Canada

Police release photos of gunman and seek witnesses to shootings in Langley, B.C.

LANGLEY, B.C. - Police have released photographs of a 28-year-old gunman, as they seek witnesses to Monday's shooting rampage in Langley, B.C., that left two victims dead and two wounded. The photos s...

Jul 26, 2022

CP NewsAlert: 'Freedom Convoy' organizer Tamara Lich to be released on bail, again

OTTAWA - "Freedom Convoy" organizer Tamara Lich has once again been ordered released from jail after the Ontario Superior Court found errors in the decision to revoke her bail two weeks ago. More comi...

Jul 26, 2022

Canadian peacekeepers safe, sheltering as deadly anti-UN protests rock the DRC

OTTAWA - The federal government says all Canadian peacekeepers are safe and accounted for following a second day of deadly anti-United Nations protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Departm...

Jul 26, 2022

Quebec climber Richard Cartier dies while climbing K2, world's second highest peak

A Quebec mountaineer has died while climbing K2, the world's second highest mountain. Richard Cartier, an experienced climber in his 60s from St-Jrme, north of Montreal, died climbing the 8,611-metre ...

Jul 26, 2022

Canadian on-air weather personalities shifting tone amid worsening climate change

Some Canadian on-air weather personalities say they've had to shift their tone and approach in light of worsening climate change. CTV News' Vancouver Island weather anchor Warren Dean says he's change...

Jul 26, 2022

Privacy committee to conduct study of spyware tools used by RCMP

OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee will hold hearings on the RCMP's use of spyware and potential risks to the privacy rights of Canadians. The House of Commons privacy committee voted today to determi...

Jul 26, 2022

Crown begins closing argument in trial for Dutch man accused of extorting B.C. teen

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Crown and defence counsel have finished calling evidence in the British Columbia Supreme Court trial for the Dutch man accused of harassing and extorting teenager Amanda Todd b...

Jul 26, 2022

What Pope Francis left out in his words of apology to residential school survivors

OTTAWA - Pope Francis delivered a historic apology on Monday to survivors of Canada's residential schools. The majority of those government-funded institutions, in which thousands of Indigenous childr...

Jul 26, 2022

Prompt warning of N.S. killer's replica car would have been 'helpful': senior Mountie

HALIFAX - A senior Mountie testified today that he would have liked to have seen a quicker warning to the public in 2020 that an active shooter in Nova Scotia was driving a replica RCMP cruiser. Chief...

Jul 26, 2022

'Big Brother vibes': Spy agency ditches job ads after mixed reviews from focus groups

OTTAWA - Canada's cyberspy agency has changed course on proposed recruitment efforts after focus groups found job ads had too much of a "Big Brother vibe." The Communications Security Establishment sp...

Jul 26, 2022