Category Archives: Canada
B.C. RCMP officer testifies about venting frustrations over group chats
RICHMOND - An RCMP member stationed at the Coquitlam, B.C., detachment says he regrets making "stupid" and "ugly" comments in group chats with other officers that included stereotypes about Asian driv...
Sep 17, 2025
Toronto Public Health gives final update on investigation into gynecologist's office
TORONTO - Toronto Public Health says it has the results for about a quarter of the patients potentially exposed to blood-borne viruses at a downtown gynecologist's office, and that none of them contra...
Sep 17, 2025
B.C. launches task force to tackle extortions, shootings in South Asian community
Authorities in British Columbia are acknowledging the fear and disappointment among the province's South Asian community amid a spate of extortions and violence that has seen homes and businesses spra...
Sep 17, 2025
MPs observe moment of silence for Ken Dryden in House of Commons
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament honoured former Montreal Canadiens goaltender Ken Dryden in the House of Commons on Wednesday with tributes and a moment of silence. Dryden also served as a member of Pa...
Sep 17, 2025
Ex-swim instructor at N.S. youth corrections facility facing 66 sex-related charges
HALIFAX - A 75-year-old former swim instructor is facing dozens of charges related to alleged sex crimes against 30 youths at a Nova Scotia corrections facility between 1989 and 2015, RCMP say. Staff ...
Sep 17, 2025
Montreal police resolve cold case from 2008 using genetic genealogy to ID killer
MONTREAL - A long-standing cold case was cracked using genetic genealogy to identify the man who killed a Montreal woman in her apartment in 2008, police said Wednesday. Catherine Daviau, 26, was kill...
Sep 17, 2025
Champagne says it's 'sad' the U.S. 'turned its back' on Canada with tariff war
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne said Wednesday it's "sad" that the U.S. "turned its back" on Canada by starting a trade war that is now forcing Ottawa to "reinvent" the national e...
Sep 17, 2025
Carney argues his government still has fiscal anchors after PBO raises concerns
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney insisted Wednesday his government does have fiscal anchors after the interim parliamentary budget officer raised concerns about government transparency. Jason Jacqu...
Sep 17, 2025
Details of gun buyback program coming soon, minister says
OTTAWA - Details of the Liberal government's gun buyback program will be released over the next few weeks, the public safety minister said Wednesday. Gary Anandasangaree said the government will provi...
Sep 17, 2025
Climate change made Atlantic Canada heat wave at least 10 times more likely: ECCC
Human-caused climate change made a record-breaking heat wave in Atlantic Canada far more likely, federal climate scientists said Wednesday, as they released a new analysis of 10 of Canada's hottest he...
Sep 17, 2025