Canada

First airlift for Canadians fleeing Haiti is complete after weather delay

OTTAWA - A spokeswoman for Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says 18 Canadians were brought out of Haiti by helicopter this morning. On Monday, Joly had said the 18 had already left, but Global Aff...

Mar 26, 2024

United States implored Canada behind the scenes to keep supporting UNWRA: Hussen

OTTAWA - The United States ambassador to the United Nations implored Canada last month to keep funding the UN relief agency for Palestinians, International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says. In J...

Mar 26, 2024

Quebecers warned that new language rules could lead to fewer products, higher prices

MONTREAL - Popular consumer products risk disappearing from stores across Quebec - and those that remain could be more expensive - because of the province's French-language reform, says an association...

Mar 26, 2024

Forced-labour watchdog cites B.C. mining company, who says claims are nonsensical

Ottawa's corporate-ethics watchdog says a Vancouver-based mining company has allowed forced labour to occur at its gold mine in the Xinjiang region of China, even though the firm lost control of the p...

Mar 26, 2024

In the news today: Pipeline expansion nears completion and Ontario budget day dawns

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Completion nears for Trans Mountain project Following years of construction cha...

Mar 26, 2024

RCMP find four dead during wellness check at home in rural Saskatchewan

NEUDORF, SASKATCHEWAN - RCMP say they are investigating the deaths of four people at a rural home in southern Saskatchewan. Officers were conducting a wellness check Sunday night at the house near Neu...

Mar 25, 2024

Time of essence amid efforts to reunite orphaned B.C. orca calf with its pod

ZEBALLOS, B.C. - Intense efforts are underway to reunite an orca calf with its family pod after its mother was stranded and died in a tidal lagoon near the remote northern Vancouver Island village of ...

Mar 25, 2024

Quebec parents file $1.6M suit after teacher allegedly puts kids' art for sale online

MONTREAL - A group of 10 Montreal-area parents are suing a high school teacher and a school board after their children's classroom art assignments were allegedly posted for sale online. The lawsuit in...

Mar 25, 2024

Canada evacuating vulnerable Canadian citizens out of Haiti: Joly

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada is airlifting vulnerable Canadians out of Haiti by helicopter to the Dominican Republic as conditions continue to deteriorate. Haiti has been ...

Mar 25, 2024

Canada welcomes Gaza ceasefire vote at United Nations Security Council: Joly

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Canada welcomes the United Nations Security Council's call for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas during Muslim holy month of Ramadan. ...

Mar 25, 2024