Canada

Halifax council to ask Nova Scotia for consultation on strong-mayor powers

HALIFAX - Halifax's city council has directed the mayor to ask the Nova Scotia government for consultation on whether it is considering strengthening his authority. Council voted last week in favour o...

Jul 14, 2025

Police search for group of migrants after vehicle collision near Canada-U.S. border

MONTREAL - Police say they are looking for a group of migrants who were inside a vehicle that collided near the Canada-U.S. border in southern Quebec. Authorities were called early Sunday to the scene...

Jul 13, 2025

Federal investigators deployed to probe WestJet engine fire at Vancouver airport

VANCOUVER - Federal investigators have been deployed to Vancouver International Airport after a "small engine fire" onboard a WestJet flight from the United States. The Transportation Safety Board of ...

Jul 13, 2025

How a tree-killing beetle chose wrong human to fly into, revealing presence in B.C.

VANCOUVER - The tiny beetle could scarcely have picked a worse human to fly into. Amateur entomologist Andrew Short was sitting on a bench in downtown Vancouver in June 2023 when the unfamiliar metall...

Jul 13, 2025

Anand says Indo-Pacific strategy will have economic focus but maintain values

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says the economy is becoming the primary focus of Canada's relationships in the Indo-Pacific - a shift that appears linked to Canada's recent moves to ove...

Jul 13, 2025

Boeing settles with a man whose family died in a 737 Max crash in Ethiopia

CHICAGO (AP) - Boeing reached a settlement Friday with a Canadian man whose wife and three children were killed in a deadly 2019 crash in Ethiopia, averting the first trial connected to a devastating ...

Jul 12, 2025

Quebec college faces $30 million in fines for too many students in English programs

MONTREAL - A Montreal college is facing $30 million in fines from the Quebec government for having too many students in its English-language programs. LaSalle College says the fines threaten the survi...

Jul 12, 2025

Police arrest former associate of Montreal billionaire Robert Miller

MONTRAL - Montreal police say they arrested a man earlier this week who is alleged to be an associate of a Quebec billionaire accused of sex crimes. Officers say the 76-year-old is believed to have be...

Jul 12, 2025

Scrutiny for supervised drug consumption site in Victoria's 'Downtown Eastside'

VICTORIA - The value of a supervised consumption site in the heart of Victoria's most downtrodden neighbourhood is under debate - is it a life-saving tool, or a magnet for drug dealers victimizing tho...

Jul 12, 2025

Police to host town hall in Quadeville, Ont., after attack on eight-year-old girl

Ontario Provincial Police are set to host a town hall in Quadeville, Ont., this evening to answer questions from residents about an attack on an eight-year-old child that was initially linked to an an...

Jul 12, 2025