Canada

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre loses his long-held seat in Ottawa

OTTAWA - The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has lost in the Ottawa riding of Carleton. Poilievre first took the seat in 2004 and won it six subseq...

Apr 29, 2025

In the news today: Liberals take 4th mandate but size of win unclear

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... PM Carney vows to stand firm against U.S. After coming out victorious in a tight election campaign, Prime Mini...

Apr 29, 2025

Trial continues for 5 former members of Canada's world junior hockey team

The sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team is set to continue today in London, Ont. Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote ...

Apr 29, 2025

Ruling today on whether accused in Quebec daycare bus crash is criminally responsible

LAVAL - A Superior Court judge is to render a decision today on whether a Quebec man is not criminally responsible after he drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare in 2023, killing two children ...

Apr 29, 2025

Newly-elected Prime Minister Carney vows to stand firm against United States

OTTAWA - After coming out victorious in a tight election campaign, Prime Minister Mark Carney is vowing to unite a divided country in the face of ongoing tensions with the United States. In a speech d...

Apr 29, 2025

Suspect in Vancouver festival killings is brother of 2024 murder victim

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Police have confirmed that the suspect in Saturday's deadly ramming attack that killed 11 people in the city is the brother of a man who was murdered in an unrelated killing last...

Apr 28, 2025

Polls open across Canada as leaders, Canadians cast ballots in historic election

After a short, intense and heated election campaign, Canadians are casting their ballots in a historic election to choose the next federal government.Liberal Leader Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pi...

Sheldon Spackman Apr 28, 2025

Quebec's failed auto insurance digital shift could cost $500M, inquiry hears

MONTREAL - A public inquiry examining a digital shift by Quebec's automobile insurance board is hearing it could end up costing the province nearly half-a-billion dollars, more than initially planned....

Apr 28, 2025

Convicted murderer claims B.C. prison wrongfully took books including 'Mein Kampf'

VANCOUVER - A convicted murderer who kept his victim's severed head in a bucket claims prison authorities in British Columbia are wrongfully withholding books he has acquired during his life sentence,...

Apr 28, 2025

Trial set to begin in former world junior hockey players' sexual assault case

The sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team is set to begin today in London, Ont. Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote hav...

Apr 28, 2025