Canada

Canada's 2025 wildfire season now second-worst on record, fuelled by Prairies blazes

TORONTO - Canada's 2025 wildfire season is now the second-worst on record. The latest figures posted by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre suggest fires have torn through 72,000 square kilome...

Aug 08, 2025

Resident still nervous despite returning after evacuation from home for B.C. wildfire

A Vancouver Island artist who was evacuated from her home studio near an out-of-control wildfire says she remains nervous despite being allowed back this week. Ina-Griet Raatz-von Hirschhausen, whose ...

Aug 08, 2025

PM Carney says Israel taking over Gaza City will hurt both Palestinians and hostages

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Israel's announced plan to take over part of the Gaza Strip will further a humanitarian crisis for Palestinians and hostages. Israel's cabinet has approved a p...

Aug 08, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Carney announces 20% increase in military starting pay

TRENTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will boost the entry-level pay for Canadian Armed Forces privates by 20 per cent for the regular force and 13 per cent for reservists. Other mi...

Aug 08, 2025

Iran International network says two journalists working in Canada targeted by regime

OTTAWA - Two journalists working for Iran International in Canada are among dozens who have been targeted by regime officials in recent weeks, the network says. Iran International is a prominent onlin...

Aug 08, 2025

American company Lyten interested in purchasing Northvolt battery plant in Quebec

MONTREAL - Lyten, an American company, has announced it hopes to purchase the Northvolt battery plant in Quebec. This comes after the company shared Thursday it entered into a deal buy Northvolt's ass...

Aug 08, 2025

RFK Jr.'s war on mRNA vaccines breeds distrust, threatens Canada's access to development: experts

TORONTO - Canadian doctors and scientists say Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s defunding of mRNA vaccine development projects will have negative health effects in Canada and around the world. University of Sas...

Aug 08, 2025

Conservative campaign manager Jenni Byrne says she won't run the next campaign

OTTAWA - The Conservative party will have a new campaign manager in the next federal election, now that Jenni Byrne says she's stepping back from the role she held this spring. Byrne, who remains a ke...

Aug 08, 2025

Montreal mother charged in abandonment case to continue psychiatric evaluation

SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD - The 34-year-old Montreal mother charged with allegedly abandoning her daughter in a field near a major Ontario highway will continue to undergo a psychiatric assessment. A Q...

Aug 08, 2025

Accommodations scarce for wildfire evacuees in eastern Newfoundland

ST. JOHN'S - The Newfoundland and Labrador government says it is facing challenges finding accommodations for people displaced by wildfires on the east side of the province. The government issued a st...

Aug 08, 2025