Canada

Demolition of Old Montreal building to begin as police search for victims of fire

Montreal police say seven people remain missing after a fire in Old Montreal on Thursday. Police spokesman Const. Jean-Pierre Brabant says investigators were surveying the scene and taking photos, bef...

Mar 19, 2023

Better late than never: Trudeau finally gets a home-turf visit from U.S. president

WASHINGTON - Joe Biden's last official visit to Canada came with a palpable sense of foreboding. Change was in the air. Authoritarian leaders in Syria and Turkey were consolidating power. Britain had ...

Mar 19, 2023

Norad, Haiti, critical minerals expected to top Trudeau-Biden talking points

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden will spend two days in Canada beginning Thursday to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and speak to a joint session of Parliament, his first visit north of t...

Mar 19, 2023

How did these companies survive the pitfalls of the pandemic pivot?

Nick Ngo still vividly remembers the spring of 2020, and the sudden wave of new shops making the same acrylic barriers as his business. "During that time, companies would pop up. I remember (it was) a...

Mar 19, 2023

Slain officers' families will get $100,000 from Heroes' Fund, Alberta premier says

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the families of two Edmonton police officers who were fatally shot this week are each to receive $100,000 from the province's Heroes' Fund. Smith made th...

Mar 18, 2023

Google says it will volunteer its top execs to testify at parliamentary committee

OTTAWA - Google said it will volunteer some of its top executives to testify at a parliamentary committee that is studying the actions of the Silicon Valley giant after it ran a five-week test that bl...

Mar 18, 2023

19-year-old charged with three counts of second-degree murder in Montreal stabbing

MONTREAL - The 19-year-old arrested Friday after three people were found stabbed to death in Montreal's Rosemont neighbourhood is facing three counts of second-degree murder. Arthur Galarneau appeared...

Mar 18, 2023

Six missing after blaze destroyed Old Montreal building, fire officials say

Montreal fire officials now say at least six people are missing after a blaze destroyed a building in the city's historic district Thursday. Investigators initially said one person was believed to be ...

Mar 18, 2023

Range of emotions for residents facing relocation over smelter in Rouyn-Noranda

ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. - An announcement this week that some 200 families would be relocated from a Rouyn-Noranda neighbourhood contaminated by smelter pollution was met with anxiety and concern for thos...

Mar 18, 2023

Critics allege group funded by Quebec government spreading transphobic views

MONTREAL - The Quebec government came under fire this week for funding a women's group that is alleged to have spread transphobic views and targeted trans activists online. On Thursday in the legislat...

Mar 18, 2023