Category Archives: Canada

Loss of government funding, secularism putting many Quebec churches 'on the brink'
MONTREAL - In 2023, the Ste-Marie-de-l'Isle Maligne church in Alma, Que., completed its transformation into the St-Crme - a combination hotel, ice cream shop and event space. It's one of dozens of chu...
The Canadian Press Feb 11, 2026

'Directly above her': Saskatchewan man recalls fight with moose to save mother
BIENFAIT - Shawn Tuffnell says he punched a moose multiple times, gripping its neck, before shooting it to death to save his 70-year-old mother. The 37-year-old Saskatchewan man says his fight with th...
The Canadian Press Feb 11, 2026

A mother recounts her dangerous journey across the border to escape Trump's America
MONTREAL - At times, a 25-year old woman said the snow reached her knees as she trudged through a dark, icy forest near the Quebec border in mid-January. With temperatures hovering around -11 C, her l...
The Canadian Press Feb 11, 2026

A quarter of Canadians have been victims of fraud or extortion: survey
OTTAWA - One in four Canadians report having been a victim of fraud or extortion, a new Leger poll suggests. The poll, which was conducted online and can't be assigned a margin of error, surveyed 1,53...
The Canadian Press Feb 11, 2026

Voices in reaction to the mass shooting that left 10 dead in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
RCMP say seven people were killed when a shooter entered a high school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., on Tuesday, and then they killed themself. More than two dozen others were hurt, some of them seriously. ...
The Canadian Press Feb 10, 2026

A list of some school shootings that have happened in Canada
Eight people, including a suspect, are dead after a shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in B.C.'s Peace region on Tuesday afternoon. Police say two other people were found dead at a home in the...
The Canadian Press Feb 10, 2026

Montreal man arrested over alleged link to Ryan Wedding: FBI
A Montreal man wanted in connection with a criminal organization allegedly run by former Canadian Olympian Ryan Wedding has been arrested in the United States. The FBI says 35-year-old Tommy Demorizi ...
The Canadian Press Feb 10, 2026

10 dead, including female suspect, in 'devastating' shootings at B.C. school and home
TUMBLER RIDGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA - RCMP Supt. Ken Floyd says police are "not in a place" to understand what motivated a shooter suspected of killing two people at a home in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., before ...
The Canadian Press Feb 10, 2026

Homicide-suicide ruling in 2023 deaths of family in Prince Rupert, B.C.
BURNABY - The jury in a British Columbia coroner's inquest into the deaths of a family of four in Prince Rupert in 2023 has found that they died of homicide and suicide, and recommended that police be...
The Canadian Press Feb 10, 2026

Ottawa 'probably' will announce winner of submarine contract this year: MP
OTTAWA - The federal government may name the winner of the heated competition to supply the navy with a fleet of new submarines as soon as this year. Stephen Fuhr, secretary of state for defence procu...
The Canadian Press Feb 10, 2026

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