Category Archives: Canada
The Latest from the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada
The latest from the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada. All times are Eastern: 9:59 p.m. Romelu Lukaku scores three minutes into second-half stoppage time to give Belgium a 4-1 lead. The clock runs out and...
Jul 06, 2026
Feds say they'll simplify procurement to get more contracts to small businesses
TORONTO - Ottawa is promising to simplify procurement processes to make it easier for small- and medium-sized businesses to land federal contracts. Procurement Minister Jol Lightbound is in Toronto to...
Jul 06, 2026
Carney names TKMS preferred sub bidder, hopes to join sub club with Germany, Norway
HALIFAX - Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday named German defence manufacturer TKMS as the preferred bidder to supply the Royal Canadian Navy's next fleet of submarines, and he said several are expe...
Jul 06, 2026
Canadians with mental illness who saw MAID as an option feel abandoned: 'They've left me with nothing'
TORONTO - Betrayed. Dehumanized. Devastated. These are the words some Canadians use to describe how they feel about a special government committee recommending not to expand medical assistance in dyin...
Jul 06, 2026
In the news today: NATO summit in Turkey, Khamenei funeral, public servants return
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... 'Cost of drama is too high': NATO leaders meet in Turkey for annual summit Prime Minister Mark Carney is jett...
Jul 06, 2026
'Cost of drama is too high': NATO leaders meet in Turkey for annual summit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is jetting off Monday to the two-day NATO summit in Turkey's capital city Ankara, where world leaders will seek to avoid diplomatic friction with U.S. President Don...
Jul 06, 2026
Office space scarce as federal public servants return to the office four days a week
OTTAWA - Thousands of federal public servants started a new work schedule Monday that will see them on-site in the office four days a week, though a lack of office space is delaying the return for som...
Jul 06, 2026
Two critical after Lachine Canal rescue as group urges prevention
MONTREAL - Two people were in critical condition after being pulled from Montreal's Lachine Canal late Saturday night in what appeared to be a rescue attempt, a scenario Quebec's water safety organiza...
Jul 05, 2026
Inside Saskatchewan's Cigar Lake mine, a 'boutique' operation with abundant uranium
CIGAR LAKE, SASK. - Cessa Fern's day begins with being squished into a metal cage with 19 others, and dropped to a depth greater than the height of New York's Empire State Building into a dark world o...
Jul 05, 2026
Out-of-control wildfire near Boston Bar, B.C. exceeds 12 square kilometres
An out-of-control fire near Boston Bar, B.C., has grown more than 10 times its estimated size a day earlier, and responders have requested additional resources to deal with it. BC Wildfire Service sai...
Jul 05, 2026