Category Archives: Canada
Airlines say federal probe disproves unpaid work claims, but Ottawa wants more data
OTTAWA - Major airlines are claiming the initial findings of a federal probe clear their industry of allegations of unpaid work, but Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says investigators need more data before ...
Feb 12, 2026
In the news: B.C. community still reeling, Stronach trial begins, and the G.G. awards
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Tumbler Ridge 'one big family,' mayor tells vigil A memorial of flowers, lights and stuffed animals grows in ...
Feb 12, 2026
Shy smiles and braces: RCMP release names, photos of 8 Tumbler Ridge shooting victims
TUMBLER RIDGE - The names and photos of eight children and adults shot to death in a small British Columbia town were released by police Thursday in a sombre visual rollcall of chubby cheeks, shy smil...
Feb 12, 2026
History of Tumbler Ridge, a mining boom town with a wounded heart
TUMBLER RIDGE - Tumbler Ridge in the remote Peace region of northeast British Columbia was once best known as a coal mining boom town that was built from scratch in the 1980s, then faced challenges fr...
Feb 12, 2026
Father of Alberta school shooting victim talks grieving and forgiveness
TABER - The father of a student killed in a school shooting in southern Alberta almost 27 years ago says forgiveness was at the heart of how he tackled the tragedy. Retired reverend Dale Lang lost his...
Feb 12, 2026
Woman tells Frank Stronach's trial she felt 'terrified' during alleged sexual assault
TORONTO - Waking up in a dimly lit room, the woman saw her own face and someone's back reflected in a mirror on the ceiling and realized she was being raped, she told a Toronto court as the sexual ass...
Feb 12, 2026
Two men charged in cross-border human smuggling case
OTTAWA - A man from the Dominican Republic and a man from the United States have been charged with conspiring to smuggle foreign nationals into the United States via the Canada-U.S. border. The U.S. D...
Feb 11, 2026
Report into Quebec Liberal scandals finds ex-leader Pablo Rodriguez was unaware
QUBEC - A retired Superior Court judge who investigated a text message scandal that helped bring down former Quebec Liberal leader Pablo Rodriguez has reached few firm conclusions. Jacques R. Fournier...
Feb 11, 2026
Alberta boy, 13, sentenced to secure custody for trying to kill younger brother
LETHBRIDGE - An Alberta judge sentenced a 13-year-old boy Wednesday to three years in an intense rehabilitation program for trying to stab his younger brother to death. The attacker was 12 when he rep...
Feb 11, 2026
U.S. House passes symbolic vote to end Trump's fentanyl-related tariffs on Canada
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump took aim at Canada Wednesday evening as the U.S. House of Representatives voted against his tariffs on America's northern neighbour - a largely symbolic move that s...
Feb 11, 2026
