Category Archives: Canada
Conservative MP says First Nations votes will be critical in Alberta referendum
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Conservative members of Parliament are set to spend their summer break campaigning for Albertans to stay in Canada - and one member of his caucus say...
Jun 03, 2026
Quebec's first tornado of 2026 touches down in Saguenay region, researchers say
MONTREAL - Researchers say Quebec's first recorded tornado of 2026 touched down in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region on May 25. The Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University says the tornado dama...
Jun 03, 2026
Slashing development fees is not a cure-all for housing affordability: CMHC
OTTAWA - Slashing municipal development charges could help spur building in some of Canada's most expensive markets but those cuts wouldn't be enough to fix the affordability gap on their own, accordi...
Jun 03, 2026
Groups call on Ottawa to reverse course on environmental policy
OTTAWA - Some of Canada's largest environmental groups were on Parliament Hill Wednesday urging the Liberal government to reverse course on what they're calling rollbacks of environmental policy. Repr...
Jun 03, 2026
Ottawa tells CRTC to change course on increasing streamers' financial contributions
OTTAWA - Ottawa is directing the CRTC to back down on its recent decision to triple streamers' financial contributions to Canadian content, and will instead provide $600 million to the sector, Culture...
Jun 03, 2026
Canada looking to beef up forced labour laws as U.S. imposes new tariffs
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday his Liberal government will soon introduce legislation on forced labour in supply chains after the Trump administration proposed a 10 per cent ad...
Jun 03, 2026
In the news today: Bouncy castle safety, Canada-U.S. trade, Exiled journalists
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Young child's death in Montreal highlights dangers of inflatable play structures The death of a three-year-ol...
Jun 03, 2026
Section of Banff National Park remains closed to visitors one year after rockfall
BANFF - Parks Canada officials say it's still not known when a section of a trail in Banff National Park will reopen almost a full year after a rockfall killed two hikers and injured three others. Fed...
Jun 03, 2026
FIFA lawyers force B.C. spinal injury charity to scrap World Cup ticket raffle
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia non-profit that supports people with spinal injuries was forced to cancel a raffle for a pair of World Cup tickets after receiving a nine-page letter from FIFA's lawyers...
Jun 03, 2026
Canadian pancreatic cancer specialists expect to open clinical trials on pill that doubled survival time
TORONTO - Oncologists say they're working to quickly get Canadian patients with pancreatic cancer into clinical trials for a new pill that could double their survival time. Dr. Jennifer Knox, medical ...
Jun 03, 2026