Category Archives: Canada
Five things to know Montreal police chief's video message about racism allegations
MONTREAL - Local residents in a multicultural neighbourhood in Montreal may not be the only ones looking for answers about a scandal at their local police station. The police have shared little public...
Aug 10, 2026
Bear attacks three-year-old girl playing on deck outside home in Maple Ridge, B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE - A young girl is in hospital after police and conservation officials say she was attacked by a bear outside her family's home in a city east of Vancouver. British Columbia's Conservation ...
Aug 9, 2026
Porter Airline flight cancelled due to child refusing to fasten seatbelt
VICTORIA - Porter Airlines says a flight was cancelled after a child refused to buckle up. An airline spokesman says in an email that its plane left the terminal in Victoria on Thursday and was headed...
Aug 9, 2026
First Nations chiefs in B.C. call on Carney, Smith, to halt pipeline advancement
A group that represents numerous First Nations across British Columbia is calling on Ottawa and Alberta's government to halt efforts to advance the West Coast pipeline, saying expanding the oil indust...
Aug 9, 2026
Montreal LGBTQ+ community sees competing Pride parades
MONTREAL - Genevive Gagnon says she has been attending the Montreal Pride parade with her children for many years. She came to watch the parade downtown on Sunday with her daughter, Florence, who was ...
Aug 9, 2026
Lawyers concerned by proposed changes to access to information system
OTTAWA - Lawyers and organizations working on environmental issues and migrants' rights are concerned about changes to the Access to Information Act proposed by Prime Minister Mark Carney's government...
Aug 9, 2026
Confusion and anger in wake of tainted evidence and a failed B.C. murder case
AGASSIZ - Gena Edwards, president of the BC Native Women's Association, said that when Frederick Charlie was acquitted of second-degree murder last month in the killing of Vanessa Terry, there were ga...
Aug 9, 2026
Conservatives tell Carney to show 'backbone' as trade team heads back to Washington
OTTAWA - Canada's top trade negotiators are heading back to Washington this week for more meetings with the Trump administration as the Opposition Conservatives urge Prime Minister Mark Carney to stop...
Aug 9, 2026
Woman dead in B.C. wildfire as grim video reveals village in ruins
PENTICTON - The wildfire raging near Okanagan Lake in British Columbia's southern Interior claimed the life of an 80-year-old woman as she tried to escape the flames, police said on Sunday, as video f...
Aug 9, 2026
Canada has half as many measles cases as U.S.: WHO data
Measles data from the World Health Organization show that Canada has half the number of confirmed cases as the United States, despite having a population only about one-tenth the size of its neighbour...
Aug 8, 2026