Canada

Cost of search for missing submersible 'irrelevant,' fisheries minister says

HALIFAX - As the search for a missing submersible with five people aboard continues about 700 kilometres south of Newfoundland, two federal cabinet ministers came forward today to say the focus is on ...

Jun 21, 2023

Bloc leader optimistic Trudeau will call public inquiry into foreign interference

OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet says he is hopeful the Liberal government will soon call an independent public inquiry into foreign meddling is Canada's affairs. Blanchet told repor...

Jun 21, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Two dead, two injured in Vancouver Island plane crash

TOFINO, B.C. - Mounties on Vancouver Island say two people have been killed in the crash of a small plane northwest of Tofino on Vancouver Island. The B.C. Ambulance Service says two other people were...

Jun 21, 2023

Woman injured in Manitoba bus crash dies in hospital, bringing death toll to 16

DAUPHIN, Man. - A woman injured in last week's crash between a minibus and a transport truck in Manitoba has died in hospital, bringing the death toll to 16. RCMP said the woman, who had been in hospi...

Jun 21, 2023

Misinformation can distort national debates on important issues, chief justice warns

OTTAWA - Canada's chief justice is warning that the global rise in misinformation threatens national institutions and processes that underpin democracy. The Supreme Court's Richard Wagner said in a sp...

Jun 21, 2023

Police arrest 45, seize 440 weapons in Canada-wide raids targeting 3D-printed guns

MONTREAL - A Quebec-based anti-gun unit says 45 people have been arrested and 440 guns have been seized in raids targeting manufacturers of 3D-printed or "ghost" guns across eight provinces. The squad...

Jun 21, 2023

As wildfires rage on, NDP calls for increase to tax credit for volunteer firefighters

OTTAWA - New Democrats are calling on the federal government to increase the tax credit for volunteer firefighters as they combat wildfires raging across the country. MP Gord Johns held a news confere...

Jun 21, 2023

Trudeau raises flag honouring residential school survivors on Parliament Hill

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised a flag on Parliament Hill this morning to honour Indigenous people who were forced to attend residential schools. He said the Survivors' Flag also serves ...

Jun 21, 2023

Quebec town of Lebel-sur-Quévillon could have to evacuate again because of fire

MONTREAL - A wildfire could force residents of a northern Quebec town to evacuate for a second time if the flames further threaten a major route in and out of the region. Lebel-sur-Quvillon Mayor Guy ...

Jun 21, 2023

Preliminary hearing in September for Quebec man accused of killing three with truck

AMQUI, Que. - A Quebec man accused of killing three people with his truck will have a preliminary hearing in September. Steeve Gagnon appeared today in Quebec court where a judge set a preliminary inq...

Jun 21, 2023