Canada

Environment Canada issues heat warnings for B.C., parts of Alberta and the North

Parts of southern and coastal British Columbia as well as large swaths of Alberta and the North are under heat warnings as temperatures are forecasted to soar near or above 30 degrees Celsius over the...

Jul 08, 2023

Bar that became epicentre of Lac-Megantic tragedy now a symbol of its rebuild

LAC-MGANTIC - The bar that became the epicentre of the deadly train disaster that struck Lac-Megantic, Que., 10 years ago marked the sombre anniversary on Friday in much the same way it spent the hour...

Jul 08, 2023

People flock to Newfoundland in search of the Come From Away kindness — and find it

GANDER, N.L. - Janet Hayward didn't show too much outward excitement Friday night as she walked toward a Gander, N.L., theatre to see the musical that inspired what she calls her "Newfoundland Quest" ...

Jul 08, 2023

Trudeau set to attend pair of Stampede pancake breakfasts

CALGARY - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Calgary for a second day, and he has a pair of Stampede pancake breakfasts on his plate. His first scheduled stop is an event with the Ismaili Muslim comm...

Jul 08, 2023

Conservatives say parties reach agreement on terms for foreign interference inquiry

OTTAWA, Ill. - The Conservatives say all parties agreed tonight on the scope for a public inquiry into foreign interference in Canada. The agreement appears to break the impasse between the governing ...

Jul 07, 2023

B.C. RCMP announce corruption, drug trafficking charges against former constable

SURREY, B.C. - The B.C. RCMP says a former probationary constable at the force's Surrey detachment has been charged with multiple offences after a months-long corruption investigation. Mounties say th...

Jul 07, 2023

Francophonie ministers stress collaboration on official languages action plan

VANCOUVER - Ministers have wrapped up a meeting in Vancouver with the hope of increasing francophone immigration and addressing the decline of French across Canada. The Ministers' Council on the Canad...

Jul 07, 2023

Searching landfill for remains of Indigenous women too complex for police: RCMP

OTTAWA - Internal emails show the former head of the RCMP believed police are not equipped to handle the complexities of searching a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of slain Indigenous women. T...

Jul 07, 2023

Coroner identifies second victim in Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean landslide

MONTREAL - The Quebec coroner's office is confirming the identity of the woman killed in a landslide in the province's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region last weekend. Pascale Racine, 44, was one of two peop...

Jul 07, 2023

Family of Jared Lowndes sue RCMP over 2021 shooting death in Campbell River

VANCOUVER - Family members of a man shot and killed by the RCMP have filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court, the day before the two-year anniversary of his death. Relatives of Jared Lowndes say in a no...

Jul 07, 2023