Category Archives: Canada

Christine Fréchette to begin first foreign mission as Quebec premier
QUBEC - Quebec Premier Christine Frchette will travel to Washington on Monday for her first official foreign mission. She will arrive there just as the U.S. capital has been shaken by what appears to ...
The Canadian Press Apr 26, 2026

Carney, Eby lament 'senseless' violence of Vancouver festival attack one year later
VANCOUVER - It was early Sunday morning when Antonio Ortega drove in the area of Fraser Street in Vancouver, a year to the day since a vehicle tore through the crowd of the Lapu Lapu Day festival cele...
The Canadian Press Apr 26, 2026

Alexandre Boulerice to make announcement on Monday about political future
MONTREAL - Alexandre Boulerice, the federal MP for the Montreal riding of Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie, is expected to make an announcement about his political future on Monday. A source within Qubec sol...
The Canadian Press Apr 26, 2026

Liberals must show results in spring economic update: former PBO
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will be under pressure to show results from his economic agenda when his government tables an update to its fiscal outlook on Tuesday. The spring economic statement...
The Canadian Press Apr 26, 2026

Church in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. becomes unlikely Habs playoff watch hub
SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU - The sound of singing rises up from the packed pews of St-Jean-l'vangliste Cathedral in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. But the congregation is dressed in blue, white and red ...
The Canadian Press Apr 26, 2026

Manitoba premier says social media ban coming for kids, like Australia
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government will move to ban children from using social media accounts and artificial intelligence chatbots, Premier Wab Kinew told fellow New Democrats on Saturday night. Kinew...
The Canadian Press Apr 25, 2026

Toronto man's HIV no longer detectable after bone marrow transplant
TORONTO - A Toronto patient who has been living with HIV for 27 years is in remission - and potentially cured, according to his doctors - after a bone marrow transplant from a donor naturally resistan...
The Canadian Press Apr 25, 2026

Montreal airport installs memorial to Air Canada pilots who died in LaGuardia crash
MONTREAL - Montreal's airport authority has installed a memorial to two Air Canada pilots who died in a runway collision at LaGuardia Airport last month. The memorial at the Jacques-de-Lesseps plane s...
The Canadian Press Apr 25, 2026

Governor General travelling to Tumbler Ridge, B.C., months after deadly mass shooting
TUMBLER RIDGE - Governor General Mary Simon will be in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., next week to support the community's "ongoing healing journey" months after a deadly mass shooting claimed eight lives. The ...
The Canadian Press Apr 25, 2026

Quebec bar suspends building owner facing charges in fatal 2023 Old Montreal fire
MONTREAL - Quebec's bar association has suspended the law licence of the owner of an Old Montreal building who is facing manslaughter charges in the deaths of seven people who died there in a 2023 fir...
The Canadian Press Apr 25, 2026

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