Category Archives: Canada
Mounties arrest 'top priority' U.S. fugitive wanted in Creston, B.C.
CRESTON, B.C. - The RCMP says a fugitive from the United States has been arrested in Creston, B.C. The Mounties say they were alerted Friday that the man, who was wanted in the U.S. on allegations of ...
Oct 21, 2023
'Dramatic decline': Calgary researcher says sea ice in Antarctica lowest since 1986
ROTHERA RESEARCH STATION, ANTARCTICA - A Calgary researcher, who has spent the last eight months in Antarctica studying sea ice, says he has seen first-hand how big an effect climate change has had in...
Oct 21, 2023
Much of southern Quebec under rainfall warning, up to 60 millimetres expected
Much of southern Quebec is under a rainfall warning today as Environment Canada forecasts between 40 and 60 millimetres of rain could drench the province by Sunday evening. The federal weather agency'...
Oct 21, 2023
Montreal one step closer to getting park to mark Irish mass grave site
Montreal is one step closer to getting a commemorative park for the 6,000 Irish immigrants buried in unmarked graves in an industrial pocket of the city southeast of the downtown core. This week, the ...
Oct 21, 2023
Canada-U.S. refugee pact changes expected to 'exacerbate existing threats': memo
OTTAWA - A newly released memo shows federal officials warned last spring that expanding a bilateral refugee pact to the entire Canada-U.S. border would likely fuel smuggling networks and encourage pe...
Oct 21, 2023
High school completion, income levels increasing for First Nations peoples: StatCan
OTTAWA - Status First Nations people in Canada have seen some improvement in several key aspects of daily life, Statistics Canada has found, citing gains in areas ranging from household income levels ...
Oct 20, 2023
Appeal court orders new trial for former senior Montreal politician Zampino
MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has ordered the former chair of Montreal city council's executive committee to stand trial on corruption charges. The three-judge panel found that a lower court jud...
Oct 20, 2023
Montreal police say hate crimes rising, most targeting Jews, amid Israel-Hamas war
Montreal police say they've received reports of 16 hate crimes, mostly targeting Jewish people, since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas on Oct. 7. Police say that, as of Wednesday, the...
Oct 20, 2023
Canadian military preparing for possible evacuation from Lebanon
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces said Friday it is getting ready for the possibility that it will need to help bring Canadians out of Lebanon, as Israel began evacuating a large town near its own no...
Oct 20, 2023
Saskatchewan legislature passes pronoun bill in special sitting
REGINA - A controversial bill on the use of pronouns in schools received final approval in the Saskatchewan legislature Friday. The new law prevents children under 16 from changing their names or pron...
Oct 20, 2023
