Canada

Home sales down almost 10% annually last month: Canadian Real Estate Association

The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in April fell 9.8 per cent compared with the same month last year, as the national housing market has returned "to the quiet markets we've experien...

May 15, 2025

In the news today: SUV attack victim recovering, Ontario to spend now, balance later

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... After festival tragedy, a long road to recovery Even the smallest victories are being celebrated by Roland Nul...

May 15, 2025

Trial begins for Quebec man facing first-degree murder charges in 2023 truck attack

RIMOUSKI - Jury selection is beginning in the trial of a man charged with killing three people with a truck in eastern Quebec. Forty-year-old Steeve Gagnon faces five charges, including three counts o...

May 15, 2025

Quebec coroner to release report into Innu man who froze to death in Montreal in 2021

MONTREAL - A coroner is scheduled to release her report today into the death of a homeless Innu man whose body was found inside a portable toilet in Montreal. Fifty-one-year-old Raphal "Napa" Andr die...

May 15, 2025

Former hockey player continues testifying at ex-teammates' sex assault trial

A former member of Canada's world junior hockey team is expected to continue testifying today at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates. Tyler Steenbergen began testifying by videoconfer...

May 15, 2025

Eleven killed in festival attack included families, artist, visitor from Philippines

Eleven people were killed at the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver on April 26, when an SUV drove through a crowd at high speed. Here is what we know about the victims, whose identities have been co...

May 15, 2025

Family in B.C. festival tragedy celebrates small victories on long road to recovery

VANCOUVER - Even the smallest victories are being celebrated by Roland Nulada and his family, as he recovers from devastating injuries suffered in the Lapu Lapu festival attack in Vancouver. On Monday...

May 15, 2025

Joly says Honda still committed to EV investments after $15-billion project delayed

OTTAWA - Industry Minister Mlanie Joly says Honda Canada remains "fully committed" to major electric-vehicle investments in Canada after the company announced Tuesday that it was pausing a multibillio...

May 14, 2025

Canada welcomes UN body's decision holding Russia responsible for MH17 tragedy

OTTAWA - The Canadian government is welcoming a recent decision by the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization to hold Russia responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight M...

May 14, 2025

Eby defends investigation into leaked documents that alleged opioid diversion

VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says B.C.'s director of police services acts independently and government can't interfere with the request for an investigation into a leaked document that alleged some ph...

May 14, 2025