Category Archives: Canada
Senior B.C. Mountie facing assault charges to plead not guilty: Lawyer
ABBOTSFORD - The lawyer for a senior British Columbia RCMP officer says his client intends to plead not guilty to assault charges laid after an alleged off-duty altercation in Abbotsford in July. RCMP...
Dec 16, 2025
Major conservation of B.C. forestry land totalling 45,000 hectares announced
VANCOUVER - An environmental charity says it has reached an agreement with the federal and British Columbia governments as well as other private and public sector partners to conserve 45,000 hectares ...
Dec 16, 2025
Penny Boudreau, convicted of 2008 murder of daughter in Nova Scotia, gets day parole
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia woman sentenced to life in prison for strangling her 12-year-old daughter is being granted six months of day parole. Penny Boudreau killed her daughter Karissa in 2008, claim...
Dec 16, 2025
Woman killed by fallen tree branch amid rain, wind warnings in parts of B.C.
VANCOUVER - A woman has been killed by a fallen tree limb in British Columbia's Fraser Valley during what police described as severe and unpredictable weather. RCMP said they were called to Island 22 ...
Dec 16, 2025
'Buy Canadian' policy takes effect, changing rules for federal procurement
OTTAWA - The federal government's 'Buy Canadian' policy took effect Tuesday and Ottawa says it will fundamentally change the way it purchases goods and services. Announced earlier in the fall, the str...
Dec 16, 2025
Liberal MP says she was shoved by Israeli officials at West Bank border crossing
OTTAWA - A Liberal MP says she was shoved several times by Israeli border officials as her delegation was denied entry to the West Bank Tuesday. Ontario MP Iqra Khalid said she was pushed after trying...
Dec 16, 2025
Kids mailing letters to Santa will get a response after brief pause: Canada Post
Canada Post says the millions of Canadians who write to Santa Claus with their wish lists will get a response this year. A month-long strike by more than 55,000 postal workers last year meant Old Sain...
Dec 16, 2025
In the news: Meeting NATO targets, Rabbi mourned, Condo fire put out, Series on youth
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... McGuinty 'confident' Canada will hit NATO spending targets Defence Minister David McGuinty says he's confiden...
Dec 16, 2025
McGuinty 'confident' Canada will hit NATO spending targets
OTTAWA - Canada is injecting tens of billions of dollars into defence as it looks to ramp up spending to levels not seen since the Cold War - both to meet its NATO commitments and to juice the domesti...
Dec 16, 2025
Rising costs and dwindling opportunities have Canada's youth feeling adrift
Four months, 50 applications, two interviews, no job. The story of 21-year-old political studies graduate Lauren Hood might sound familiar to others in her generation. "In my mind, after completing th...
Dec 16, 2025
