Category Archives: Canada
Historic plane's final trip to U.S. interrupted by emergency landing near Victoria
VICTORIA - A rare and historic water bomber that was on its final journey from British Columbia to a museum in Arizona was forced to make an emergency landing near Victoria due to mechanical issues. T...
Dec 16, 2024
In tumultuous history of finance minister resignations, Freeland's exit stands out
Having a finance minister openly condemn the prime minister's policies on her way out is a fresh level of acrimony in Canadian political history, longtime observers of the country's politics say. Chry...
Dec 16, 2024
Ottawa promises $1.3 billion for border security as U.S. tariff threat looms
OTTAWA - The federal government is promising to spend $1.3 billion over six years to beef up Canada's border security but still won't say exactly how that money will be spent. The figures are part of ...
Dec 16, 2024
Ottawa police use DNA from 1996 murder to identify Vancouver stabbing suspect
Police in Ottawa say they've identified a suspect in an unsolved 1996 stabbing death on the Portage Bridge using DNA evidence to track down the man who was arrested in Vancouver last week. Ottawa poli...
Dec 16, 2024
The Latest: Freeland leaves cabinet, fall economic statement in limbo
OTTAWA - Chrystia Freeland has resigned from cabinet as finance minister on the same day she was expected to deliver the government's fall economic statement, leaving the government of Prime Minister ...
Dec 16, 2024
Authorities search for person missing after B.C. mudslide washed away home
VANCOUVER - A search is ongoing for a person believed to have been caught in a mudslide that hit their home and closed British Columbia's Sea to Sky Highway over the weekend. RCMP say emergency crews ...
Dec 16, 2024
Without more warming centres, expect rise in homeless deaths: Montreal borough mayor
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner will investigate the death of a 55-year-old unhoused man found in a park early Sunday in Montreal's Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough. Police say hypothermia could be the cause...
Dec 16, 2024
Chrystia Freeland's resignation letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigned from the Liberal cabinet on Monday, posting her resignation letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on social media. Here is the letter: "Dear Prim...
Dec 16, 2024
The Canadian Press Newsmakers of the Year, past and present
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is The Canadian Press 2024 Newsmaker of the Year. Here is a list of who has had the title in the past, as chosen in an annual survey of senior editors in ...
Dec 16, 2024
CP NewsAlert: Poilievre is CP Newsmaker of the Year for second year in a row
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been chosen as The Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year for 2024. It is the second time in a row news editors across the country placed Poilievre at t...
Dec 16, 2024