Category Archives: Canada
Quebec language watchdog backtracks on pub sign it deemed too English
MONTREAL - In its second high-profile reversal in recent months, Quebec's language watchdog has backed down after trying to get a well-known Montreal pub to change its outdoor sign. The Office qubcois...
Aug 14, 2025
Judge reduces suspension for two Montreal officers sanctioned for lying to watchdog
MONTREAL - A Quebec court judge has overturned the majority of the sanctions against two Montreal police officers who were suspended for lying about their interactions with an inmate who died in custo...
Aug 14, 2025
Payments start for first claimants in First Nations child welfare case
OTTAWA - Some claimants are now receiving compensation payments through a $23-billion settlement for more than 300,000 First Nations children and their families. The settlement is meant to compensate ...
Aug 14, 2025
Fact File: No truth to online claims of dramatic drop in potato exports to U.S.
While Canadians wait for news of an improved trade situation with the United States, false reports about quiet deals with other countries have begun to fill the void. Recently, unfounded claims have s...
Aug 14, 2025
PM's staff say search is on for a local office that meets Carney's security needs
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's office says work is "well underway" to find a local constituency office for the prime minister that meets his security requirements. As first reported this week b...
Aug 14, 2025
Conservatives plan national campaign against federal electric vehicle mandates
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has set his sights on Canada's electric vehicle mandate, pledging Thursday that his party will embark on a national campaign to push the Liberal governmen...
Aug 14, 2025
Montreal public health reports three heat-related deaths since Sunday
MONTREAL - Health officials in Montreal are still working to tally the total number of people who died from heat-related causes since Sunday, when sweltering temperatures took over the city. The city'...
Aug 14, 2025
Rain on the way after Vancouver Island wildfire grows by more than half
PORT ALBERNI - A forecast of up to 40 millimetres of rain is expected to help firefighters battling a wildfire that has been raging near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island this week. The Mount Underwood...
Aug 14, 2025
Supreme Court of Canada won't hear Eaton Centre shooter's sentencing appeal
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the sentencing appeal of a man who opened fire in Toronto's Eaton Centre mall in 2012, killing two people and leaving several others injured. Christo...
Aug 14, 2025
More people urged to prepare to evacuate N.L. fire that has destroyed about 100 homes
ST. JOHN'S - Officials in Newfoundland and Labrador extended an evacuation alert Thursday evening, asking residents of a small coastal community to be ready to flee a wildfire that may have already de...
Aug 14, 2025