Category Archives: Canada
Federal government launches expanded online passport renewal service
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Lena Diab says that, starting today, online passport renewal is open to all eligible Canadian adults. To qualify, applicants must have an address in Canada, be older than...
Jul 28, 2026
CBC won't disclose Eurovision costs as memo says Ottawa can't order it to take part
OTTAWA - CBC/Radio-Canada won't disclose how much participating in the Eurovision song contest could cost, while a government document notes the tab for the international cultural event has hit $1.5 m...
Jul 28, 2026
LeBlanc heading back to Washington after Trump threatens new tariffs
WASHINGTON - Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is set to travel to Washington this week after United States President Donald Trump threatened to slap new tariffs on an array of Canadian goods...
Jul 28, 2026
Ontario residents charged over alleged fraudulent passport renewal promises
TORONTO - Two Ontario residents face charges after a Competition Bureau probe found they allegedly misled Canadians into thinking they were dealing directly with the federal government's passport serv...
Jul 28, 2026
In the news today: U.S. consulate shooting, raging wildfires, psychiatric waits
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... U.S. consulate in Toronto shot at for second time this year, suspect vehicle flees Efforts by police to identi...
Jul 28, 2026
'Everything is gone' in images showing wildfire damage outside Clinton, B.C.
CLINTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - There was little left besides twisted metal, blackened trees, the charred shell of a car and a tractor still burning in images taken at a property outside Clinton, ...
Jul 28, 2026
UNICEF Gaza chief says Israeli destruction, restrictions squandering Canadian aid
OTTAWA - The United Nations official left to oversee not just children's welfare but also water and sanitation in the Gaza Strip is praising Canada's support for Palestinians - but warns that some of ...
Jul 28, 2026
Data shows some psychiatric patients wait days in the ER for a hospital admission. Why?
TORONTO - A patient in Alberta waited 16 days in an emergency department for a psychiatric hospital admission last year. Another in British Columbia waited just over nine days. These cases are extreme...
Jul 28, 2026
Minister says espionage allegations against Canadian in Belgium are 'quite serious'
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree committed Monday "to get to the bottom" of the arrest of a Canadian in Europe on spying charges. The Belgian federal prosecutor's office said Saturd...
Jul 27, 2026
Video shows smouldering aftermath of wildfire outside Clinton, B.C.
CLINTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - A video circulating on social media is providing insight into the wrath of a wildfire that triggered a battle to save the evacuated village of Clinton, B.C., and th...
Jul 27, 2026