Canada

Suspect in fatal hit-and-run in Montreal area turns himself in to police

LAVAL, Que. - The suspect in a hit-and-run that killed a 30-year-old man in the Montreal area on Thursday has turned himself in to police. Provincial police Sgt. Hugues Beaulieu says major crimes offi...

May 10, 2024

CP NewsAlert: B.C. confident that cybersecurity attacks were state directed

VICTORIA - The head of British Columbia's public service says there's high confidence that cybersecurity attacks targeting the provincial government's networks were conducted by a state or state-spons...

May 10, 2024

Canada pitches in $76 million for 'faster' German air-defence in Ukraine

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Bill Blair is announcing $76 million for an effort led by Germany to help Ukraine defend itself from Russian missiles and aircraft. Blair has signed an agreement with his Ger...

May 10, 2024

Major upgrade of weather radar stations could hasten severe weather warnings

OTTAWA - Environment Canada can now spot and issue warnings about severe weather faster and more precisely with 32 newly upgraded weather radar stations across the country. Standing almost as tall as ...

May 10, 2024

Police launch assault investigation into incidents at UVic's protest encampment

SAANICH, B.C. - Police in Saanich, B.C., say an assault investigation is underway following two alleged incidents at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the grounds of the University of Victoria. ...

May 10, 2024

Canadian Blood Services apologizes to LGBTQ+ groups for donation ban

OTTAWA - Canadian Blood Services says it has apologized to LGBTQ+ groups for a past policy that banned gay and bisexual men from donating blood. The ban was in place until 2022, when it was replaced b...

May 10, 2024

Mayor says Ottawa will reverse course on Israel national day event after cancellation

Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says he wants the city to reverse course after cancelling an event to mark Israel's national day. Officials announced on Tuesday they planned to raise the Israeli flag at c...

May 10, 2024

Gaza protest encampment grows on Edmonton campus after Calgary sit-in ended by police

EDMONTON - A campus protest encampment at the University of Alberta was ramping up a day after a similar sit-in in Calgary was shut down amid the loud noise and haze of flashbang explosives as police ...

May 10, 2024

Compensation in property case should be guided by zoning as watershed area: top court

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says the zoning of a St. John's, N.L., property as a watershed area should guide the process of compensating the owners for expropriation of the land. In a 7-0 rul...

May 10, 2024

As summer wildfire season nears, Quebec forest fire workers vote for strike mandate

MONTREAL - Workers with Quebec's forest fire agency have voted 99 per cent in favour of a strike mandate as the summer wildfire season approaches. The Unifor union, which represents provincial fire se...

May 10, 2024