Canada

Mark Carney says he has priorities for his new government — here are 5 of them

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney laid out his priorities at his first postelection press conference on Friday, four days after his party won a minority mandate in the April 28 election. Here's a qu...

May 02, 2025

Environment Canada lays 200 Fisheries Act charges against ArcelorMittal

OTTAWA - Environment and Climate Change Canada has laid 200 charges against mining company ArcelorMittal Canada for alleged violations of the Fisheries Act. In a news release, the government says the ...

May 02, 2025

Carney's spring to-do list includes Trump and trade barriers

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday held his first news conference since his Liberals won a minority government mandate in Monday's election. He now has a long list of tasks to complete in t...

May 02, 2025

International fugitive returned to B.C. after being arrested in Middle East

An international fugitive and one of Canada's most wanted is back behind bars following a Vancouver Police Department investigation that lasted three years, spanned 14 countries and ended in the Middl...

May 02, 2025

Marie-Claude Nichols returns to Quebec Liberals, supports Pablo Rodriguez for leader

MONTREAL - A Quebec legislature member who was kicked out of the Liberal caucus in 2022 has returned to the party and is supporting Pablo Rodriguez in the leadership race. Marie-Claude Nichols made th...

May 02, 2025

CRA won't renew contracts for more than 1,000 term workers, union says

OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency won't renew contracts for more than 1,000 term workers across the country later this month, says the union representing them. The Union of Taxation Employees says th...

May 02, 2025

Alberta MP to step aside to allow Pierre Poilievre to run for seat in Parliament

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Damien Kurek is set to step aside to allow Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to run in a byelection in the Battle River-Crowfoot riding in Alberta. More to come. The Canadi...

May 02, 2025

Hockey players' sexual assault trial hears from former world junior teammates

LONDON - The sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team is hearing today from other players who were on the 2018 team. Taylor Raddysh, who now plays in the NHL fo...

May 02, 2025

Montreal men plead guilty after keeping woman's body on couch for six months

MONTREAL - Two Montreal men have pleaded guilty to committing an indignity to a body after admitting they left the remains of an Indigenous woman on the couch in their home for six months. Prosecutor ...

May 02, 2025

Wildfire that forced evacuations in Fort St. John, B.C., not threatening buildings

FORT ST. JOHN - The City of Fort St. John, B.C., says a wildfire that prompted evacuations last night is not actively threatening any structures. But in an update posted at 8:40 p.m. Thursday, it says...

May 02, 2025