Category Archives: Canada
Canadian charity close to getting aid trucks into Gaza for first time since March
OTTAWA - Two months after announcing it had truckloads of food waiting to enter Gaza, a Canadian charity says it's finally about to get its first shipment of aid to desperate Palestinians since March....
Aug 01, 2025
Falling tree kills mother, 26, and five-month-old baby at B.C. campground
COMOX - A mother and her five-month-old baby have been killed by a tree that fell in a Vancouver Island campground. Police say emergency responders were called to the scene in Cumberland, B.C., on Thu...
Aug 01, 2025
Glencore accused of discharging copper concentrate dust at Horne smelter in Quebec
ROUYN-NORANDA - Glencore's Horne smelter in western Quebec is facing a charge under the province's environmental laws for allegedly releasing copper concentrate dust into the air in March 2023. Quebec...
Aug 01, 2025
"Not out of the woods yet," BC Wildfire Service warns of very dynamic fire situations
Tens of thousands of lightning strikes across British Columbia since Wednesday have created "a very dynamic" wildfire situation, with more than half the current fires started since the storms. Emelie ...
Aug 01, 2025
Days after its release, Ottawa calls report on lethal exports to Israel 'flawed'
OTTAWA - Ottawa is insisting it hasn't been allowing exports of lethal weapons to Israel - days after the release of a report that says Israeli customs data indicates Canadian arms are still being exp...
Aug 01, 2025
In the news today: Canada hit with 35 per cent tariffs
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada hit with 35 per cent tariffs Canada was hit with 35 per cent tariffs on Friday after U.S. President Don...
Aug 01, 2025
Canada Post workers vote to reject latest contract offer
OTTAWA - Unionized workers at Canada Post have voted to reject the Crown corporation's latest contract offer. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said Friday that 68.5 per cent of urban mail carriers...
Aug 01, 2025
Freeland tells MPs she was 'dismayed' by BC Ferries' decision buy Chinese ships
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland told MPs Friday she was "dismayed" by BC Ferries' decision to purchase four new electric-diesel ships from a Chinese shipbuilder using a $1 billion federa...
Aug 01, 2025
Some LGBTQ+ summer camps struggle to meet demand amid corporate funding drop
On the shores of Lake Huron, Harry Stewart and his husband Chris Southin sway back and forth in their rocking chairs on a wooden deck, watching dozens of youth play and laugh around them at Rainbow Ca...
Aug 01, 2025
Carney disappointed after Trump hits Canada with 35 per cent tariffs
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday his government is disappointed that U.S. President Donald Trump followed through on his threat to increase tariffs on Canada to 35 per cent if Ottaw...
Jul 31, 2025