Canada

Search to resume for children almost a month after they disappeared from N.S. home

LANSDOWNE STATION - A search for two young children who went missing almost a month ago is set to resume Saturday in a remote corner of northeastern Nova Scotia. On May 2, four-year-old Jack Sullivan ...

May 30, 2025

Ottawa's plan to 'fast-track' infrastructure doesn't go far enough: Poilievre

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the government's plan to circumvent the Impact Assessment Act to speed up key infrastructure projects doesn't go far enough. Taking questions from re...

May 30, 2025

Prematurely born harbour seal Zeus is rescued in British Columbia

VANCOUVER - A prematurely born harbour seal nicknamed Zeus has been rescued after being found alone on the shores of White Rock, B.C. Lindsaye Akhurst, senior manager of the Vancouver Aquarium Marine ...

May 30, 2025

Festival attack suspect Adam Lo in court, as judge receives fitness assessment report

VANCOUVER - Lapu Lapu Day festival attack suspect Adam Kai-Ji Lo has appeared by video in Vancouver Provincial Court, as preparations to determine if he's fit to stand trial continue. Lo appeared on s...

May 30, 2025

Carney says he has no immediate plans to overhaul municipal funding

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa probably can't undertake a thorough overhaul of how municipalities are funded in the near future, with the federal government now focused on major proje...

May 30, 2025

Quebec private security law doesn't apply to firms working in federal areas: court

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a Quebec law governing private security activities does not apply to two firms involved in work that falls under federal responsibility. In a unanimous judgme...

May 30, 2025

Quebec tables bill to eliminate interprovincial trade barriers on sale of goods

QUBEC - Quebec is moving to lower interprovincial trade barriers, with some exceptions. Minister for the Economy Christopher Skeete has tabled a bill to remove all restrictions on the use and sale of ...

May 30, 2025

Wildfire in Peace River, B.C., quadruples in size after evacuation order

DAWSON CREEK - A wildfire in northeastern British Columbia that prompted an evacuation order on Thursday has quadrupled in size. The BC Wildfire Service is reporting that the blaze in the Peace River ...

May 30, 2025

Indigenous leaders again left out of first ministers meeting as tensions grow

OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is warning the provinces and Ottawa it "may not end well" if they make decisions about major infrastructure projects at the upcoming first ...

May 30, 2025

Jobs minister meets with Canada Post union reps as overtime ban persists

OTTAWA - Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu is meeting with postal union officials in Ottawa today amid an overtime ban and declining mail volumes at a beleaguered Canada Post. The Canadian Union of Postal Wor...

May 30, 2025