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15-year-old rollerblading with family dies after being hit by car on Vancouver Island
SHAWNIGAN LAKE - Police on Vancouver Island say a 15-year-old who was rollerblading with family members has been struck by a car and killed in a crash where speed played a role. RCMP say it happened a...
Aug 26, 2025
Federal judge allows case against Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan to proceed
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday allowed the case to proceed against a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man evade U.S. immigration agents seeking to arrest him in her courthouse. Mi...
Aug 26, 2025
CP NewsAlert: Carney extends Canadian military mission in Latvia to 2029
RIGA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will keep troops in Latvia through to 2029, as part of a mission to deter Russian aggression in Europe. Carney is in Riga where he is meeting with Latvian...
Aug 26, 2025
Montreal's LaSalle College classes resume, impasse endures with Quebec over $30M fine
MONTREAL - A Montreal college has resumed classes even as it faces a $30-million fine by the Quebec government for exceeding enrolment in English-language programs. LaSalle College had postponed the r...
Aug 26, 2025
Israeli military says strike on Gaza hospital was targeting a Hamas camera
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military says its strike on a Gaza hospital that killed 20 people, including five journalists, was aimed at what military officials believed was a Hamas surveillance camer...
Aug 26, 2025
Quebec committee says government should stop funding private religious schools
MONTREAL - An independent committee says the Quebec government should phase out public funding of religious private schools. The idea is one of 50 recommendations included in a report published this m...
Aug 26, 2025
CBC going to court to fight disclosure order for Gem subscriber numbers
OTTAWA - CBC/Radio-Canada is going to court to defend its refusal to disclose subscriber numbers for its Gem streaming service. A spokesperson says the public broadcaster will make its case in Federal...
Aug 26, 2025
Court throws out lawsuit by Trump administration against all Maryland federal judges
BALTIMORE (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday threw out the Trump administration's lawsuit against Maryland's entire federal bench over an order by the chief judge that stopped the immediate deportation...
Aug 26, 2025
More Canadians commuting as remote work decline, hybrid workers on-site more often
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the proportion of employed people mostly working from home in May edged down compared with a year earlier for the fourth year in the row. The agency says those mostly w...
Aug 26, 2025
Parliamentary Budget Officer says 3.2 million new homes needed to close housing gap
OTTAWA - The Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates Canada needs to build 3.2 million new homes in the next decade to close the housing gap but isn't currently on track to do that. The latest PBO repo...
Aug 26, 2025
