Canada

Woman, child dead in Tuesday's B.C. highway crash involving six vehicles

CHILLIWACK, B.C. - Police in British Columbia's Fraser Valley say the people who died in Tuesday's multi-vehicle crash on Highway 1 were a local woman and a child. A statement from RCMP Highway Patrol...

Aug 07, 2024

Federal government reviewing how Toronto terror suspects arrived to Canada

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says federal departments are reviewing how two men with suspected links to a terrorist group abroad were allowed into Canada. Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi...

Aug 07, 2024

More than 2,000 Quebec hotel workers set to strike for one day on Thursday

MONTREAL - Hotel workers in three of Quebec's largest cities are set to walk off the job Thursday in the middle of the busy summer tourist season. The one-day strike will affect 23 hotels in the Montr...

Aug 07, 2024

WestJet says 10 per cent of fleet grounded after Calgary pummelled by hail

CALGARY - WestJet says 16 of its planes have been grounded after a massive hailstorm hit Calgary earlier this week. The Calgary-based airline says those aircraft - 10 per cent of its fleet - need subs...

Aug 07, 2024

Listeria contamination of plant milks happened in Pickering, Ont. facility, CFIA says

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the recent Listeria contamination of several plant-based milks occurred in a Pickering, Ont., factory. It says the contamination happened on a "dedicated produ...

Aug 07, 2024

Former spy agency director David Vigneault joins U.S. strategic intelligence firm

OTTAWA - The outgoing head of Canada's spy agency is joining an American strategic intelligence firm that is waging war against intellectual property theft. Strider Technologies says in a press releas...

Aug 07, 2024

Ontario man charged after threatening Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in online video

Another person has been arrested after making threats against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau online. Police say a man made violent threats against Trudeau, the police and security personnel who might a...

Aug 07, 2024

Ultrafine particles linked to 1,100 deaths per year in Montreal, Toronto: study

MONTREAL - Researchers at Montreal's McGill University have found that ultrafine particles from vehicles and industry are linked to the deaths of an estimated 1,100 people per year in Canada's two big...

Aug 07, 2024

Feds fund health study for Indigenous communities downstream of oilsands

OTTAWA - More than three decades after Indigenous leaders in northern Alberta began asking for funding to better understand if pollution from the oilsands was making their people sick, the federal gov...

Aug 07, 2024

Boeing will spend $61M in B.C. as part of Canada's military planes contract

RICHMOND, B.C. - Boeing Canada plans to invest $61 million in British Columbia for an aerospace manufacturing training facility as well as research and development. The announcement is the latest from...

Aug 07, 2024