Category Archives: Canada
Canadian families still waiting for answers one week after Nepal disaster
Neeral Patel sent well-wishes to her cousin on his birthday last Wednesday, but she never heard back. Her cousin Ishan Patel was in Nepal at the time, not far from the border with China, where a devas...
Sep 2, 2026
Bank of Canada holds key rate as it prioritizes 'multiple risks in play'
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada stuck to the sidelines Wednesday as governor Tiff Macklem suggested the re-escalating trade war with the United States is not the only risk monetary policymakers are monito...
Sep 2, 2026
RCMP ask to meet ex-B.C. Conservative who says he was offered job to quit as MLA
British Columbia legislator Ian Paton said RCMP have asked to interview him on Wednesday, and expects them to ask about allegedly being offered a job to give up his seat so Conservative Leader Kerry-L...
Sep 1, 2026
B.C. government confirms errors worth $1.46B in gas revenue forecasts
Errors including botched currency conversions led the British Columbia government to overstate its forecasted natural gas revenues by about $1.46 billion over five fiscal years, officials confirmed on...
Sep 1, 2026
Former Montreal priest convicted in 2019 of abusing boys facing new charges
MONTREAL - A former Montreal priest who was found guilty in 2019 of sexually abusing two boys is facing charges of possessing and accessing child sexual abuse material. Brian Boucher's lawyer appeared...
Sep 1, 2026
Champagne says U.S. move to invite Russia to G20 meeting caused 'a lot of discomfort'
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says Russia's presence at a G20 meeting hosted by the United States has made many countries uncomfortable. The United States invited Russian Financ...
Sep 1, 2026
Check vaccinations before heading back to school: chief public health officer
TORONTO - Canada's chief public health officer is urging parents to check that routine childhood vaccinations are up-to-date as kids head back to school. In an interview on Tuesday, Dr. Joss Reimer sa...
Sep 1, 2026
B.C. boaters warned to avoid floating island that has mystified experts
Geologist John Joseph Clague said when he first heard that a floating island, bigger than a football field, had been spotted on a lake in British Columbia's northern Interior, he dismissed it as an "A...
Sep 1, 2026
Élections Québec says it will send out voting information in French only
MONTREAL - A group representing anglophones in Quebec is calling on the provincial elections authority to reverse its decision to only send out voter information in French. lections Qubec said Tuesday...
Sep 1, 2026
Carney says U.S. wants to wipe out Canadian industries or make them subsidiaries
OTTAWA - U.S. negotiators were pushing in trade talks last month for concessions from Canada that would have caused key sectors like the automotive industry to either become U.S. subsidiaries or be "w...
Sep 1, 2026