Category Archives: Canada
In the news today: six officers honoured, Quebec vote nears, Swift makes VMA history
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Police memorial recognizes six officers killed in the line of duty in 2026 Canadian flags flew at half-mast a...
Sep 28, 2026
Ukrainian survivors describe Russian captivity, praise Canada's efforts
TORONTO - Ukrainians who survived Russian captivity are thanking Canada for its advocacy and for funding programs to help children heal from trauma. Dariia Tomashova, 18, told a Toronto conference Mon...
Sep 28, 2026
Coalition Avenir Québec reckons with interference claims as campaign enters last week
MONTREAL - Coalition Avenir Qubec leader Christine Frchette blamed members of her own party for trying to get journalists to pursue a story about foreign interference in the electoral process as she t...
Sep 28, 2026
Alberta, Ontario premiers set to share stage in Calgary to talk energy policy
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are set to share the stage in Calgary today to talk energy. The leaders will be in the city's downtown to talk about how to best ...
Sep 28, 2026
Party leaders make economic, budget promises in Week 2 of B.C. election campaign
VICTORIA - Resource development and making British Columbia an "energy superpower" to grow the economy would allow for a new provincial government to pay down the record deficit, both the NDP and Cons...
Sep 28, 2026
B.C. Conservatives promise no new taxes if elected on Oct. 24
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Conservative Party is promising - if they are elected to form government on Oct. 24 - that it "will never raise taxes" on residents, interim Leader Lorne Doerkson said....
Sep 27, 2026
Police memorial recognizes six officers killed in the line of duty in 2026
OTTAWA - Canadian flags were at half-mast and the skirl of bagpipes rung out as hundreds of police officers marched onto the lawn on Parliament Hill to honour those who have fallen in the line of duty...
Sep 27, 2026
Poilievre urges tax cuts to make diesel fuel more affordable, ensure future supplies
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pitching a plan to cut federal taxes on diesel fuel and help ensure Canada has affordable supplies of the fuel in the future. The Conservatives say Can...
Sep 27, 2026
Premiers keeping cards close on constitutional changes pitched in Alberta referendum
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's counterparts across the country are keeping their cards close to their chest on where they stand on the major constitutional reforms Smith is sending to a p...
Sep 27, 2026
Quebec voters bring issues like economy, language and health to advance polling
MONTREAL - Along the Saint-Lawrence River, with a view of the Montreal skyline, voters gathered at advance polling stations like one at the Montreal science centre to cast early ballots ahead of the p...
Sep 27, 2026