Category Archives: Canada

Winter wallop continues across Canada, cancelling classes and stranding trucks
WINNIPEG - Winter continued its late-December march east across Canada Friday, closing classes and stranding trucks. Schools in many areas of southern Manitoba were closed for the second day in a row ...
Dec 19, 2025

Toronto—Quebec City high-speed rail could see dozens of daily trains: documents
MONTREAL - A planned high-speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City could dramatically increase the number of trains that travel along the corridor each day, according to internal documents. ...
Dec 19, 2025

Family of Ontario man who went missing in Quebec ski town renews call for help
MONTREAL - The family of a 22-year-old Ontario man are renewing efforts to find him, more than 10 months after he disappeared at the Mont-Tremblant, Que., ski resort north of Montreal. On Friday, they...
Dec 19, 2025

NDP needs to break out of the Ottawa 'bubble' to rebuild: Davies
OTTAWA - As the NDP looks to rebuild with a new leader in 2026, interim leader Don Davies says job one is to get the party out of the Ottawa "bubble" and listening to Canadians. In a wide-ranging inte...
Dec 19, 2025

Canada changes regulations for chemicals used to make fentanyl, methamphetamine
OTTAWA - Health Canada says it has amended the regulations for precursor chemicals and manufacturing equipment used to make illegal synthetic drugs like fentanyl and methamphetamine. Changes to the re...
Dec 18, 2025

Suspect in B.C. extortion case is arrested and charged in California
LANGLEY - A man accused of being involved in an extortion investigation in British Columbia has been arrested and charged in California. RCMP say 30-year-old Jasmeet Singh is alleged to have made thre...
Dec 18, 2025

Canada gets further away from reaching 2030 emission target: report
OTTAWA - A progress report on Canada's emissions targets shows the federal government's projection for greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 is higher than it was two years ago. The 2025 report estimates C...
Dec 18, 2025

Fact File: No evidence entire Pakistan airline crew disappeared in Toronto
Rumours the entire crew of a Pakistan International Airlines flight surrendered themselves to authorities after landing in Toronto spread on social media this week. The rumours claimed the crew member...
Dec 18, 2025

Christian Dubé resigns as Quebec health minister after doctor-payment law weakened
MONTREAL - With his signature legislation to modernize doctor compensation diluted, Christian Dub announced on Thursday he would resign as health minister and quit the Coalition Avenir Qubec party alt...
Dec 18, 2025

B.C. market to pay $750,000 over washroom videos that ended up on Russian porn site
VICTORIA - A Vancouver Island grocery store has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle a voyeurism class-action lawsuit brought by women who were secretly filmed in the bathroom by a former employee who upl...
Dec 18, 2025