Category Archives: Canada
Republican presidential hopeful wants to build a wall — along the Canada-U.S. border
WASHINGTON - It was a well-worn Canadian punchline during the Trump years: someone should build a wall along the Canada-U.S. border. One of the former president's would-be successors says he wants to ...
Nov 09, 2023
Canadians and other foreign nationals still waiting for border crossing to reopen
A key crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt has remained closed today as hundreds of people connected to Canada await news of when - and whether - they will be able to escape the besieged Palestin...
Nov 09, 2023
In The News for today: Gaza bombardment overnight hits close to hospital
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Israel and Hamas conflict continues The general director of Gaza City's main ho...
Nov 09, 2023
Study looks back centuries to peer into the future for polar bears
New research suggests that ancient polar bear populations shrank as sea ice dwindled, adding weight to concerns about the predator's future as climate change melts the Arctic. "The population size see...
Nov 09, 2023
Supports for Gaza Strip evacuees to be determined based on need, minister says
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says the immigration status and supports available for evacuees who escape from Gaza Strip will have to be determined based on individual circumstances once p...
Nov 09, 2023
Supreme Court to decide whether to hear Ontario election advertising case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is set to indicate today whether it will hear an appeal of a ruling that struck down third-party election advertising rules in Ontario. The law in question added m...
Nov 09, 2023
Police say they have dozens of tips about missing B.C. sex offender Randall Hopley
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say they've received dozens of tips about the whereabouts of escaped sex offender Randall Hopley, who left a halfway house on Saturday and remains at large. The VPD als...
Nov 08, 2023
Head of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami accuses Labrador group of 'co-opting' Inuit identity
OTTAWA - The president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami is accusing an organization in Labrador of co-opting Inuit identities to secure lands, rights and financial resources. Natan Obed argues that NunatuKa...
Nov 08, 2023
B.C. woman who married ISIS fighter, repatriated from Syrian camp granted peace bond
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A judge has placed a terrorism peace bond on a British Columbia woman who was repatriated to Canada last year from a Syrian prison camp after she married an ISIS fighter. Chilliwack...
Nov 08, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Bus carrying crew for Shania Twain concert crashes in Saskatchewan
WOLSELEY, Sask. - Shania Twain's management company, Maverick, say members of her concert production crew were on a bus that crashed this morning on an icy highway in southeast Saskatchewan. A fire ch...
Nov 08, 2023
