Category Archives: Canada
As memories fade, Canadians mark 80 years since the end of the Second World War
OTTAWA - Relatives of war veterans gathered at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Friday to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender and the official end of the Second World War. Sweat poure...
Aug 15, 2025
Canada didn't push for plastic production cap in talks on global treaty
OTTAWA - Canadian officials negotiating a global treaty to end plastic pollution at the United Nations say they didn't push other countries to agree to a cap on plastic production because such a measu...
Aug 15, 2025
Canada has most measles cases on the continent as infections up exponentially over 2024: Pan American Health Organization
TORONTO - The Pan American Health Organization says Canada has the highest number of measles cases on the continent and more action is needed to address low vaccination rates. The regional agency with...
Aug 15, 2025
Jobs Minister Hajdu calls on union, airline to return to table to 'finish this deal'
OTTAWA - Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu is urging Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants to get back to the negotiating table, suggesting she's not ready to intervene in a dispute that...
Aug 15, 2025
Operation begins to free ship run aground in St. Lawrence River near Montreal
VERCHRES - Authorities began unloading thousands of tonnes of sugar from a cargo vessel run aground in the St. Lawrence River near Montreal on Friday in an attempt to free the ship. The Federal Yamask...
Aug 15, 2025
Those in Bamfield, B.C., support each other as wildfire cuts power, main road access
Mark Lawrence says residents of Bamfield, B.C., are used to relying on their generators for extended periods, and though he wishes it was easier to take a hot shower these days, the small community is...
Aug 15, 2025
Concordia University students launch rocket from northern Quebec
MONTREAL - Students at Concordia University in Montreal have pulled off what they're calling the first attempted space launch in Canada this century. Early Friday morning, they launched a rocket from ...
Aug 15, 2025
China files complaint with World Trade Organization over Canadian steel tariffs
OTTAWA - China is taking its dispute with Canada over steel tariffs to the World Trade Organization. Beijing filed a complaint Friday with the WTO in response to Canadian restrictions on imports that ...
Aug 15, 2025
In the news today: Air Canada flight attendants could strike tonight
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Air Canada flight attendants could strike tonight It's the final day before a potential work stoppage could gr...
Aug 15, 2025
Evacuation order lifted for St. John's suburb; wildfire destroys Newfoundland school
ST. JOHN'S - There was a very happy chicken in a suburb of St. John's, N.L., on Friday after residents who had been forced to leave their homes because of a wildfire were finally cleared to return. Ha...
Aug 15, 2025