Canada

'Still fresh in minds': Vietnamese community marks 50 years since fall of Saigon

EDMONTON - Seventy-year-old Tan Hoang vowed he would never return to Vietnam after fleeing the country with his family on a makeshift wooden boat. Officers in Vietnam remind him of the communist soldi...

Apr 30, 2025

A family of three migrants from Colombia among Vancouver festival victims

VANCOUVER - More of the dead are being identified in the attack where an after an SUV drove down a street crowded with people at a Vancouver festival. Police also say that 10 people remain in hospital...

Apr 29, 2025

Democrat lawmakers celebrate Carney's Liberal win, most Republicans remain silent

WASHINGTON - Democrat lawmakers in the United States applauded the Liberals' election win under Mark Carney on Tuesday - while most Republican lawmakers stayed silent about an election campaign that t...

Apr 29, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Liberals projected to finish just shy of majority in razor-close race

OTTAWA - The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting Prime Minister Mark Carney will lead a minority Liberal government. Elections Canada has nearly wrapped up counting all the ballots in what turn...

Apr 29, 2025

Notable Canadian cases where an accused was found not criminally responsible

A judge has ruled that Pierre Ny St-Amand, 53, was not criminally responsible for the 2023 bus attack on a Laval, Que., daycare that killed two small children and injured six others. Superior Court Ju...

Apr 29, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Family of three from Colombia died in B.C. festival attack, says son

VANCOUVER - Three members of a family of Colombian immigrants have been identified among the 11 people killed in Saturday's vehicle attack in Vancouver. Vancouver resident Alejandro Samper says he los...

Apr 29, 2025

Ontario, Prairies blocked Liberals from an election-night majority blowout

OTTAWA - The Liberals rose from the ashes under Prime Minister Mark Carney but the party's failure to sweep many of its targeted ridings last night denied it a resounding majority mandate. A big part ...

Apr 29, 2025

Ottawa police say officer-involved shooting near downtown mall

OTTAWA - Police presence is heavy around a downtown Ottawa mall as police report an officer-involved shooting in the area. Ottawa Police said on social media the doors to the Rideau Centre were locked...

Apr 29, 2025

B.C. Premier David Eby not interested in taking on federal NDP leadership

OTTAWA - B.C. Premier David Eby says he's not interested in taking the helm of the federal NDP, now that the party finds itself without a leader following Monday's election. Eby would not say who he t...

Apr 29, 2025

Blanchet criticized by Parti Québécois as he promises to work with other leaders

MONTREAL - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet is calling for a "partisan truce" with other federal party leaders after Monday's federal election, even as he faces criticism from his party's pro...

Apr 29, 2025