Category Archives: Canada

Woman tells Frank Stronach trial she became 'social recluse' after 1986 incident
TORONTO - Trauma and fear turned a woman into a "social recluse" after she was sexually assaulted by billionaire businessman Frank Stronach four decades ago, she told a Toronto court Wednesday. In tes...
The Canadian Press Feb 25, 2026

Almost half of Toronto-area immigrant settlement services expect program closures
OTTAWA - Nearly half the immigrant service organizations in the Greater Toronto Area are braced for program closures in the near future due to federal funding cuts that began in 2024. A survey of 48 n...
The Canadian Press Feb 25, 2026

Report details B.C. First Nation, Vancouver Police Board collaboration breakdown
VANCOUVER - A man who was handcuffed by police along with his 12-year-old granddaughter after being falsely accused of trying to use a fake status card to open a bank account in 2019 says the Vancouve...
The Canadian Press Feb 24, 2026

Proposed Ring of Fire mine in northern Ontario clears another regulatory hurdle
TORONTO - A proposed mine in Ontario's Ring of Fire region has cleared another regulatory hurdle despite a First Nation's protest. The federal government has decided not to designate Wyloo's Eagle's N...
The Canadian Press Feb 24, 2026

Alberta challenge to federal project review law being heard in court, again
CALGARY - Alberta is taking another run at having a court strike down federal project review legislation. The Alberta Court of Appeal started hearing the province's second challenge to Ottawa's Impact...
The Canadian Press Feb 24, 2026

Parti Québécois surges with 4th byelection win, as Conservatives see path to growth
MONTRAL - The Parti Qubcois' fourth consecutive byelection win shows Quebecers are ready for profound change, leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said Tuesday, even as he sought to calm worries over his p...
The Canadian Press Feb 24, 2026

Quebec father who drowned kids in 2022 wraps testimony at his murder trial
MONTREAL - A Quebec man who has admitted to drowning two of his children in 2022 concluded his testimony at his first-degree murder trial Tuesday after several days of tense of cross-examination. Kama...
The Canadian Press Feb 24, 2026

Brother of Tumbler Ridge shooter is arrested in Alberta in attempted murder case
CALGARY - RCMP say the older brother of Tumbler Ridge shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar has been arrested in Alberta in an attempted murder investigation. They say in a statement that Jacob Jan Van Rootsel...
The Canadian Press Feb 24, 2026

Ottawa spending $3.7 billion to boost military housing stock
OTTAWA - The federal government will spend $3.7 billion to build 6,000 more housing units for Canada's military, Defence Minister David McGuinty said on Tuesday. McGuinty made the announcement at CFB ...
The Canadian Press Feb 24, 2026

Survivors call on Ottawa to pass bill to criminalize forced or coerced sterilization
OTTAWA - Parliament must pass legislation to criminalize non-consensual sterilization, survivors told a press conference Tuesday on Parliament Hill. Bill S-228 passed the Senate last fall and is set t...
The Canadian Press Feb 24, 2026

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