of a small British Columbia village says news of two children dying in a rollover accident involving a utility terrain vehicle has been "devastating." Pouce Coupe Mayor Daniell...
Jun 10, 2026
Canada launches new preventive health advisory committee after disbanding task force
OTTAWA - The federal government has launched a new advisory committee on preventive health care more than a year after pausing the work of a task force that had come under fire for failing to keep up ...
Jun 10, 2026
Carney says 'no big drama' on Gordie Howe Bridge — but opening may take a bit longer
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney insisted Wednesday there is "no big drama" surrounding the status of the Gordie Howe International Bridge - but it may take longer to open than anticipated. "We are...
Jun 10, 2026