Category Archives: Canada

Probation for ex-Mountie, convicted of obstruction after 'sexting' violence victim
KELOWNA - A former Okanagan RCMP officer who exchanged explicit messages with a victim of domestic violence has been given a conditional discharge and 12 months of probation for attempting to obstruct...
May 23, 2025

In Ottawa, U.S. senators push trade, Canadian tourism to their states
OTTAWA - Five United States senators are in Ottawa today to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney and underscore the long-standing relationship between the two countries. Republican Kevin Cramer dismis...
May 23, 2025

Hockey player's statements to investigators, police, included at ex-teammates' trial
Portions of statements that a former member of Canada's world junior hockey team made to Hockey Canada investigators and police are now part of the evidence in the sexual assault trial of five of his ...
May 23, 2025

2024 sees record warm temperatures, less sea ice cover in Gulf of St. Lawrence
MONT-JOLI - Last year, the Gulf of St. Lawrence recorded its highest maximum surface temperature and lowest seasonal volume of ice cover in decades, say researchers with the federal Fisheries Departme...
May 23, 2025

Federal election: Newfoundland riding flips to Conservatives after judicial recount
ST. JOHN'S - Conservative Jonathan Rowe will represent the Terra Nova-The Peninsulas riding in Parliament. A recount in the rural Newfoundland riding has determined Rowe defeated Liberal Anthony Germa...
May 23, 2025

Bloc Québécois files legal challenge of Terrebonne riding results after one-vote loss
TERREBONNE - The Bloc Qubcois says it has filed a Superior Court challenge to overturn the election results in the federal riding of Terrebonne after losing by one vote. In a news release, the party s...
May 23, 2025

Picking buffaloberries and electric fences: how wildlife is being managed ahead of G7
OTTAWA - Wildlife officials in Alberta have a plan to keep delegates safe from bear encounters during the G7 meeting in Kananaskis, Alta., next month. This week, more than 200 local kids from began pl...
May 23, 2025

Lawyer challenging Trump's trade war says tariffs are 'illegal and abusive'
WASHINGTON - As a mounting number of challenges against U.S. President Donald Trump's global trade war start making their way through court, a lawyer representing small businesses says the tariffs are...
May 23, 2025

Ongoing strike threat could push more customers away from a struggling Canada Post
MONTREAL - Canada Post customers may face delays as 55,000 workers swear off overtime shifts, though a much bigger disruption was averted after the union backed down from a strike threat. However, exp...
May 23, 2025

Canadians warned to prepare for hurricanes regardless of how many storms are forecast
HALIFAX - A senior Environment Canada meteorologist says that as the Atlantic hurricane season is about to start, experts are predicting another active year. But Bob Robichaud at the Canadian Hurrican...
May 23, 2025