Canada

Canadian media a target for foreign interference: national security committee chair

OTTAWA - Foreign actors are trying to interfere with the Canadian media, and journalists and their bosses need to be aware of it, the chairman of Parliament's national security committee warned on Wed...

Jun 12, 2024

Wildfire forecast anticipates high risk for new wildfires in Prairies, N.W.T.

OTTAWA - The wildfire season has been less dire so far this year than 2023, but the risk is high across most of the country for new fires to erupt this summer. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Cen...

Jun 12, 2024

LeBlanc stops short of directing inquiry to name meddling MPs, at least for now

OTTAWA - Democratic Institutions Minister Dominic LeBlanc is affirming a plan to have an ongoing commission of inquiry delve into allegations about MPs colluding with foreign meddlers. But LeBlanc is ...

Jun 12, 2024

Quebec coroner calls for more domestic violence resources after murder of family

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is calling on the provincial government to improve services for domestic violence victims in her report on a murder case involving a man who strangled his wife and two sons...

Jun 12, 2024

Wreck of Ernest Shackleton's last ship, Quest, found in the depths off Labrador

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A crew led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society has found the long-sought wreck of the Quest, the final expedition ship that belonged to famed Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackl...

Jun 12, 2024

In the news today: PM heads to G7 and Canada-US central banks to diverge on policy?

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Trudeau heads to Italy for G7 leaders' summit Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is headed to Italy on Wednesday to...

Jun 12, 2024

Quebec Premier Legault is pushing for more provincial powers amid sagging polls

MONTREAL - Quebec's premier says he wants to find new powers to boost his province's autonomy within Canada, but experts are keeping their expectations in check. Facing disappointing polls and a simme...

Jun 12, 2024

Trudeau heads to Italy as shadows of war in Ukraine, Gaza loom over G7 summit

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is headed to Italy on Wednesday to attend the annual G7 leaders' summit, which is taking place as two major geopolitical conflicts weigh on the international com...

Jun 12, 2024

SpaceX staff collect cosmic junk found on farmer's field in Saskatchewan

ITUNA, Sask. - Two men with SpaceX descended on a Saskatchewan farm in a moving truck Tuesday to retrieve cosmic junk that fell earlier this year from one of its spacecrafts. The workers, who didn't g...

Jun 11, 2024

Plan to search Manitoba landfill for remains of slain women moves closer

WINNIPEG - A plan to search a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two slain First Nations women has been given the green light by environmental regulators. Manitoba's NDP government has approved...

Jun 11, 2024