Category Archives: Canada
Hurricane Melissa expected to have indirect impact on Eastern Canada later this week
HALIFAX - Hurricane Melissa is forecast to stay far offshore as it accelerates northward later this week, but the Canadian Hurricane Centre in Halifax says the storm is still expected to play a role i...
Oct 28, 2025
Tories call on all parties to back tougher sentences for intimate partner violence
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre called on other parties Tuesday to support a private member's bill he said would combat intimate partner violence - just as a new report tracks how the pr...
Oct 28, 2025
Woman arrested in death of abandoned newborn had spent morning at homeless shelter
MONTREAL - A woman arrested in the death of a newborn found alone at a Montreal-area bus stop on Monday had spent the early morning hours at a homeless shelter ahead of the discovery. Pierre Rousseau,...
Oct 28, 2025
Analyst says Ottawa should pick German sub builder over South Korean rival
OTTAWA - A new report comparing the two contenders for Canada's submarine contract cautions that Hanwha's subs likely would have to be modified to meet Canadian operational requirements. The report la...
Oct 28, 2025
Alberta teachers won't engage in work-to-rule as classes resume: union
EDMONTON - The head of Alberta's teachers union says they will abide by a back-to-work order and will not engage in illegal actions such as work-to-rule. Jason Schilling says work-to-rule would lead t...
Oct 28, 2025
In the news today: Alberta passes bill on teacher strike
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Alberta passes bill to use notwithstanding clause to end teacher strike Premier Danielle Smith's government ha...
Oct 28, 2025
Prime Minister Carney's visit to Singapore focuses on attracting investment in Canada
SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Mark Carney met with potential investment partners in Singapore on Tuesday as his first official visit to Asia entered its second phase. The brief stopover in Singapore come...
Oct 28, 2025
Sanctions-evading Russian oil ships could pollute the Arctic, PM's adviser warns
OTTAWA - Some of Canada's allies are praising Ottawa's work on preventing Russia from smuggling oil through concealed ships - ships that Ottawa fears could someday unleash an environmental cataclysm i...
Oct 28, 2025
Alberta government passes bill to use notwithstanding clause to end teacher strike
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith's caucus worked into the wee hours of Tuesday morning to curtail debate and speedily pass a bill using the Charter's notwithstanding clause to order 51,000 striking t...
Oct 27, 2025
Whale watch firm 'devastated,' says its boat could have hit humpback later found dead
A British Columbia whale watching company says it is "devastated" by the discovery of a dead humpback whale that it believes could have been struck by one of its vessels. Fisheries and Oceans Canada s...
Oct 27, 2025
