Category Archives: CP Canada

Ontario man pleads guilty to running drug ring that brought meth, cocaine into Canada
LOS ANGELES - An Ontario man has pleaded guilty to running a drug-trafficking operation that U.S. officials say brought hundreds of kilograms of meth and cocaine worth up to US$17 million from the Uni...
The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026

Here's how Canada hit its NATO defence spending target
OTTAWA - Canada spent $63.4 billion on national defence in 2025, meeting its NATO commitment to spend two per cent of GDP on defence for the first time, the alliance's annual report said Thursday. Spe...
The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026

Liberal MP Michael Ma sorry after confusion over remarks on forced labour in China
OTTAWA - MP Michael Ma, who left the Conservatives to join the Liberals, has apologized after appearing to cast doubt on reports of human rights abuses in China. Ma said he regretted making a mistake ...
The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026

Lawsuits dropped after Gilbert Rozon, Julie Snyder, Pénélope McQuade reach deal
MONTREAL - Legal proceedings have been settled out of court between Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon and Quebec media personalities Pnlope McQuade and Julie Snyder. In 2020, Rozon filed a $450,00...
The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026

Bodies of pilots who died in collision at N.Y. airport are repatriated to Canada
MONTREAL - The bodies of the two Air Canada pilots who died in a collision on a runway at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday have returned to Canada. Pilots carried the casket of Jazz Aviation first officer ...
The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026

Global Fund disease czar warns of limits to shifting foreign aid to private capital
OTTAWA - The head of the world's major funding mechanism for tackling infectious diseases says the Carney government's focus on leveraging private capital for aid will have only a limited impact on th...
The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026

Astronaut and UBC alumna answers questions from space
VANCOUVER - UBC alumna Jessica Meir gave students an unusual office tour on Thursday as she floated and flipped inside her zero-gravity workplace - the orbiting International Space Station. Meir is a ...
The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026

Supreme Court wraps up hearings over Quebec secularism law
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is beginning its deliberations about a Quebec secularism law after hearings on the controversial legislation wrapped up. The 2019 Quebec law bans some public secto...
The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026

B.C. Conservative MLA Hon Chan charged with choking, assault and uttering threats
VICTORIA - British Columbia Conservative MLA Hon Chan has been charged with assault, assault by choking and uttering threats in a case of alleged intimate partner violence, prompting his removal from ...
The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026 Image Credit: BC Conservative Party

RCMP in B.C. seize 115 kg of meth, hidden in jars of pickles bound for Australia
VANCOUVER - RCMP in British Columbia say they have foiled an operation to smuggle methamphetamine to Melbourne, Australia, hidden in jars of pickles. The Mounties say the investigation was carried out...
The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2026

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