Canada

Western Canada glaciers melting twice as fast as in previous decade, research says

Researchers say some glaciers in Western Canada and the United States lost 12 per cent of their mass from 2021 to 2024, doubling melt rates compared to the previous decade. The research led by Univers...

Jun 25, 2025

From railways to minerals: seven takeaways from Canada's new NATO spending pledge

THE HAGUE - Canada and its NATO allies agreed Wednesday to substantially hike their defence spending target to five per cent of annual GDP by 2035. Prime Minister Mark Carney endorsed the plan to inve...

Jun 25, 2025

B.C. Appeal Court upholds US$30M fraud judgment against West Vancouver man

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld a US$30 million court judgment against a West Vancouver man alleged by the U.S. government to be the "mastermind" of a years-long securities fraud. The ...

Jun 25, 2025

National data shows overdose deaths dropped in 2024 but still higher than pre-pandemic

TORONTO - National health data shows overdose deaths in Canada dropped in 2024 but the toll still remained much higher than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. A joint statement from the country's ch...

Jun 25, 2025

Canada issues deportation orders, cancels visas for Iranian regime members

OTTAWA - The federal border agency says three people have been found ineligible to remain in Canada in recent years for being senior officials of the Iranian regime. The Canada Border Services Agency ...

Jun 25, 2025

This year's Fête nationale was hottest June day on record in Montreal

MONTREAL - Tuesday's Fte nationale holiday was the hottest June day in Montreal since records started. Environment Canada says temperatures hit 35.6 C, breaking the all-time high for June set 61 years...

Jun 25, 2025

No evidence federal election was affected by foreign interference, commissioner says

OTTAWA - Canada's elections commissioner says she has no evidence the result of the federal election in April was affected by foreign interference, disinformation or voter intimidation. In a prelimina...

Jun 25, 2025

Montreal asking rents up nearly 71% in six years, according to Statistics Canada

MONTREAL - A new Statistics Canada report says asking rent in Montreal has risen by nearly 71 per cent since 2019. Average asking rent for a two-bedroom apartment was $1,930 in the first quarter of 20...

Jun 25, 2025

Former B.C. finance minister says Conservative nomination process needs examination

OTTAWA - A longtime British Columbia MLA who was rejected as a candidate by the federal Conservatives in the April election is calling on the party to examine its nomination process. Michael de Jong, ...

Jun 25, 2025

Google urges CRTC to use restraint with Online Streaming Act

OTTAWA - Google's representatives are asking the federal broadcast regulator to exercise caution and restraint in regulating online platforms. They say there is no rationale for the CRTC imposing trad...

Jun 25, 2025