Canada

Canada ending evacuation flights out of Israel next week due to decreasing demand

Ottawa will end evacuation flights from Israel next week, citing decreasing demand and increasingly available commercial options now that a number of Canadians have successfully left the country since...

Oct 21, 2023

Canadian trapped in Gaza says first load of aid barely helping humanitarian crisis

A Canadian man trapped in Gaza says the first truckloads of aid let into the enclave today since the latest Israel-Hamas war began two weeks ago will barely make a dent to the humanitarian crisis Pale...

Oct 21, 2023

Quebec tuition hike for out-of-province students already weighing on high schoolers

MONTREAL - Quebec's decision to raise university tuition for out-of-province students starting next year is already weighing on high schoolers and their families. 17-year-old Gage Crouchman from Ottaw...

Oct 21, 2023

Mounties arrest 'top priority' U.S. fugitive wanted in Creston, B.C.

CRESTON, B.C. - The RCMP says a fugitive from the United States has been arrested in Creston, B.C. The Mounties say they were alerted Friday that the man, who was wanted in the U.S. on allegations of ...

Oct 21, 2023

'Dramatic decline': Calgary researcher says sea ice in Antarctica lowest since 1986

ROTHERA RESEARCH STATION, ANTARCTICA - A Calgary researcher, who has spent the last eight months in Antarctica studying sea ice, says he has seen first-hand how big an effect climate change has had in...

Oct 21, 2023

Much of southern Quebec under rainfall warning, up to 60 millimetres expected

Much of southern Quebec is under a rainfall warning today as Environment Canada forecasts between 40 and 60 millimetres of rain could drench the province by Sunday evening. The federal weather agency'...

Oct 21, 2023

Montreal one step closer to getting park to mark Irish mass grave site

Montreal is one step closer to getting a commemorative park for the 6,000 Irish immigrants buried in unmarked graves in an industrial pocket of the city southeast of the downtown core. This week, the ...

Oct 21, 2023

Canada-U.S. refugee pact changes expected to 'exacerbate existing threats': memo

OTTAWA - A newly released memo shows federal officials warned last spring that expanding a bilateral refugee pact to the entire Canada-U.S. border would likely fuel smuggling networks and encourage pe...

Oct 21, 2023

High school completion, income levels increasing for First Nations peoples: StatCan

OTTAWA - Status First Nations people in Canada have seen some improvement in several key aspects of daily life, Statistics Canada has found, citing gains in areas ranging from household income levels ...

Oct 20, 2023

Appeal court orders new trial for former senior Montreal politician Zampino

MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has ordered the former chair of Montreal city council's executive committee to stand trial on corruption charges. The three-judge panel found that a lower court jud...

Oct 20, 2023