Category Archives: Canada
Canada sending $2.6M in humanitarian, refugee aid after months of Pakistan flooding
OTTAWA - Canada is providing $2.6 million in humanitarian aid for people in Pakistan displaced by flooding, and for Afghan refugees. Pakistan has been grappling since June with floods and heavy monsoo...
Sep 09, 2025
First Nation says it was shortchanged by millions for land in 2002 settlement
VANCOUVER - The Canadian government paid a nearly $18-million settlement to the Lax Kw'alaams Band in 2002 over land that was given to a different band then sold to a railway more than a century ago, ...
Sep 09, 2025
Carney condemns 'intolerable' Israeli strike on Qatar that killed Hamas officials
OTTAWA - Canada condemned Israel's military strike on Qatar on Tuesday, saying the attack undermines the Gulf country's sovereignty and risks escalating conflict across the Middle East. An explosion k...
Sep 09, 2025
Safety board investigates after second train derailment in B.C. within a week
CALGARY - The Transportation Safety Board is investigating a derailment in British Columbia involving a Canadian Pacific Kansas City train. It's the second time this month a CPKC train has been involv...
Sep 09, 2025
Fixing WestJet plane in St. Maarten likely 'very difficult project': aviation experts
Repairing a WestJet plane that landed roughly in St. Maarten on the weekend and shut down the Caribbean island's airport for a day will be a challenge, say aviation experts. Videos of WestJet Flight W...
Sep 09, 2025
Battle that led to Haiti's independence among names of new Montreal metro stations
MONTRAL - Montreal's outgoing mayor says she hopes a major project to extend the subway system into the city's east end will chart a path forward for other public transit developments. On Tuesday, Val...
Sep 09, 2025
Ottawa hasn't heard directly from China on EV tariffs, agriculture minister says
WINNIPEG - Any decision on easing tariffs on electric vehicles from China would have to take into consideration impacts on other sectors, federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald said Tuesday. Can...
Sep 09, 2025
Quebecers have strongest opinions against public prayer, Leger poll suggests
MONTREAL - Quebecers support a ban on public prayer more than anywhere else in the country, says a new poll published this week. The Leger poll surveyed Canadians across the country after the Quebec g...
Sep 09, 2025
'Holy Spirit was leading me': Vancouver Chinatown stabbing suspect Donnelly testifies
VANCOUVER - The man accused of stabbing three people at a Vancouver Chinatown festival in 2023 while on leave from a psychiatric hospital has testified that he felt compelled by God to carry out the a...
Sep 09, 2025
Bill Daly: NHL expects decision on Hockey Canada five 'in the relatively near future'
LAS VEGAS - NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly says he expects a decision soon from the league on the status of five former Hockey Canada players acquitted at trial in a high-profile sexual assault cas...
Sep 09, 2025