Category Archives: Canada
N.S. Black community's reunion returns with safety measures, a year after shooting
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Black community is including safety measures at a reunion of former residents of a historic community in Halifax, one year after a shooting during the event. The Africville reu...
Jul 26, 2025
Montreal air quality among worst in the world due to wildfires in Prairies
MONTRAL - Environment Canada has issued air quality warnings across southern Quebec due to smoke from wildfires in the Canadian Prairies. IQAir, a Swiss air quality technology company, on Saturday mor...
Jul 26, 2025
Auditor general to study hiring, promotion of public servants with disabilities
OTTAWA - The federal auditor general is planning to study the recruitment, retention and promotion of people with disabilities in the federal public service. Documents obtained by The Canadian Press t...
Jul 26, 2025
Most Canadians think the country is making progress on reconciliation: poll
OTTAWA - Most Canadians believe the country is making good progress on reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, a new poll from Leger suggests. "The extent to which people feel progress on reconciliati...
Jul 26, 2025
Final arguments on Monday in bail hearing for 3 Quebec extremist plot suspects
QUBEC - A Quebec court judge is expected to hear final arguments from the Crown and defence attorneys on Monday in a bail hearing for three men facing terrorism charges in the Quebec City region. The ...
Jul 25, 2025
How lessons can be learned from B.C.'s Red Chris mine to help future rescues
A rescuer who has experienced the relief that comes with successfully freeing people trapped underground said lessons from a rescue operation at British Columbia's Red Chris mine can help teams across...
Jul 25, 2025
Police recapture convicted murderer who escaped prison north of Montreal
MONTREAL - A convicted murderer who escaped from a Quebec prison nearly three weeks earlier was recaptured early Friday in Montreal, Correctional Service Canada said. They said Lory Bill Germa was app...
Jul 25, 2025
Liberal MPs call for Canada to join France in recognizing Palestinian state
OTTAWA - Liberal members of Parliament are publicly calling on the Canadian government to follow France's lead in recognizing Palestine as a state. Toronto MP Salma Zahid said in a social media post t...
Jul 25, 2025
Israeli ambassador rejects PM Carney's criticism of aid delivery in Gaza
OTTAWA - Israel's ambassador in Ottawa has issued a statement rejecting Canada's "condemnation" of humanitarian aid delivery in Gaza. The statement from Ambassador Iddo Moed urges Canada to keep up pr...
Jul 25, 2025
Quebec suspends directive restricting access to daycare for immigrant children
MONTRAL - The Quebec government has partially suspended a directive that would have expelled some children of immigrants from subsidized daycare. Families Minister Suzanne Roy says that while the gove...
Jul 25, 2025