Canada

O'Toole, MPs alleging Chinese interference taking stand today at inquiry

OTTAWA - Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole is set to testify this morning at a federal inquiry into foreign interference, alongside three politicians who claim China has targeted them. O'Toole s...

Apr 03, 2024

Montreal family fighting deportation to Nigeria can stay for now, advocates say

MONTREAL - Advocates for a Montreal family fighting deportation to Nigeria say they have been granted temporary permission to stay in Canada. Quebec legislature member Guillaume Cliche-Rivard says an ...

Apr 02, 2024

Police investigate multi-tractor crash as carbon-levy protests continue in Alberta

COCHRANE, ALBERTA, CANADA - Mounties in Alberta say they're keeping traffic moving on the Trans-Canada Highway despite a roadside carbon-levy protest, and say five large farm tractors have already cau...

Apr 02, 2024

Boy, 11, killed by large dogs while visiting Edmonton home

EDMONTON - Police say an 11-year-old boy has died after he was attacked by two large dogs in an Edmonton home. Officers responded to the attack at the home in the city's south side on Monday night. Po...

Apr 02, 2024

Court hears bid to toss Ibrahim Ali's first-degree murder verdict over delays

VANCOUVER - The lawyer for a man found guilty of killing a 13-year-old Burnaby, B.C., girl is asking a judge to stay the jury's verdict over unreasonable delays in getting the man to trial. Ibrahim Al...

Apr 02, 2024

Poilievre requests Trudeau call meeting with premiers opposing federal carbon price

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is requesting that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau convene an emergency meeting with the country's premiers to discuss the federal carbon price. Poilievre c...

Apr 02, 2024

Man convicted of murder in 2015 deaths of three eastern Ontario women dies in prison

OTTAWA - An Ontario man convicted of murdering three women in Renfrew County has died in prison of what officials say were natural causes. The Correctional Service Canada says Basil Borutski died Marc...

Apr 02, 2024

Ottawa to launch $6B infrastructure fund to help build homes — with strings attached

HALIFAX - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says upcoming federal budget will include a $6-billion infrastructure fund to support homebuilding, as well as a $400-million top-up to the housing accelerator ...

Apr 02, 2024

Canadian-American citizen among seven aid workers killed by Israeli airstrike in Gaza

A Canadian-American citizen is among the seven aid workers who were killed by an apparent Israeli airstrike in Gaza. The World Central Kitchen says three British nationals, an Australian, a Polish nat...

Apr 02, 2024

In the news today: Key politicians to testify at foreign interference inquiry today

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Han Dong to address foreign interference inquiry A federal inquiry into foreign...

Apr 02, 2024