Canada

Quebec provincial police make arrest in Montérégie homicide investigation

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police have opened a homicide investigation after a death in the Montrgie region of the province on Saturday. Police say they were called to a home in Saint-Anicet, Que., ...

Jan 25, 2025

B.C. climate activist facing imminent deportation without reprieve from minister

VANCOUVER - A climate activist in British Columbia says he's packing his bags and plans to report to the Vancouver airport later Saturday to face deportation back to Pakistan, believing his removal fr...

Jan 25, 2025

Some Century-brand tuna recalled because of undeclared wheat

OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall notice for two kinds of canned Century-brand flaked tuna. The agency says two types of the brand's "hot and spicy" tuna were found to c...

Jan 25, 2025

Man shot overnight, Montreal police transfer probe to Quebec police watchdog

MONTREAL - Montreal police say they have transferred an investigation to Quebec's police watchdog after officers shot a man in his 20s overnight. Montreal police spokesperson Vronique Dubuc says offic...

Jan 25, 2025

'They love the game': Canadian who helped grow Kenya Ice Lions ready to retire

The Kenya Ice Lions have hit the big league, and the Canadian who helped make it happen says now may be the time to hang up his whistle. Head coach Tim Colby says it's been impressive to watch the ice...

Jan 25, 2025

Montreal’s unhoused try out for team Canada ahead of Homeless World Cup tournament

MONTREAL - Fabrice Mugabe passes the ball beyond the opposition defender to Jean-Philippe Dur, who strikes it into the gloves of the goalkeeper, an intervention worker at the Montreal homeless shelter...

Jan 25, 2025

Trump's sweeping pardon of rioters highlights differences in U.S., Canadian systems

OTTAWA - In one of his first acts upon taking office Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned or moved to dismiss the cases of some 1,500 people charged in the Capitol riots of Jan. 6, 2021. The s...

Jan 25, 2025

Bill Wilson, father of former cabinet minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, dies

Bill Wilson, a hereditary chief and the father of former cabinet minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, has died. Wilson-Raybould announced his death on social media, saying her father's life was "one of lead...

Jan 24, 2025

Canada Post gets $1-billion loan from federal government amid financial struggles

OTTAWA - The federal government is providing a $1-billion loan to Canada Post to help the Crown corporation continue operating amid "significant financial challenges." Canada Post says it was notified...

Jan 24, 2025

B.C. climate activist couple to live in Pakistan if deportation proceeds

VANCOUVER - British Columbia climate activist Zain Haq and his wife Sophia Papp are planning to live together in Pakistan if his threatened deportation proceeds on Saturday, and blame his imminent exp...

Jan 24, 2025