Canada

Military sends second aircraft after Trudeau's plane breaks down in Jamaica

OTTAWA - The plane that flew Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Jamaica for a family vacation broke down earlier this week, prompting the Canadian military to send a second aircraft with a repair crew t...

Jan 05, 2024

'Prominent' person in B.C. wine industry under investigation for sex assault: RCMP

OLIVER, B.C. - Police in Oliver, B.C., say they're investigating a "prominent member" of the province's wine industry for an alleged sexual assault on a Mexican migrant worker. South Okanagan RCMP say...

Jan 05, 2024

CP NewsAlert: One dead, 11 injured after bus from Montreal crashes in New York state

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. - New York State Police are reporting that one person is dead and 11 people are injured after a bus coming from Montreal crashed on Interstate Highway 87 in Lake George, N.Y. Police ...

Jan 05, 2024

Canada blocks citizenship for Russian activist convicted for blog posts opposing war

OTTAWA - Federal officials are blocking a pro-democracy activist from Canadian citizenship because a Russian court convicted her for blog posts opposing Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Maria Kartasheva ...

Jan 05, 2024

South Asian communities grapple with extortion threats in B.C., Ontario, Alberta

VANCOUVER - It started with a voice mail demanding payment of some kind, then a series of missed phone calls, later came the gun shots targeting the home of a Metro Vancouver business owner whose fami...

Jan 05, 2024

Quebec man sought by U.S. after pregnant Mexican migrant dies crossing border

MONTREAL - New York authorities are seeking the extradition of a Colombian man living in Quebec in connection with the death of a migrant woman who was trying to cross into the United States from Cana...

Jan 05, 2024

F.D.A. move to allow Canadian drugs to be exported to U.S. creates shortage fears

OTTAWA - A major shift in United States pharmaceutical policy allowing for the importation of drugs from Canada is creating fears about future drug shortages in this country. The U.S. Food and Drug Ad...

Jan 05, 2024

Canada's first conflict of interest and ethic commissioner, Mary Dawson, dies

OTTAWA - Former conflict of interest and ethics commissioner Mary Dawson has died. The commissioner's office posted a statement on its website today announcing it is saddened to learn of Dawson's deat...

Jan 05, 2024

CP NewsAlert: New Brunswick judge apologizes to men for 'miscarriage of justice'

FREDERICTON - The chief justice of New Brunswick's Court of King's Bench is apologizing to two men who served lengthy prison sentences for a murder they didn't commit. In a written decision issued a d...

Jan 05, 2024

Two people dead after overnight house fire north of Montreal

RAWDON, Que. - Quebec provincial police say two people died overnight in a residential fire in Rawdon, Que., about 60 kilometres north of Montreal. Police spokesperson lose Cossette says emergency ser...

Jan 05, 2024