Canada

Heat warning still in effect as Ontario and Quebec battle scorching temperatures

TORONTO - Much of Ontario and southwestern Quebec will continue to bake in high temperatures Monday and Tuesday as a heat dome lingers over the region. Environment Canada issued a heat warning for the...

Jun 23, 2025

Prime Minister Carney in Brussels today for EU-Canada summit

BRUSSELS - Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Belgium today, where he will visit a military cemetery before meeting with European Union leaders at an EU-Canada summit. Carney said on social media Sunday...

Jun 23, 2025

Receiver planning sale of Yukon gold mine involved in contaminant release disaster

The court-appointed receiver of a Yukon gold mine that suffered a catastrophic heap-leach facility failure last year says it plans to sell the mine and will be seeking approval within the week to star...

Jun 22, 2025

Airmedic suspends operations after Quebec helicopter crash leaves four missing

NATASHQUAN - A search has resumed for four people who are missing after a medical transport helicopter crashed on Quebec's North Shore during a rescue operation. The Airmedic helicopter was involved i...

Jun 22, 2025

'Heat dome' over Ontario and Quebec causing wild weather across much of Canada

TORONTO - Blame the heat dome hanging over Ontario and Quebec for some of the strange weather hitting other parts of the country. Environment Canada meteorologist Julien Pellerin says scorching temper...

Jun 22, 2025

Iranians in Canada watch and worry after U.S. strikes on nuclear sites

MONTREAL - Iranian-Canadians say they fear an escalation of violence in the Middle East after the United States carried out strikes against three Iranian nuclear sites. Nim Machouf, a member of a Mont...

Jun 22, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Former Liberal minister John McCallum dead at 75

OTTAWA - John McCallum, a former Liberal cabinet minister, has died at age 75, his family confirms. McCallum was a veteran politician, diplomat, academic and accomplished economist. More coming. The C...

Jun 22, 2025

Carney says Middle East 'highly volatile' after U.S. strikes Iran, calls for calm

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling for de-escalation after the United States carried out strikes against Iranian nuclear sites early Sunday. Carney issued a social media post saying the U....

Jun 22, 2025

Carney travelling to Europe for security, defence talks with EU, NATO

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will depart for Europe on Sunday for back-to-back summits where he is expected to make major commitments for Canada on security and defence. Carney will be joined b...

Jun 22, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Jury finds Quebec man guilty in 2023 truck attack in Amqui, Que.

RIMOUSKI - A Quebec man has been found guilty of three counts of 1st degree murder in the deaths of three men he struck with his truck. Steeve Gagnon learned his fate following two days of deliberatio...

Jun 21, 2025