Canada

Police, firefighters respond to train derailment near Montreal; no injuries reported

LONGUEUIL, Que. - Police are responding to a derailment at a train yard in Longueuil, Que., on Montreal's South Shore. Longueuil police say it does not initially appear anyone was hurt, but fire offic...

Nov 14, 2024

In the news today: Rent inflation to slow, Desjardins predicts

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Rent inflation to slow, Desjardins predicts The rate at which Canadian rental prices are increasing should slo...

Nov 14, 2024

Rent inflation to slow in the next few years, Desjardins predicts

OTTAWA - The rate at which Canadian rental prices are increasing should slow in the coming years as the government's plan to cut back immigration numbers takes hold, a new report from Desjardins says....

Nov 14, 2024

Trudeau off to APEC in Peru, G20 summit in Brazil as peer nations brace for Trump

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to leave this afternoon for the APEC summit in Lima, Peru, followed by the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Both summits aim to improve the multilate...

Nov 14, 2024

Energy experts think Donald Trump will make tariff exemptions for Canadian oil

WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump's promise to slap an across-the-board tariff of at least 10 per cent on all imports including from Canada is unlikely to apply to Canadian oil, energy experts...

Nov 14, 2024

Class-action alleges abuse, cultural devastation at Canadian Indigenous group homes

VANCOUVER - A proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government says Indigenous people removed from their communities and placed in group homes beginning in the 1950s suffered physical, se...

Nov 14, 2024

Freeland finds safety in numbers on digital sales tax

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland isn't showing signs of worry that the U.S. can now launch a trade challenge against the Liberal government's controversial digital services tax. The Liberal...

Nov 13, 2024

Lab confirms Canada's first case of avian flu infection in humans in B.C.

Canada's Public Health Agency has confirmed that a British Columbia teenager hospitalized last Friday is the country's first ever human case of domestically acquired avian flu. The agency says in a st...

Nov 13, 2024

Quebec’s police watchdog investigating after person seriously injured in Montreal

MONTREAL - Quebec's independent police watchdog has launched an investigation after a person was seriously injured during a police intervention in Montreal this morning. The Bureau des enqutes indpend...

Nov 13, 2024

Tributes to John Horgan as B.C. New Democrat members are sworn in

VICTORIA - Former British Columbia premier John Horgan loomed large over the swearing-in ceremony for 47 New Democrat members of the legislature, a day after his death. Before the ceremony, Songhees N...

Nov 13, 2024